Originally Posted by
quiltinglady-1
My mother taught me to use the wax paper with table salt on it to clean the bottom of my iron. The mix of the salt and wax from the paper did a good job. Of course you have to consider the salt mess and not spread it all over the room floor.
My mom taught me to do it with any kind of paper, usually newspaper, with the salt. Then, just take a clean cloth to wipe it down and give the iron a couple shots of steam to clean out the holes. I admit, until I started buying sole plate cleaner (Dritz Iron Off) at Joann's, with a coupon, I cleaned my irons that way.