Originally Posted by dunster
Originally Posted by petpainter
I have recently found out why. Although I have ALWAYS used distilled water and do clean it, I never emptied it every day because I use it every day of my life and thought it was a pain. Then- it just stopped steaming...I super cleaned it- soaked with iron cleaner, and with vinegar as recommended. I shook it and rinsed it and you would have thought I was mining! The huge blobs of build-up was unbelievable!I had to take pieces out with tweezers. I kept rinsing it with water, but it was black and so much sediment, I had a new Oliso in the cupboard I took out and will now empty it every night.
Why would there be sediment in distilled water? Is it possible that the build-up was coming from something else, maybe some part of the iron that had
deteriorated? (Just guessing, and hoping that my failure to empty out the water won't ruin my iron.)
My iron also says to use tap water. We have well water so for me it would make sense.