| I have a Rowenta Professional Iron that is fairly old but had sticky, melted on gunk on the soleplate. I think the stuff came from making my son's halloween costume and the fusing web I was using. I was anticipating a lengthy scrubbing session to make it usable again when I came upon a possible solution. I sprayed Dawn Power Dissolve (available in supermarkets next to Dawn dishwashing liquid) on the soleplate. I let it sit about ten minutes and wiped it clean with a handiwipe. I could not believe it! No scrubbing at all. I'm not sure I'd have tried it if the iron had been new. I'm sure glad I did. I did run a half tank of water thru the steam tank to be sure none had gotten inside the iron through the holes. Just fill the iron with water, hold it over the sink and press the burst of steam or self cleaning feature until the water is gone. Hope it works for you guys, too! |
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I love this for pots too...it works great!
11/10/07 8:36 AM
Thanks, I'll try this!
11/10/07 1:50 PM
Whoa, what a great discovery!
11/10/07 3:56 PM
I'm going to have to try that - I wish my iron had a non-stick sole plate on it, but atlas it doesn't so mine gets gunky too. Thanks for the tip!
11/10/07 11:38 PM
I tried this and it is great! I have an old Sunbeam dry iron that I bought at an antique store and it is always getting too hot (It works but heating is unstable). The local store stopped stocking iron cleaner. If I wanted any we had to drive 70 miles to buy some.
11/15/07 0:37 AM
I tried this and it is great! I have an old Sunbeam dry iron that I bought at an antique store and it is always getting too hot (It works but heating is unstable). The local store stopped stocking iron cleaner. If I wanted any we had to drive 70 miles to buy some.
11/15/07 0:38 AM
I have some of this stuff that I bought to clean my outdoor grill -- but I think I will try it on the sole plate of my iron instead.
11/15/07 3:02 PM
This suggestion has been posted by others before, but my favorite way to clean iron gunk is with a used fabric softener sheet - it REALLY works, even on accidental fusible web gunk.
11/25/07 8:37 PM
Great tip. Thanks, going to give this one a try.
12/6/07 10:57 AM