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  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
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    A Brillo pad should do it.
  • bryanb
    bryanb Posts: 4,994 Forumite
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    BitterAndTwisted wrote: »
    A Brillo pad should do it.

    Unless it's teflon!
    This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !
  • CAT££
    CAT££ Posts: 341 Forumite
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    Kate72 wrote: »
    My other half dropped the iron onto our lounge carpet this weekend. Luckily the carpet has come off unscathed, but the iron has an imprint of the carpet on it.

    What's the best way to clean it off?
    Thanks.

    That happened to me last week :mad:

    Luckily carpet is ok
    Cat :wave:
  • BitterAndTwisted
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    bryanb wrote: »
    Unless it's teflon!

    In which case I would switch it on to its lowest setting, turn it off and then give it a scrub with a nylon scourer. If that doesn't work the OH owes the OP a new iron. And gets a clip round the ear.
  • freakyfairy75
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    Rache wrote: »
    A non-OS version (ssssssssshhhh) is Sticky Stuff Remover from Lakeland. It's fab. Non toxic and non-smelly. I use it all the time; it gets sticky jam labels off so you can reuse the jars, and all sorts of other things too. It even works on skin and hair for chewing gum "incidents".

    I use sticky stuff remover for everything and was trying to find if I could use it on a Steam generated iron soleplate (as hubby decided to iron a motif!!!) So thank you, you are THE only mention of ssr in 3 google pages!! xxx
    :A
  • suki1964
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    Other way of cleaning it is keeping it warm and rubbing it with an old white cotton towel, tea towel, pillow case etc

    The imprint will be plastic ( nylon ) and will rub off as long as they are warm
  • Owain_Moneysaver
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    bryanb wrote: »
    Unless it's teflon!

    Or aluminium!
    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,357 Forumite
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    Kate72 wrote: »
    My other half dropped the iron onto our lounge carpet this weekend. Luckily the carpet has come off unscathed, but the iron has an imprint of the carpet on it.

    What's the best way to clean it off?

    Vilene Iron Cleaner
    Amazon
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    A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.
  • Linda32
    Linda32 Posts: 4,385 Forumite
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    I've bought the above iron cleaner and it works well.
  • jas1966
    jas1966 Posts: 28 Forumite
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    Linda32 wrote: »
    I've bought the above iron cleaner and it works well.


    Me too it works really well. :j:j
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