My iron is completely messed up bc i dropped it on a plastic bag on the floor. How can I clean it off? Thanx?

Question

I was doing ironing this morning, and i dropped the hot iron on a plastic bag on the floor! And there are a lot of sticky stuff on the surface of the iron now. How can i clean it off??? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try rubbing alcohol. Don't pour it on it, pour it on a rag and just start wiping. It might take a while, but it will work. I've done this before myself. It is a mess!! Use the alcohol, though. Good Luck!!

Answer 2

ONLY if the Sole plate is a stainless steel/shiny finish, then do the following; (i'm NOT sure about the duller Teflon coated surfaces)

Heat the iron on the 2 dot setting. When it has reached this temperature, turn OFF the iron. Then get a 1 sheet of thick textured kitchen paper towel and fold it twice i.e. into a quarter. Then very CAREFULLY, while the iron is still hot (but switched off), quickly & firmly rub the sole plate with the paper towel. Try this a few times. If fails, then repeat the whole process from the beginning.

Failing this. Turn OFF the iron ,ensuring you disconnect it from the mains switch. Then apply white spirit onto the sole plate with a rag or small brush and rub it clean with a cloth. You may need to repeat a few times for a good result.

Good luck !

Answer 3

Plug the Iron in, let it go hot, then turn a rug over, rough type( not nylon) and Iron the revers side of it, the roughness on the rug, will take the plastic off, without scratching the plate of the iron.

Answer 4

Put the iron in the freezer for about an hour, or long enough for the metal to be REALLY cold. Then try using a small metal spatula to scrape it. If that doesn't work, or you can't get it all off, pick up a bottle of acetone in the nail polish remover section and use that on a cotton ball.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Go carefull if it is an aluminium of a teflon coated iron as you could well ruin it if you scrape off too vigourously. Try picking what you can off whilst cold then heat it up to soften the black plastic and try wiping the iron on a thick pad of newspaper. If that fails try petrol as a solvent, but be carefull!!!!!!

Answer 7

If it will not scrach off when cold, or wipe off when the iron is hot, Go to Wal-mart and buy some iron cleaner...You clean your iron with it while the iron is hot.....I think its`s called Iron Off, Not sure its on the cleaning isle or on the isle with the iron....In a small package....

Good LUck

Answer 8

Go to an old Grannie shop like john Lewis, or Robert dyers. They have these special iron cleaning wipes(also available in a pen form, for little spots). They bloody stink, but they're really good. If they don't work, you're a bit buggered

Answer 9

If it doesnt have a teflon coating do this...get some steel wool turn the iron on and run it back and forth on the steel wool, it should take the plastic off.

Answer 10

Let the iron cool down. When its cold to the touch, you can peel off the plastic.