sole plate of iron (cleaning)

4Chickens

I have bought a new iron because my old one has burnt stuff stuck to it. Now my new one is going the same way. I have tried cleaning it when its hot and I ain't trying that again.:eek: Is there any cleaning products that will work.

Pink.

Hi Cindie,

This older thread should help:

sole plate of iron (cleaning)

I'll merge your thread with that one later to keep all the replies together.

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bukup

to do this,rub the iron with aluminium foil...and hey presto,one clean iron

jess444_2

Thanks for the tip. Do you do it whilst the iron is hot or cold.

bukup

jess444 wrote: »

Thanks for the tip. Do you do it whilst the iron is hot or cold.

it's better once it has cooled down .

beemuzed

Great tip - thanks!

julliff

Hello,

I am very lucky in that my Mum comes to my house while I am at wwork, and does my ironing. However, she quite often leaves the iron with some "stuff" on the plate.

I looked a t cloths to clean the iron, but at £2.50 a pop, I wondered whether there was some OS method I could use?

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Pink.

Hi julliff

There's an older thread on cleaning an iron that should help so I've merged your thread with it to keep all the suggestions together.

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Mumto2

Oops, I've ironed OH's shirt and some iron crud came off on the collar. Won't scrape off.

Q1 - Any ideas how to clean shirt
Q2 - how to clean iron so it doesn't happen again!

Thanks

ragz_2

For the iron you need descaler as it's limescale, vineager or lemon juice may work, check out the "uses for vinegar" thread. May work on shirt but may stain!
Good luck.