How To Clean Iron Melted Plastic

For leather warm the wax or plastic with a hair dryer being careful not to damage or burn the leather.

How to clean iron melted plastic. Wipe away the residue with a clean cloth then wipe the area with a leather conditioner or mild soap to re hydrate it. With the cloth covering melted plastic run the iron back and forth over the affected area. To clean a sticky iron start by heating it on a low setting. 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. Make sure that the cloth you choose is thin but does not burn easily.

Place ice cubes and water in a shallow pan. The owners manual for your iron if you still have it will have cleaning instructions. Take a piece of cloth and place it over the melted plastic. You re going to use the heat from the oven to melt the plastic. Discard the melted polyester as it s removed.

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. Remove the melted plastic from the soleplate with a metal spatula first remove the large pieces and then small ones. Give the temperature some time to lower and get ice cold. Scrape the melted fabric off the iron plate with a wooden spatula.

Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the remaining plastic to freeze. 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. Pick off small bits of remaining polyester with a pair of tweezers. Place a piece of cloth over melted plastic.

Before you start this method you need to open all of your windows and turn on the fan. Then remove them with a metal spatula by scraping. To know the technique watch this video from the beg. 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. A wooden spatula removes melted polyester without scratching the iron plate.