How to descale your iron
Even inside the most expensive iron, scale can form. All sorts of formations impair the operation of the device and can lead to its breakdown. But you can get rid of scale, there are several proven methods. Read the Woman’s Day selection, then you will save on buying a new iron and new clothes, because part of your wardrobe can become unusable from the stains left by the iron.
The first method. We will need an ordinary mineral water (a small amount) and a basin or other container (where the water with the formed scale will be drained in the future). Let’s get started – pour water into the tank, take your time, turn on the iron and wait for it to heat up. Further, holding the iron over the basin, we begin to release steam and water from it. We repeat the procedure as needed. When you see that the iron is descaled inside, pour boiled water into the tank and release the water and steam again.
The second method. With the problem of how to clean the iron from scale, citric acid will help to cope. It is necessary to dilute citric acid in hot water and pour it into the water compartment in the appliance. We warm up the iron, gently shake it and then release steam over the bathtub. Be careful.
The third way. To remove the question of how to descale the iron, let’s try to boil this very scale out of it. This method requires the utmost care and attention. Take a large frying pan or baking sheet and place two wooden sticks on the bottom, so that when we put the iron on them, there is a distance of about 1 cm between the bottom and the iron. Do not plug in the iron! Boil the citric acid mixed with water and carefully pour into the pan so that the soleplate of the iron sinks 1 cm. Make sure that the electrical parts of the iron are not submerged in the water. Put a frying pan with a “sunken” iron on the fire, it should be small, and boil for about 15 minutes. Scale will come out. Then rinse the inside of the iron by pouring water into the container, then wipe all parts dry.
How to prevent limescale from forming
You need to take care of the irreplaceable helper of every hostess. Do not use ordinary tap water to fill the tank, use distilled or purified water, you can just let it settle. Keep an eye on the electrical appliance and clean it regularly.