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May I make a quick suggestion for all.Go to Wal Mart and check out their cheap irons. We have our quilting Guild meetings at the Church I attend, with no charge for useage. Where we met before several of us would bring our irons. Since we are able to meet free of charge I didn't want the extra charge added to the elec. bill because irons do draw a lot, especially when constantly turned on for the day. I went to Wal Mart to check on an iron and ironing board to take to the Church to leave for us to use. I found a small portable ironing board and a very inexpensive iron for $7.00. It is a steam iron to boot. I have been thinking of getting the same iron to use for my quilting here at home, so if I did get gunk on it or something happened to it I would not have my good iron messed up. Everyone has really been impressed as to how quickly this little iron heats up and what a good job it does. So we have steam or dry now and no one has to drag along extra things.

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Originally Posted by oatw13

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.

That's what I would recommend. Vinegar will remove hard water scum, so I think it will remove the sugar.

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Originally Posted by Butterflyblue

Today I poured about a 1/4 cup of water in my iron and went along my merry way. A few minutes later I noticed a funny smell, but I thought it was some starch that had oversprayed on the ironing board. Later it was worse and I suddenly realized that what I thought was water was flat Sprite.

I rinsed the iron out as well as I could just by pouring water in and dumping it out again, but is there any way to get the inside of the iron clean?

Thanks for the good laugh. Sounds like something I would do. good to know I am not the only one. Hehehehehe