Okay, I tried the commercial iron cleaner that comes in a tube and it got off some. Please understand.. I used the WHOLE tube trying to get this stuff off!! Then I used the iron again and everything that was left on (which was a lot) turned a deep brown and decided to "stain" the whites in the block I was ironing. Luckily I was able to get most of it off the fabric. The iron is toast. So, what's this about sea salt? I can't buy another iron, even if I do get them from discount stores (any of you on the east coast know Building 19!!!).