Steam Iron
06-06-2010, 07:54 AM
#11
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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WARNING!! We have 2 newer irons that have the SAFTEY turn off switch on them for our quilting group. Make sure you get an iron with a LONG shut off time otherwise you are waiting for the dern thing to re-heat every time you want to use it. Even with 6-8 people sharing - it still turns off and then we WAIT..... Grrrrrr... VERY frustrating!!! I have an old G.E. that I keep on LINEN setting all day long. IT is a HOT one. No water in it but keep spray water on ironingboard. Hope this helps!
06-06-2010, 10:11 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Minnesota
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I just picked up a steam Iron from the thrift store and garage sales, I always have them plug it in and fill with a little water for me and check the steam. I just bought a black n decker one from local thrift store for $1.00 Can't beat those prices and if it goes kaput!!!! then it goes to the recycle bin. I still have my $2.00 one from a garage sale 4 years ago.
06-06-2010, 01:25 PM
#15
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Southern Illinois
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
i use a cheap, $12 iron for quilting...and i NEVER put water into my iron, i keep a spray bottle of water on the end of my ironing board. i went through a faze where i spent lots of money on expensive irons (one was $159) within a week it was leaking, and i wound up HATING that iron. took me a while to figure out if i don't put water into them they last years, and the cheap ones heat up and stay hot ... i also hate the ones that turn themselves off, i want it hot when i want to use it.
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