GailG

Yes, I saw it and wondered where you had found one like that. I regret disposing of mine when I bought my seam iron.

I had one of those Rowentas and destroyed it by knocking if off of the ironing board a few times. DH put it back together again, but the last time was a killer. I now have a Black and Decker. It's OK, but it has a safety shut-off which I don't like.

raynhamquilter

My ironing board is going to be 44 years old at the end of July. Yup--got it when I got married!lol I had to replace the rubber tips on the legs about 5-10 years ago--I guess they just don't make them to last(ha, ha It !) It has a green metal table (some rusting but not much) and beautiful chrome legs that I cleaned with SOS about 10 years ago and they look brand new. Hope I never have to replace it cause my Dad bought it for me and he is gone now.

zz-pd

I have a sumbeam iron I have had for about I don't know maybe 10 years, got it at bi-mart. my iron board is a pocket door with 1 layer of batting and 1 layer of musilin. I but it over table or cutting table. works great. my hubby got me a black and decker iron about 2 months ago, because it shuts off, because I forget all the time, but if your not using it, it shuts off in 8 minutes. It heats back up in 90 secounds, but it is a pain for me. God bless Penny

Gal

I have had more luck with the cheaper irons than the expensive ones over the years. My main trouble has been with rust even though I drain all the water out after using steam. I have now solved the problem totally by not using any steam at all and in place I use a small misty spray bottle which I can regulate the amount of spray from. I have done this for years and I am very happy with the results!

Gal

Gal

Thought this might be a good place to add a great tip for those who like to make their own ironing board covers as I do!


I make the cover out of thermal curtain lining, the 100% cotton one, in white or cream, and use sheeting elastic to sew on the outer edge to give a snug fit. This method is very tough wearing!!!
Gal

Oklahoma Suzie

For some reason, I seem to go thru alot of irons, so I buy the cheap ones from walmart.

Scissor Queen

BTW, I saw a dresser that would be perfect to turn in to an ironing center in Big Lots. It was $145. If you're going to pay that much for an ironing board you should get lots of great storage too!!

gail-r

That is what I have been thinking, that maybe I would be happier with that type of arrangement. I can make an ironing pad that would fit the top of a dresser. My only problem would be space for a large piece of furniture in my sewing room. There is only 1 wall between the sewing room and the office. If that wall were to accidently fall down, I could have a nice size sewing room. Dreaming! But i do have a white cabinet that I could move to the office and then I would have room for a small dresser. I just might have to go to second hand store in my little town and see if they might have something that would work. I was also thinking maybe a computer table would work, then I could sit down to iron large projects which would be a good thing for my back. I'm for sure going to buy a cheap iron after reading all of the posts.

Thanks everyone for all of your help. You are all so nice to help me.

Big hugs to all.

JackieG

Rowenta is one of the better brands. I've dropped mine on my tile floor and not a scratch to it. The teflon (or whatever non-stick coating is used) is great.

Julo

Bearisgray ... this is so simple, yet absolutely brilliant!

I have always had problems with my ironing board cover bunching up when ironing large pieces of fabrics. Now it's as tight as a drum! Thank you so much for posting