Originally Posted by
pocoellie
... I iron with a dry iron, although I do usually mist the fabric with water. I've never had any problems with flaking or a gunky iron.
Several people have mentioned the problem of starch on irons, and this is sort of aside from the main point of this thread, but I wanted to share that at least part of the problem is with the iron. I got a new Rowenta a few weeks ago because my old Singer iron had started to sputter rust. I never, ever had a problem with starch coating the Singer, but in less than 2 months, with the exact same style of use and brand of starch, the Rowenta is the one on the right! Both irons have stainless steel, and they were in a similar price range. I never had to clean the Singer. I like Rowenta fine so far, but I'm not happy about having to clean it all the time.