You can also try adding vinegar to the iron and letting it steam out. It will smell a bit. You can steam it out into an old towel. It should remove any sticky build up from the Sprite and any hard water or mineral deposits inside the iron.

I agree with letting it steam itself out. Fill it with vinager water (1/4-3/4) and set the iron on a folded cotton towel with the steam button pushed in. Let the iron just sit there and go through the entire tank. Do this a couple of times. And when you do start to use the iron, use a pressing cloth for the first several times. Hope this helps.

OH - - you might also want to check with the person qwho takes care of your sewing machine. Most of their techs can also work on irons. Although if the iron is just a regular iron and not one of the really expensive ones, it might be worth it just to pitch the irohn and buy a new one. With me I would probably just buy a new iron and see the $$s as the price for my sanity.

Butterfly, I did that very same thing years ago. Just did the dump and repeat thing, but also after several times of that, I filled with water and held the iron over the sink and just kept steaming.

I would pour some white vinager into it and turn it on steam and set it over the sink. then do plain water

All sound like great tips for the boo boo.

Vinegar works wonders and it should help with the residue.

I was going to suggest vinegar also.

Vinegar. Just like for your coffeemaker you can clean out an iron. Put the vinegar in and let it heat up and then steam the heck out of it on a towel. Then rinse out the water tank and replace with refresh water and steam again to make sure vinegar is out.

White vinegar, set heat to the highest level, steam away. Rinse a couple times with clear water and you should be good to go. I only drink hot coffee or hot tea in my sewing room for fear of doing that very thing. :?

lmao, so sorry for your mstake, but it is funny. hope your iron gets better

Well if nothing else you made me feel better. I'm not the only one that does things like that.