Thursday, March 18, 2010

Suggestions Please!


Its time to learn the secrets of cleaning an iron. Mine has travelled a lot lately and I am not sure if this is a build up of starch or what, but its starting to leave some yuck on light fabrics.
How do you clean an iron?

5 comments:

Mrs. Goodneedle said...

Dritz iron-off Hot Iron Cleaner. Follow the directions on the tube, I swear by the stuff... it's available at our LQS!

Karen Newman Fridy said...

Yep. It's the best stuff! And you know me and fusible web...I keep a tube on the ironing board!

KQ Sue said...

A dryer sheet will take most goo off a hot iron.

LauraQuilts said...

I have also heard that salt on a brown paper bag (grocery, not lunch) works very well. Good luck, you'll be happy with your clean iron.

quiltkeemosabe said...

Well, let me add something completely different. I like the hot iron cleaner but it's smelly adn dangerous(the iron is HOT after all) I have been trying the Mr. Clean Magic Erasers. I wet it just a little and rub the bottom of the COLD iron and so far (I've done it or 4 times) it seems to be working just fine. After I scrub the bottom of the COOL iron, I would iron an old towel or something to make sure no residue gets on your good stuff.