How To Clean Iron Melted Plastic

Give the temperature some time to lower and get ice cold.

How to clean iron melted plastic. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the remaining plastic to freeze. If you have a self cleaning oven the warm method works a lot better for cleaning melted plastic. 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. Pick off small bits of remaining polyester with a pair of tweezers. Before you start this method you need to open all of your windows and turn on the fan.

Place ice cubes and water in a shallow pan. 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. Remove the melted plastic from the soleplate with a metal spatula first remove the large pieces and then small ones. As the iron heats up the plastic will become malleable. With the cloth covering melted plastic run the iron back and forth over the affected area.

A wooden spatula removes melted polyester without scratching the iron plate. Scrape the melted fabric off the iron plate with a wooden spatula. If not our friend vinegar can be used to remove the brown gunk from the bottom of your iron. 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. Iron with a warm iron to remove stuck on plastic or other residue.

Wipe away the residue with a clean cloth then wipe the area with a leather conditioner or mild soap to re hydrate it. For leather warm the wax or plastic with a hair dryer being careful not to damage or burn the leather. To clean a sticky iron start by heating it on a low setting. Next you re going to turn on the oven to its lowest setting and let the plastic melt a bit. Then remove them with a metal spatula by scraping.

To know the technique watch this video from the beg. Take a piece of cloth and place it over the melted plastic. Using a very common item available in every house you can easily clean burnt stains from iron soleplate. Then unplug the iron and wipe it down with a damp rag. You re going to use the heat from the oven to melt the plastic.