How To Clean Your Iron With Salt
If it is still sticky after this you can sprinkle a bit of salt on the newspaper and repeat the process.
How to clean your iron with salt. The dirt shall stick to the salt thereby leaving your iron sparkling clean after a couple of runs unplug the iron. Put some salt on a paper towel or a cotton towel run the iron over it while it is on the highest setting with steam turned off. Run the hot iron over a piece of newspaper until it is clean. If there are still some stains left try reapplying the salt and running the iron again. The dirt typically sticks to the salt leaving you with a clean and shiny iron.
Spend a minute or two ironing the salt which should clean the bottom of the iron completely. September 10 2016 by sarah lipoff. If there is something sticky on the bottom of your iron turn the heat on the iron all the way up and turn the steam off. Once you ve let the iron heat up run the iron over the paper towel with the salt on it.