judyjo

Help! I was ironing some wonder under onto my fabric and inadvertently ironed the wrong side. I now have sticky stuff on the iron. :cry: I have tried rubbing the surface with was paper and that took care of some of it but not all. Is there anything else I can do? My iron has a teflon soleplate.

Thanks in advance!
judyjo

Country Quilter

Try ironing dryer sheets.....I've done that to clean my iron...it may not get it all but it works pretty good....don't know how bad yours is but I just had a bit on mine and it took it all off.

judyjo

Thanks Country Quilter!! I KNEW I had read somewhere how to do it but just couldn't come up with it. Maybe I even read it on this site. Anyway...the dryer sheet took most of it off. I'll keep at it.

Thank you again.
judyjo

lin

I use a little lighter fluid (just a tiny squirt on a cotton ball) on all things sticky that I want to get off of most surfaces judyjo. It works like a charm. Hope you manage to get it off your iron. That makes for a messy time pressing!

kathy

WD40 takes off lables and stuff, don't know about wonder under, leave your iron on high for a while and it should burn off

lin

Good tip kathy. Never tried that. Thanks.

stitchinMamaw

I found this youtube video on how to clean your iron . I haven't tried this yet but will pass it on . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeY9nydiILM by Sharon Schamber . Annie

chairjogger

I do know hair dressers clean their curling irons from hair spray with windex. I do that and it is magic. Hmm.. wonder if that is true for you.

Iron must ( ! ) be hot.

Ell

mimisharon

Baby oil on a cotton ball will soften it enough to get off without scratching the teflon sole plate too. Not gonna tell the tale of mine, oops, i mean my friends iron. You know I'd never do that, right? right?


:oops:

:roll: well, I'll fess up...I've done it so often I keep a small bottle of baby oil handy, always!

Sharon

mic-pa

I bought a tube of "Iron Off" by Dritz at my local Joann's and it is wonderful for cleaning the soleplate of your iron. I use wonder under all the time so ask me how I know it works. LOL Follow the directions carefully and use it Outside. It does tend to set off smoke alarms if used inside. Marge