sole plate of iron (cleaning)

larmy16

I did it with the iron hot.

pennymakespounds

nail varnish remover ..... or soap ... often work .

or .. a tub of the "astonish" type paste cleaner ( about £1) ... works in seconds

dannahaz

I've seen an iron cleaner at Lakeland...let me just go and look. Yes, here it is. NOt sure if it's exactly what you need, but worth a look?
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!7260

Crazychik

dannahaz wrote:

I've seen an iron cleaner at Lakeland...let me just go and look. Yes, here it is. NOt sure if it's exactly what you need, but worth a look?
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!7260

Thanks for that, it gives me an idea on what to look for, bit pricey tho, or is that the usual standard price and me being tight!! :rotfl:

Tenuse

Yikes! I am making a skirt and today got to the waistband, which needed iron-on interfacing. In the gloom of my dark bedroom I managed to put the interfacing on back to front - result = lots of sticky interfacing 'glue' stuck to bottom of iron! :eek: How can I clean this off???

Ten x

hazzie123

Warm iron,damp green scourer and lots of elbow grease will get it off.

Tenuse

Thanks very much! Off to clean it now....

Ten x

3plus1

...really stupid, I know. But I absent-mindedly ironed something I shouldn't have at a too high temperature, and there are now bits of clothes stuck to my iron.

Have turned it off to cool... How do I chip off the melted... well... looks like melted plastic now! (Synthetic material) Without destroying the metal plate of the iron and rendering it permamently useless.

I'm such a muppet...

Charis

I've done this in the past. I got an old rag while the iron was still hot and ironed the rag so most of the melted stuff wipes off on the rag. Repeat on a clean bit of rag till the iron is usable again. It's best not to scrape the shiny bottom of the iron, it's surprising how easily they scratch.

Penelope_Penguin

Hi 3+1! You're not alone - it's been done before.

Try THIS LINK to a recent thread, which has a link to an older thread. Might help you.

Penny. x