Originally Posted by
Ccorazone
I remember my mom cleaning build-up off the bottom her iron by putting salt on a sheet of waxed paper and moving the iron over the salt. I guess it acted like an abrasive like sand paper. Anyway, it sure got off the build-up.
My mom did the same, but she used a wash cloth (wet) with lots of salt on it, ran the iron over it. Then had another clean cloth for cleaning the salt off the iron.