sole plate of iron (cleaning)

Sheahaven

Iron soleplate:

What type do you have?

What you clean with also depends on the soleplate - ceramic or metal?
You don't want something that eats away at the soleplate.

Pink.

Hi cool_pinkie,

This thread may has some ideas that may help:

sole plate of iron (cleaning)

I'll add your thread to it later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

aeromint2

building_with_lego wrote: »

Hot Iron Cleaner from Lakeland is pretty good, although it STINKS while you're using it. I'm not sure about the others you mention as they didn't work for me!

Hi,

I agree with building with lego. After trying different ways of cleaning our iron. I found that the easiest/effective way is Lakeland Hot Iron Cleaner.

jas1966

Please can anyone help with how I can get the burn marks off my iron? I always manage to burn something to the plate & end up with brown burn marks & the bottom of the iron sticks to whatever I'm ironing (result of being too impatient & ironing at highest setting all the time :eek:)
Also does anyone know if it would be ok to use filtered water with essential oils in it instead of those expensive ironing waters that I like so much?

Thanks

k66

I water down my perfumed ironing water with filtered water. 1 part ironing water and 3 parts filtered water.

Owain_Moneysaver

you need vilene iron cleaning stick which you can get at John Lewis and lots of other places

bupster

I've never even heard of ironing water!

gibson123

I do water with lavender oil, just 2 drops

building_with_lego

Lakeland's hot iron cleaner is very good too.

I can tell you nothing more about ironing

meritaten

I use a washing up sponge (the green wiry bit) to remove burnt on bits on the iron. but the way to avoid that is to sort the ironing into synthetics
cotton/synthetic mixes
cottons
linens (including jeans)
then you start with the synthetics and when you finish those turn the iron up and start on the mixes and so on.
you should avoid burn marks on your clothes and 'bits' on your iron that way.
If you find that the iron is too hot for the fabric - use a tea towel or handkerchief and iron over that with the item underneath.
I think everyone has burned something - some fabrics are just not 'iron friendly' even if the label says they are! and some irons are 'temperamental'. I had one iron which ironed even cotton on synthetics!