Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
The iron needs to be plugged in and the button or knob set to self cleaning. You set it to self cleaning, fill with water plug in and hold it over the sink. I t will spit and sputter for about a minute then drain the tank, refill and repeat. Then use the iron as usual remember to change the setting from self clean to which ever mode you use, steam or dry heat.
I don't have a self cleaning setting. I have heat settings - cotton, linens, 2 cooler 1s. Then on the iron tank part, not the handle, has a button that says self clean. But no self clean setting. It's a Sunbeam if that means anything.