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Yep - Iron is too hot.

Also something that makes ironing MUCH easier. Buy a SPRAY. A plastic bottle with a mister on the end, and give whatever you are ironing a spray of water first. Ironing damp clothes is easier and faster.

Use white vinegar to remove the tains off the bottom of your iron.
 
Under housekeeper. No self-respecting butler would do ironing of clothes, Mocas would be mad to try it.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Concerned that their personal development was being restricted and their skills constrained, I encouraged each member of staff to try out the duties of another. I provided training, offered them all the support they required and even held a 'back to the floor' event where I pitched in myself to show willing.

It should have led to an exciting new dawn where a newly multi-skilled workforce could collaborate to run the MOCAŠ household with sparkling efficiency, brushing away years of entrenched silo thinking with one sweep of a new broom.

Alas, it turned out to be far too progressive a notion for the most curmudgeonly, reactionary group of malcontents you could ever have the misfortune to encounter. All I heard were cries of "if you think I'm doing that you can think again, young man", and "this would never have happened in your father's day".

Now you know why they left...
 
What an irony.

"In an effort to reduce costs I bought three different irons as I couldn't work out how to use the first one".





Edit:- can't believe I wrote the first line NOT tongue-in-cheek!!!!

BTW your iron is too hot.
 
What an irony.

"In an effort to reduce costs I bought three different irons as I couldn't work out how to use the first one".

Point taken, but to be fair, I had the first one already (just tended not to use it much), and the cost of the other two combined is easily covered by the consequent reduction in my laundry bills.

Sounds like the soleplates are not beyond restoration so, as ever, the forum has proven itself to be useful beyond its area of specialism.
 
Mocas, I was trying to be funny.

Evidently failing.
 
So unusual for Mocas to be stuck for an answer , this must be serious. So i asked Mrs ( expertonthebleedinobvious) Nomoneybutamerc , for her opinion . This of course was a mistake , as i then got a three hour lecture about the day to day running of the household . The explanation was really quite simple .The clothes need to pass through a washing machine before being ironed , otherwise the iron will get dirty.:wallbash:
 
Looking back at the original post, it shows a bottle of scented water.
Do you allways use that?
Try using plain tap water and see it its that which is causing the gunge.

I think its limescale that has built up from tap water. We have had similar issues with random bursts of crap coming out. we binned the iron bought a new one and now use ironing water (limescale free) bought from the supermarket. In the last 4 years the iron has remained spotless and I dont have any ruined expensive garments. Consider it Shell Vpower instead of crappy supermarket spot buying petrol. But for your iron. :thumb::thumb:
 
Yep - Iron is too hot.

Also something that makes ironing MUCH easier. Buy a SPRAY. A plastic bottle with a mister on the end, and give whatever you are ironing a spray of water first. Ironing damp clothes is easier and faster.

Use white vinegar to remove the stains off the bottom of your iron.

Thanks, I will try the white vinegar tip (provided it doesn't end up making everything smell of fish and chips...).
 
Mocas, I was trying to be funny.

Evidently failing.

Not at all - you know what they say: many a true word spoken in jest.

It had also crossed my mind that that I could end up buying a new iron every month, hence my turning to the font of all knowledge that is this forum for a solution.
 
They're not called iron's any more. These days you must refer to them as iRON.
 
I can't really help because both me and my wife hardly do any ironing these days...

SWMBO discovered these:

http://www.marksandspencer.com/Ultimate-Non-Iron-Cotton-Herringbone-Shirt/dp/B0036J8ZJA

Which is what I use most days of the week.

Most unhelpful, markjay. Not like you at all.

a) Shirts aren't a problem for me, as they go to the cleaners and come back pristine.
b) I'm wary of non-iron fabrics - aren't they supposed to contain formaldehyde or something? Either that or witchcraft.
c) Even if I wanted non-iron shirts, I doubt my shirtmaker would oblige.
 
So unusual for Mocas to be stuck for an answer , this must be serious. So i asked Mrs ( expertonthebleedinobvious) Nomoneybutamerc , for her opinion . This of course was a mistake , as i then got a three hour lecture about the day to day running of the household . The explanation was really quite simple .The clothes need to pass through a washing machine before being ironed , otherwise the iron will get dirty.:wallbash:

:doh: What! I have to wash them as well? I give up!

Sorry you had to endure the lecture, but it was all in a good cause.
 
The problem with non-iron shirts is that they resemble their name too much.
 

Just took a look at the site - have you seen some of the reviews?

A Nightmare to Iron
Please do not buy if you are expecting a non-iron shirt. it is dreadful to iron

definitely not non iron
As with the other reviews, thin fabric and although washed on cool and tumble dried cool, had to be ironed after first wash. This was one of three non iron shirts recently purchased and they all need ironing. Generally love M&S but this is poor and would expect better.

Non iron shirt - not quite!
I bought this shirt and a few others from the Ultimate Non-Iron range for their non-iron properties. Sadly on after just the first wash and on an "Easy Care" cycle with reduced iron selected they have dried with creases in them. Not deep creases as one would get with an ordinary shirt but in need of an iron nontheless.

I'm also wary of the fact that they aren't saying what materials it's made of ("cotton" could mean anything), or what the "special fabric finish" involves.
 
Teflon.

My cast iron rule of purchase is if you are considering a product that you might find in a US in-flight magazine, don't buy it.
 

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