Hey All, I remember a post the other day about getting some of the sticky, stuff left behind by fusibles, on our irons. Well my simple discovery was that when that happens to me I iron over a piece of waxed paper. I use the stuff that we wrap sandwiches in. It works like a charm! It even took it off of my ironing board cover. :)

when ironing fusibles,stabilisers, etc, I iron over baking paper. You can see your materials underneath and nothing gets stuck to the iron. And it's really cheap. xx

thanks for the tip both on the iron and in the water chamber i dont know why i did not think of that as i use whitevinegar and carb soda for lots of cleaning...thanks again ...soozie

good idea!

Thanks, I have to put this in my memory bank

Thank you. Do you have any good ideas of how to clean out the inside of the iron? H&*

3 comments

by sewdoctor 27 Oct 2011

There are iron cleaners on the market.....but you can also use white vinegar, I would use a 50/50 mixture with water. Put it in the steam chamber heat your iron until steaming and iron on rags until empty.

by crafter2243 28 Oct 2011

Use shot of steam if available, That blows out any calcium deposits, Also I would let the vinegar mixture sit in the iron overnight.

by dlmds 29 Oct 2011

Thank you for your answers. Hugs