Originally Posted by
Kay in Iowa
Oh - to say I had a bad morning would be an understatement. I was piecing the backing for a very special memorial quilt I designed and pieced - which will be auctioned off for a college schlorship memorial fund. My Rowenta travel iron BURST INTO FLAMES as I was using it. It burnt the cord off - it was laying on the floor still plugged in - blackened my rings - blistered my hand and burned a HOLE bigger than a quarter in my backing fabric - WHICH I HAVE NO MORE OF! I was able to get the fire out by putting my other hand over the burning fabric on the ironing board. WHAT A MESS.................my DH came in the house and said "what happened" - "get the burn ointment and meet me in the kitchen" was all I could come up with.
Can't even think about how I'm going to fix this problem with the backing yet. Tomorrow is another day.
Will call Rowenta's customer service in AM to tell them I'm sending this iron to them and will request an explanation of what happened. Have NEVER had anything like this happen - ever. I even have the iron plugged into a timer so that it can't accidently be left on.......but it actually was on fire as I held it.
Hope this NEVER happens to anyone else.
Thank you for making us aware that this could be a problem for us. A tip for your burns...recently I read an article regarding using egg whites on burns. I didn't think about it much...how simple could this be? Put raw egg whites on the burn & supposedly it would stop the burn. Well... not really wanting to try it out, but dumb enough to grab a hot pan that was falling, gave me an opportunity I had not anticipated. lol I just cracked open the egg & put the whole thing into a small bowl. I stuck my thumb in the egg white part. I was disappointed at first, because the thumb continued to have that burning sensation. The blister was down under the skin & was already swollen within a couple of minutes.
After about thirty minutes I decided to just let the egg white dry on my hand & go on with what I was doing. About 3 hours later, I dipped my thumb in the egg white again, let it dry on the thumb & went to bed. When I got up the next morning, all the swelling in the thumb had gone down & there was NO evidence of the burn. I was totally amazed. It was like it had never happened. This is one magic, holistic cure that I hope helps someone else.