How to clean the iron?

Any iron , even the most modern, sooner or later can be smeared. And then a thin blouse is unlikely to be stroked. You can, of course, in this case go to the store and buy a new iron, and you can clean it. Let's find out how to clean the soleplate of the iron.

How to clean the iron from the deposit?

You can try to clean the soleplate of the iron with folk remedies.

1. Pour a layer of coarse salt on a sheet of white heavy paper. Heat the iron and drive them along the crystals of salt until the coke is completely cleared from the soles.
2. When heating the iron, wipe the dirty spots on the sole with salt wrapped in two layers of gauze or other thin fabric.
3. Minor impurities can be removed by rubbing the heated iron base with a damp rough cloth with a small amount of salt. However, it should be remembered that salt can not be cleaned with a Teflon iron: coarse salt crystals can damage the coating.
4. You can clean the iron with a paraffin candle. Having wrapped the candle in a dense fabric, wipe it with a hot iron. In this case, the paraffin will melt, so the sole of the iron should be kept obliquely above the container into which the hot liquid will drip. Then the residues of paraffin and dirt should be removed from the iron.
5. Used to clean the iron and vinegar, which is moistened with a cotton swab and wipe the dirt on the sole. To vinegar is sometimes added ammonia alcohol, if the pollution is quite strong. This way you can clean only a cold or slightly warm iron. A mixture of vinegar and ammonia is what can be cleaned and Teflon iron.
6. Some are used to clean the iron with hydrogen peroxide, nail polish remover or acetone. Thus it is necessary to watch that the liquid did not get on plastic parts of an iron. For those who are interested in what to clean the ceramic sole of an iron, the option of purification with hydrogen peroxide is suitable.
7. The best way to clean the iron today is a special chemical pencil. Before using it, the iron warms up well. Then it must be turned off and rubbed with a pencil. After a while, the deposit is easily removed with a soft dry cloth. After cooling the iron, its sole is wiped with a damp cloth.
8. If the delicate and gentle synthetic fabric "sticks" to the iron, you can try and clean this iron from such a deposit. To do this, it must be completely cooled. Then switch the appliance on for maximum heat. In this case, starting to melt the fabric should be gently scraped off with any wooden clean and dry object: a ruler, a spatula, etc. Then the iron should be cooled. After this, using soda or a chemical pencil, you need to clean the base of the iron from the remains of adherent tissue.