How To Clean Iron Melted Plastic

A wooden spatula removes melted polyester without scratching the iron plate.

How to clean iron melted plastic. Make sure that the cloth you choose is thin but does not burn easily. If you have a self cleaning oven the warm method works a lot better for cleaning melted plastic. Using a very common item available in every house you can easily clean burnt stains from iron soleplate. Iron with a warm iron to remove stuck on plastic or other residue. Sit the iron in the pan making sure that only the base of the iron with the debris of melted plastic is sitting in the water.

Scrape the melted fabric off the iron plate with a wooden spatula. Either moisten the fabric softener sheet and scrub the bottom of a the warm iron or place a damp washcloth on the ironing board and lay the dryer sheet on top of the wash cloth. Place ice cubes and water in a shallow pan. If the iron is still sticky mix some dish soap and warm water and scrub the iron with the mixture using a sponge or nylon mesh pad. You re going to use the heat from the oven to melt the plastic.

Give the temperature some time to lower and get ice cold. Use a fabric softener dryer sheet to clean your iron. Pick off small bits of remaining polyester with a pair of tweezers. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the remaining plastic to freeze. Remove the melted plastic from the soleplate with a metal spatula first remove the large pieces and then small ones.

Remove the remaining traces by unplugging the iron and placing it with the soleplate down in a tray of ice cubes for 5 10 minutes to allow the plastic traces to freeze. Next you re going to turn on the oven to its lowest setting and let the plastic melt a bit. With the cloth covering melted plastic run the iron back and forth over the affected area. Rubbing a paste made of baking soda and vinegar into the melted plastic stain can sometimes do the trick as well. To know the technique watch this video from the beg.

Take a piece of cloth and place it over the melted plastic. To clean a sticky iron start by heating it on a low setting. Then remove them with a metal spatula by scraping. Wipe away the residue with a clean cloth then wipe the area with a leather conditioner or mild soap to re hydrate it. Then unplug the iron and wipe it down with a damp rag.