I've always understood NOT to use Tap water in the iron-many years with my last iron coming from my Grandmother using it for 20 years, and me using it for 10 years with Tap water, no Tap water goes in my new Black and Decker I've had now for 10 years I use a funnel also supplied with new iron to fill with only drinking/bottled water I get in the gallon jug, I do not spray from bottle, only from steam of iron, and that is not very often, only after washing fabric, and damp out of dryer.

I have a gravity feed iron that has a gallon tank. So I don't run out of water very often. But this is a good idea for my travel iron that I use at classes and retreats.

I use regular water from the tap and an empty gallon milk jug. I take bottled drinking water with me on quilting workshop days for my travel iron.

Empty milk jug! Why pay extra for a do-dad?

I use a clean dawn dish detergent bottle to pour water in my iron.. i didnt like fumbling with the funnel..

I washed out a large mustard bottle that has a twist top and small hole in it. Works great as the tip goes right down in the iron. I also use tap water as that is what my iron calls for. Some require distilled water and some don't. As for using bottled water, I had thought about that until I read where this bottled water is out of faucets just like you turn on your tap. I only use bottled water for convenience when I need it to go, why pay the high price when it is cheaper right out of your faucet. Some say spring water, but ask them what spring they get it from and how they purify it etc., and you get very evasive answers if you get any answer. There have been many articles on bottled water and how it is not all it is put out to be!

Years ago my Mom would put clothes she had sprinkled in the frig to keep them from molding and I loved ironing on them when we took them out, seemed like they ironed more easily and much crisper looking. Don't miss all the ironing days though for sure.

themachinelady

haha, QuiltnNan, your giving your age away. That is how we used to iron. Take off the line while still damp, roll, (we never put ours in the refrigerator over nite, but we did put a towel on top of the rolled garments. Ahhh, brings back memories, NOT!. I still like to iron though, even had a great business for a while doing ironing for executive types.

I have the DPP3000 1500 Watt Digital Steam Iron.
LOVE this iron and I am going to be super sad when
the day comes that it stops working since they don't
make this iron anymore.

My hubs bought it for me on ebay about 7 (maybe more)
years ago as a surprise.

Thanks for the great idea!!!

I don't use the steam on my "steam" iron anymore. Instead I mist the fabric with my handy-dandy "Flo-Master Hand Sprayer" -- a garden sprayer which can be found in the garden dept. at Wally World or Home Depot etc. for about $8. You pump the sprayer several times to pressurize it and then you just grip the handle it sprays beautifully and evenly -- no squeezing! The small one I use holds 2 1/2 pints of water and it's been a Godsend. I found out about this marvelous tool when I watched Mickey Lawler's "Sky Dyes" video.