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Home living: Tips Removing Iron Burn



How to remove iron burn and why is there a tendency that the iron we use tends to accumulate some scorched or burnt? What are the things we can do to clean our iron using home living life hacks? Let us talk about our iron and discuss how to remove iron burn and discover the possibilities of easy cleaning it and the easiest ways to do it.

When we often use our iron, its soleplate accumulates or racks up with residue like fibers and starch and when this stores up in the plate it creates marks or patches on the iron base that eventually burns on. This burn will become patches and these patches will eventually build up and will stick to the clothes while we iron our clothes. The burn will also eventually damage our clothes and there will be difficulty in ironing our clothes on our end. Of course in any appliance we have, to have better usage, functionality, and usefulness, we need to take good care of them by cleaning them regularly. Prevention is always better than huge repair damage and so with regards to our iron, we must always clean it, and remove the burn patches that stick in its soleplate.

To guide us on how to remove iron burn, what we can do, and how to clean our iron, here are the five home living remedy hacks on how to remove iron burn, from the item solution you can use at home, how to do it, and how exactly the hack works.

1. Toothpaste. For toothpaste here is what you need to do: You just need to put toothpaste and cover the whole burn area of the iron and let it sit for 3 minutes. Then after 3 minutes wipe the whole area with a clean cloth and rinse the surface of the iron.

Why Toothpaste, how does it work? Toothpaste contains a detergent that has a component of Sodium lauryl sulfate and this sodium lauryl sulfate is found in cleaning products that are a powerful source of removing stains and residue. Another component is that toothpaste has abrasive, abrasive is actually a mineral that is used to shape, polish, and complete a piece of work through rubbing and they are substantially used in cleaning. So the magic comes from the combined material detergent and abrasive particles that can polish your tarnish or burn iron.

2. Pill Tablets like Paracetamol or Tylenol. So, how to remove iron burn? For this hack, you just need to turn on your iron to its high heat level and use some tweezers or tools that can hold up the medicine, and start to rub the medicine through the burn area. Right after, dampen it with a cloth and remove the particles, and then you will see that the area will be magically clean and shiny.

How does it work? In this hack, paracetamol or Tylenol is an acetaminophen tablet and any acetaminophen tablet will do or can do the trick. In acetaminophen, there is an ingredient called silicon dioxide (silica) and it helps as an anti-caking agent, adsorbent, and disintegrant of medicine tablets but its major role in cleaning the burn on the iron is because silica is a kind of abrasive and its composition is the one doing the cleaning magic.

3. Hydrogen Peroxide and baking soda. You need baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, a sponge, and a cloth. To do this hack, make sure your flat iron is completely cool down, and then in a bowl create a mixture that consists of two tablespoons of baking soda and one teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide, gently dab some mixture into the rust or burn in the iron. Use the sponge to clean that burnt area and after cleaning it with a sponge, clean it with a cloth to remove the remainder or residue in the area.

How does it work? Baking soda or bicarbonate of soda is proven to have a lot of cleaning applications. It has both mild alkalies and mild abrasives that can neutralize burn in which if you add hydrogen peroxide it will create a foam or bubble that helps to loosen the burnt iron. With regards to Hydrogen peroxide, we all know that it is one of the most powerful disinfectant solutions and powerful cleaning solutions that can help eliminate burnt iron.

4. Lemon and Water Solution. How to remove iron burn with lemon and water? For this hack, you need to have a prepared smooth clean cloth rag on your ironing board. Just combine lemon juice and water on a plate then mildly and gently pass your preheated iron on the solution and then press your iron into the cloth to remove the dirt or burnt accumulated in your iron.

How do water and lemon work? So the heat and the combination of water and lemon citric solution is doing the magic in breaking down the burn in your iron. The citric acid in the lemon infiltrates the cell walls of molds or burns by lowering the pH level of the bacteria and eventually dissolves it.

5. Vinegar, Baking Soda, and Water. For this solution, you just need to make a paste with equal parts of vinegar and baking soda. This depends on how big the burnt in your iron is. Dip and dab some of the solution in the burn area. Let it sit for about 30 minutes and afterward, you wet a clean cloth and clean the area to thoroughly remove or wipe the residue.

How does it work? While we know how baking soda works for burn cleaning, vinegar, on the other hand, is a natural component and is composed of acetic acid that helps in breaking down building burn deposits, and stain removal, and acts as a bleaching action as well. Combining these two and producing a fizzing effect will do a magic cleaning effect on your iron.

Home living hacks or life hacks are very helpful to us. It helps us to find and learn the best practices of fixing and doing. It gives us also the opportunity to choose the methods that we think complement us and our home and it also saves a lot of money as well. Home living hacks like how to remove iron burn give us that disposition and discover that we can do natural hack methods that are actually available in our kitchen counters or our garage. Home living hacks are taking us to different levels of learning without being pocket broken. Indeed, home living hacks are an amazing solution that we can dependably follow and are easy to do.


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Rowena Lansang


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