Originally Posted by
Holly H NY
I've also had issues with burning my ironing board when using aerosol spray starch.
Protect your ironing board with freezer paper. Tear off a piece that will cover at least the middle, (I use a square piece and lay it on the bias). Lay it on where you want it and iron it on. When the paper looks grungy, take it off (you may have to iron it to get it hot so that it comes off), and put some new stuff on.
My ironing board cover was already ruined when I decided to do this. I trimmed the hole so there were no little globs of fabric there and put on the paper. That piece stayed on for more than a year. Now I have just changed it because I had to take it to a class I was teaching.