How To Clean Iron Melted Plastic

Place a piece of cloth over melted plastic.

How to clean iron melted plastic. Using a very common item available in every house you can easily clean burnt stains from iron soleplate. If you have a self cleaning oven the warm method works a lot better for cleaning melted plastic. You re going to use the heat from the oven to melt the plastic. Make sure that the cloth you choose is thin but does not burn easily. 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.

Rubbing a paste made of baking soda and vinegar into the melted plastic stain can sometimes do the trick as well. A wooden spatula removes melted polyester without scratching the iron plate. Wipe away the residue with a clean cloth then wipe the area with a leather conditioner or mild soap to re hydrate it. Use a fabric softener dryer sheet to clean your iron. Scrape the melted fabric off the iron plate with a wooden spatula.

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. If not our friend vinegar can be used to remove the brown gunk from the bottom of your iron. As the iron heats up the plastic will become malleable. For leather warm the wax or plastic with a hair dryer being careful not to damage or burn the leather. Then unplug the iron and wipe it down with a damp rag.

Take a piece of cloth and place it over the melted plastic. Place ice cubes and water in a shallow pan. Pick off small bits of remaining polyester with a pair of tweezers. To clean a sticky iron start by heating it on a low setting. Give the temperature some time to lower and get ice cold.

With the cloth covering melted plastic run the iron back and forth over the affected area. 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. Then remove them with a metal spatula by scraping. Iron with a warm iron to remove stuck on plastic or other residue.