An expert shares her best tips for cleaning your iron with distilled water and vinegar, as well as what to avoid and how often to clean an iron.

Leave the iron off while using this method. Adobe To clean the steam iron from the inside out, add a combination of half water have distilled white vinegar to your water reservoir.

To clean the iron's vents and soleplate, start by making a homemade iron cleaner. Mix together a 2:1 ratio of baking soda and water to create a paste. Apply the paste to the iron's soleplate, coating ...

Then add water to the reservoir, plug the iron in and set it to steam. Iron a clean, dry towel and press the steam button several times to ensure the steam holes have been thoroughly cleaned.

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Then add water to the reservoir, plug the iron in and set it to steam. Iron a clean, dry towel and press the steam button several times to ensure the steam holes have been thoroughly cleaned.