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How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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Posted by AnnieIL (My Page) on Fri, Aug 27, 04 at 13:09
| I guess I am asking, what do you use to clean the bottom of the iron, where fabric burned on to it?
I don't want to scratch the surface. Is there a liquid solvent I might try?
Thanks for any suggestions. Annieil |
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RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| there is a paste that they sell expressly for cleaning the sole plate. follow the instructions exactly and it will be good as new and shiney. |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| I heat the iron to cotton-level heat and press a wet towel to get most of it off, then use If it's not a teflon-coated iron, use 0000 steel wool or one of those green scrubber 3M pads to get the rest of the goop. |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| Annie, Here is the product that I have used for many years. You can find it at Walmart in the cleaning products department. It is in a small tube and usually hanging from an end cap. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Faultless Hot Iron Cleaner
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| Pick off what you can. My mother always sprinkled table salt on a double piece of waxed paper, heated the iron, and "sanded" it off. The wax melted onto the iron and helped smooth it too. |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| So Annie, how did your iron turn out? |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| I had the same iron problem a while ago and at the time I found this good website. I cleaned my iron with vinegar and salt and it worked fine. (Although you will be picking salt out of the steam holes with a toothpick afterwards, lol.) |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tipking Website
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| I keep a wad of 0000 (4-0) steel wool on hand--does a great job, and never scratches! Janice |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| Second the Faultless iron cleaner and they carry it at places like Linens & Thing. |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| Reading this brings back a lot of memories - but what really knocks me over is that folks still USE an iron!!!!! unwrinkled grins from Vicki |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| I used the wet towel method, but most of the stuff did not come off the sole plate. So I sprayed water directly on the sole plate, and rubbed it off with the wet rag and the stuff wiped off. Now be careful so you don't burn your self, but it worked great!! |
RE: How do you clean the sole plate of your iron?
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| Wow - this is an old one resurrected! But I had the same problem and use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser - worked like a charm. Before I tried it I bought a new iron but still have the box and receipt so it's going back! |
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