Water for your irons
12-01-2018, 11:03 AM
#31
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
Posts: 7,695
I got tired of trying to remember not to use tap water, so I just use a dry iron and a fine mist spray bottle when I need it, and I never put tap water in my spray bottle. The tap water here has an extremely strong chlorine odor. Distilled water can stay in the spray bottle without getting nasty for a long time, so that is what I use.
12-01-2018, 12:56 PM
#33
Power Poster
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
Posts: 11,198
I saw a post by Nancy Zieman a while back and she had someone explaining the insides of modern irons and that person said to use filtered water as in Brita - tap water is not the same for everyone. Distilled had issues. Anyway I am using Brita water
12-01-2018, 04:17 PM
#35
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Kenai, Alaska
Posts: 1,150
I always use distilled as we have a water softener that requires salt. All the irons I have purchased recommend distilled.
Originally Posted by Judith1005
Sorry, But, I have heard that using the distilled water helps.
I now use it exclusively in my Iron. And, I find it works very well. But, if I use starch, I find I get those little spots as well. Could yours be from your starch? I also have to buy it for one of my dogs also. He gets bladder stones. So, I always have distilled water on hand.
I now use it exclusively in my Iron. And, I find it works very well. But, if I use starch, I find I get those little spots as well. Could yours be from your starch? I also have to buy it for one of my dogs also. He gets bladder stones. So, I always have distilled water on hand.
12-01-2018, 04:21 PM
#36
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Kenai, Alaska
Posts: 1,150
It's a lot cheaper to buy distilled water for the iron than it is to buy all those bottles of water to drink.
Originally Posted by maviskw
Sandra is correct. The distilled water is so cheap, I can't understand why some think they can't afford it. My iron is about 40 years old, works like a charm and has always had distilled water in it. It's so much easier to iron with steam that comes from the iron.
12-03-2018, 05:06 AM
#37
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central Indiana
Posts: 1,141
Some irons say to use distilled water and some say don't. I'd read that using filtered water helps stop the spitting water from an iron so I tried it with my Rowenta which had been a terrible spitter. It worked. Used a Brita filter and fill up an empty distilled water container.
12-03-2018, 05:22 AM
#38
Power Poster
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mableton, GA
Posts: 11,198
Originally Posted by indymta
Some irons say to use distilled water and some say don't. I'd read that using filtered water helps stop the spitting water from an iron so I tried it with my Rowenta which had been a terrible spitter. It worked. Used a Brita filter and fill up an empty distilled water container.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
boysmomoflabs
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
18
07-12-2011 06:13 AM
Deb watkins
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
69
03-17-2011 09:52 AM
MadQuilter
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
9
04-09-2010 04:32 AM
