Ironing Water

hilstep2000

Ironised water is good, but so is filtered. Just a suggestion, my OH has a Brita kettle. This is a kettle with the filter built in to it. His water makes awful tea, but with this kettle it tastes fine. Then you could use the water for the iron too. Add a few drops of essential oils to make it smell nice too.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

the water in my dehumidifier would be good for this, not sure if you have one though...

rrf494g

that live in a soft water area you could get a 25 litre drum or similar and if/when there is a visit (by car) see if an amount could be imported to your address. eg I live in Halifax and the water is naturally completely soft and slightly acid. It actually (over time) will descale a furred-up kettle! It's perfect for irons, batteries etc.

good luck

Badrick

How about catching rainwater runoff from a shed/porch/garage?

3v3

Years ago, a friend recommended to me to use the water from the defrosted freezer and add a few drops of essential oil. Works for me.

totallybored

I'd personally give up ironing:D Life is too short to need an iron every 6 months (mine is 12 years old and looks brand new, I reckon it's got at least another 20 years to go as I use it about twice a year).

How about cutting down on the amount of stuff you iron (only doing shirts for example) and using cheapo value mineral water from the supermarket.

Stephen_Leak

If, like me, you live in a hard water area, use distilled or de-ionised water. My local Wilkinsons is doing de-ionised water for 68p a litre. Add a few drops of essential oil.

I originally used lavender, but it made me sleepy when doing the ironing and I never finished it. I'm currently trying ylang-ylang. I'm using the lavender water as a room spray in the bedroom.

charlies-aunt

Save the water thats created when you defrost your iced up fridge/freezer - its distilled by condensation. As previous poster has said the water from condensing driers is good too...or from a dehumidifier - I use all three methods to try and keep appliances relatively scale free

I live in very hard water area - scum on every cup of tea! :cool: but hard water is good for building and maintaining good bones and teeth although its hell for people (like DH) with kidney stones!

mrsmadmand

Wow thanks everyone for your tips and suggestions.. I will definitely try the distilled/deionised/mineral water ones.

Unfortunately giving up ironing (although tempting) is not an option given that i have just set up an ironing service :rotfl:

Thanks again.....:beer:

amyloofoo

Hi,

I absolutely love all the sweet-smelling ironing waters which give a really cute light scent to clothes, but they're pretty expensive in the long run and I seem to use A LOT of them (stupid leaky iron) so is there a HM alternative? I didn't want to just try this myself for fear of just damaging my iron further.