About time we made you laugh !

I have tried vinegar to clean my coffee pot. Just be sure to run the next few pots with clear water, I forgot. LOL ...but it didn't seem funny then.

Just in case there might be some sugar that doesn't get out or off of the bottom of the iron after you rinse several times, run your iron over a small piece of wax paper and that will help clean the bottom of the iron . For the inside all I would think of is rinse and dump and try to see if you can find something for cleaning irons that you have to pour into them. I saw that a long time ago and haven't been able to find it since. Good luck.

Oh I would be crying I think. I am so sorry. God bless.

Use vingar and let it steam away.

I was thinking this, too; but I hesitated to send it in as a reply thinking the members would think how wasteful I am.

I can understand that, especially since money is tight for all of us. However, we often forget how valuable our time is and if we get frustrated with that "iron" or whatever, it doesn't do any good to keep it and tossing could actually be therapy!! Let's see....how hard can I toss it into the trash bin?
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If you feel like an idiot, I know plenty I can send over!

I don't actually throw them away. If they are still heating well but are leaking or spurting in any way, I clean them out and use them as a dry iron. If I have something that may gum up the sole of my "good" iron, I use the old one. I just don't use them for steam anymore. I buy a new one for that. Now do I sound a little better? :o)

Well, I used the vinegar/water solution and steamed it all out. It did seem to get a lot of the gunk out that just rinsing and dumping and steaming with water hadn't gotten.

But WOWEE that vinegar steam will make your eyes water!

So the iron is saved! I don't judge anyone else on what they would have done with their iron, but I'm just to cheap to toss it without trying other stuff first.