Jo Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Not sure if this is the right place, but I couldn't find one that said "really stupid things to do...."I bought a new steam iron, filled it with water and heated it up ready to go.... then realised there was a protective coating on the sole plate now firmly welded to the plate!! Is there and easy way to remove it? Have tried heating the iron again to make it soft enough to try and scrape off, just got burnt fingers and a gooy mess!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Edit, had said, take it back. Did it really look like a plastic coating. Mine has a protective film of non stick on it. I have never looked for plastic when I have bought mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 No, this is obviously a protective coating designed to protect the plate before use, it only covers part of the plate where the holes are I suppose to keep them clear. I just didn't think to look[:$] as you say, they don't normally have one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I hope that someone has some ideas, I don't. I have damaged an iron base or two, trying to get some nylon, from stuff that sticks easily like a track suit or pettitcoat. Do you not feel cheeky and go and ask what they were playing at? I cannot help thinking you don't have much to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Don't know if it will work, Jo, but, when in a fix, it's worth having a try, right?If you can get hold of some banana leaves, iron them! Yes, you'll get a pungent smell and the leaves will turn black but it MIGHT clean up the gunge.Let us know how you get on, please. Don't think I have other ideas but banana leaves are used widely in the tropics (where bananas grow in abundance) for cleaning iron sole plates.And, no, this is not a joke told against the Woolybanana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 And we had a banana plant in our garden as did lots of our neighbours, so they should be fairly easy to get hold of. This'll be really neat if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Only thing I can think of is dont heat the iron as this will promote further adhesion...try using a warm air gun or a hairdryer to heat the plastic to a point where it can be peeled off the cooler iron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Liquid nitrogen would get it off but failing that put it in the deep freeze overnight, it may become brittle enough to lift off or chip away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I hesitated to say that's a "real cool" idea, Chance, as it'll be a dreadful pun, but you know what I mean.I managed to get candle wax on a favourite skirt recently and I froze it in the freezer, chipped off most of the wax, then ironed the skirt with absorbent kitchen paper laid on the stain.Have a job detecting where the wax was after that.So, freezing could certainly be an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 In the past I have used an iron cleaning stick, it looks rather like a tube of lipstick ! Use it when the iron is hot and the gunge fizzles off, you will need to rub the iron over a piece of scrap fabric afterwards to make sure that all the muck has disappeared. Warning........it smells awful, do not inhale fumes![blink][+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Well, stuck it in the freezer then attacked it with one of those blades you use to get paint off glass[blink] seems to have got most of it off but there's still a slight smear, a quick search of the area hasn't turned up any banana leaves[8-)] -if only I'd known I'd have done it in season - I have been out and about today trying to buy one of those iron cleaning sticks, so far without success[:(] any idea of what I'd ask for in french????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 [quote user="sweet 17"] I hesitated to say that's a "real cool" idea, Chance, as it'll be a dreadful pun, but you know what I mean.I managed to get candle wax on a favourite skirt recently and I froze it in the freezer, chipped off most of the wax, then ironed the skirt with absorbent kitchen paper laid on the stain.Have a job detecting where the wax was after that.So, freezing could certainly be an option.[/quote]freezing works with chewing gum and bubble gum.but i dont think it would work on a " semelle ceramique ".[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Found one! in with the haberdashery[8-)] tried it and success[:-))] I now have a clean iron with the bonus of clear sinuses!! You weren't kidding about the smell Cendrillion[+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Pleased you got rid of it all. I have seen those sticks, but have never bought one and wouldn't have known where to, although I seem to remember seeing them in a catalogue like Blanche Porte in France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Yes, haberdashery dept. of course! Anyone who has tried to iron Bondaweb on the wrong side will be very familiar with the iron cleaning sticks[+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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