Kim and Aggie help please!!!

[*Star*]

I've got black marks on the underside of the iron and I can't get it off!
It's like a sticky residue, no idea where it's come from.
Any tips on what I can use to get it off?

 

[mary70]

do same as i did hun chuck it in the bin and buy another i tried everthing

 

[MagicMarkers]

i got that much loved effect n my iron when OH ironed over a transfer !

 

[*Star*]

oh no!!!

 

[Tangerinedream]

Have you got a metal scourer? That might work

 

[*Star*]

The base is ceramic, so I was afraid that a scourer would damage it.

I tried using the green pot scrubbers but that didn't help

 

[Tangerinedream]

I searched and found some ideas here, but dont blame me if they make it worse!

http://www.toptipsforgirls.com/tip/924/ ... ron_plate/

 

[*Star*]

I'll have a go and report back!!!

 

[Jen & Her Men]

If you have something cotton that your not bothered about damaging and run the iron over it (hot) then it should come off..sommat like a pillowcase cover?

 

[Urchin]

do same as i did hun chuck it in the bin and buy another i tried everthing

haha Kim and Aggie would be mortified!

 

[jendav81]

I got the How Clean is Your House book for xmas, Kim and Aggie say this on Iron Maintenance:

Keep the sole plate clean and free from scratches by wiping and then polishing with a soft damp cloth (when the iron is switched off and cool). If the sole plate picks up burnt-on sticky residue, don't scrape or scour it off. Instead, heat it up to the warm setting and rub with a tightly stretched, dampened, loose weave cotton cloth or towel. If residue remains, rub with white toothpaste or bicarbonate of soda and a coarse damp cloth.

Hope that helps xx

 

[*Star*]

well I've been ironing with it and it hasn't got it off, so i think that going over a towel or something wouldn't help.
I've probably damaged it more by keeping on using it.

I'll try the toothpaste and bicarb tonight!

 

[MrsBrightside]

lol I got the book as well and its a full time job looking after a house if ya do everything they tell ya to...


When I moved in with Lee he had tried to iron as well and made the same mess of the iron as yr talking about... in the end I gave up and bought one from Asda, it was only about a tenner!!