Ok, dumber than dumb I am. I grabbed for my bottle of water to fill my iron and instead grabbed my bottle of spray starch (StaFlow & water - 1/2 & 1/2) - not even the same color bottles. I think my mind was miles away. Never even realized it until it started bubbling out of the vents on the bottom and I saw it was brown and foamy - have you ever seen burnt starch.....I'm sure not - good for you. Needless to say I turned it off immediately and emptied out as much as I could. I filled it with vinegar more than a few times - sprayed and sprayed it - let it heat up and sprayed. Filled with water a bunch of times and did the same thing - then again with vinegar. I still get dark brown spots when I try to use the steam on the iron.
On the good side - there is always a good side, right? I can use it as a dry iron - it doesn't make any marks - I ironed for several hours with the dry iron with no problem. Only problem is - wah wah - I use my steam iron all the time.
Any suggestions on how to clean the iron out. I have searched the internet but no one else stupidly put starch in their irons.
Pat