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Help! Melted fabric onto my iron!
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So this morning some crazy person sneaked into my house and was ironing fusible onto a t-shirt for a t-shirt quilt. The shirt was polyester spandex and ... see picture. What can I do??? The plate is non-stick so I don't think I can use abrasives.
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I would heat the iron up to the highest setting and start ironing back and forth on an old towel until it all came off. You could try ironing on a dryer sheet and then the towel. If the fabric melted one time it should melt again to come off.
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I have not tried it yet but someone showed that the Mr. Clean scrubbing pads will take them off. But I found this and believe this is what I did something similar.
1. Heat the iron to hot (cotton or linen setting). 2. Lay the damp terry cloth towel on the ironing board and rub the hot iron vigorously over it to remove as much residue as possible. 3. Lay the sheet of waxed paper on the ironing board and liberally sprinkle with salt. Rub the iron in a circular motion on the salted waxed paper. 4. Rub the iron over the damp terry cloth towel again. Repeat the process of scrubbing with the salt and rubbing on the towel if necessary. |
Been there, done that too!! I use Dritz Iron-Off hot iron cleaner. It's always worked for me. It'll be messy getting it off, but sure beats buying a new iron. Just follow the directions on the tube. I either got mine at Walmart or Joanns, not sure which. Shouldn't be hard to find.
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That crazy person has also snuck into my home, on several occasions! The iron is now very pretty. If you can't get it cleaned, cut off the cord & use it as a door stop.
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It looks like some of the junk melted into the steam holes too. If it doesn't come out of there, it could deposit on the next thing you iron. You could probably use a Qtip to assist in cleaning those areas. After cleaning, I'd iron on a paper towel to see if any blue get deposited from missed areas.
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So it is like plastic. I would plug it in to get it hot and see how much will come off onto scrap fabric first. I would not use a paper product in case it just sticks to the plastic. A Mr. Clean eraser would have to used on a cold iron or it will melt too? I have not used the Dritz iron cleaner but see if that works on non stick irons. As a last resort, I would try a solvent that could remove paint BUT it might also take off the iron non stick surface.
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I've had good luck heating the iron and scrubbing the soleplate with wadded up waxed paper. I think I've even used wadded up aluminum foil without damaging the Teflon. I'd be inclined to try a Magic Eraser. Don't heat the iron too hot. You don't want to burn the nylon on more.
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When I use fusible I use the $9 iron from the Dollar Store. I have seen the same iron at Walmart for $6. If I mess it up no big loss and it does a great job of fusing on a pressing sheet, messed up sole plate or not.
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I've had good luck with Mr. Clean Magic Erasers.
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