How to Clean Your Iron!
/I recently got a new iron, and I promptly "gooped it up", probably from ironing over some interfacing. Like any DIY woman, I logged onto Pinterest to find out how I should go about de-gunking my iron. Yes, I did consult my iron's manual, but apparently no one else gunks up their iron, because that was not addressed in the trouble-shooting section.
I tried all the suggestion I found on Pinterest. None of them worked; as in, none of them even touched the gunk. The only one I couldn't try immediately was this one because I didn't have it on hand...
Tylenol! Uncoated Tylenol. <mind blown> When I read about it I was skeptical. But a few days later I was in a drug store and bought a bottle of (generic) uncoated Tylenol. Here's what you do: Turn on the iron to high. Use a tweezers (or bodkin if, like me, you can't find your tweezers) and rub the tablet over the iron. The tablet will dissolve and the gunk will bubble up and release from the surface. Then take a damp cloth, wadded up so that you don't burn your fingers, and wipe the surface.
The gunk will wipe off onto the cloth, so make sure it's a rag. Repeat this process until the iron is clean! I probably used about 10 tablets to clean my iron. After about 1/2 the tablet was gone it kind of crumbled.
**After your iron is clean, I recommend using a pressing cloth until you are sure there is no residue being left behind.**
Do take care not to burn your fingers! Good luck!