Originally Posted by
ArlaJo
This is probably going to show my stupidity but , I have never used a steam iron but I wanted to try it so I bought a new Shark Professional. I used it a couple days without water and then today I put water in it and tried to get wrinkles out of my fabric. My problem is, the water is coming out of the back of the sole plate, and enough so it has wet my ironing pad and a small pad I scurried to get to contain the water.
Did I do something wrong? I read the instructions twice before I used steam. Or is this a common problem.
I'd return it. I have never had a brand new iron that has leaked. I have found you should never leave water in your iron after you have turned it off. I have a Rowenta, I love it, and never leave water in it. You also have to use spring water and no other kind.