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Posted by Phaedrine on February 1, 2006, 12:10 am
Nearly two years ago, I reported that I had a lot of problems with
leaking irons. After ironing a couple items, the iron would leak large
amounts of water right from the holes. There would be so much water
that the water penetrated the ironing board cover and would get the
article wet whenever I moved it to iron a new area. I lost track of how
many different irons I tried but was unable to find one that did not
leak. It was a nightmare. And I finally gave up and stopped using
steam altogether, assuming that some change had occurred in iron
production that was causing the problem--- though I had no idea what it
might have been.
At first, I dampened the clothes before ironing. Then later I switched
to just spraying most of them with a spray bottle. And then a really
weird thing happened. Even though I had dried the steam iron out
completely, it was still leaking! I even accused my family of pouring
water into the iron! No matter what I did I could not get the iron to
stop leaking, even though I was not putting any water in it at all.
And then after many months, I started sewing again (I had been quite ill
for a year) and I used a different ironing board (it's a Polder) for
sewing. The ironing board I had previously been using was one of those
shorter ones mounted in the wall in my laundry room. It's one of those
pull-down types in a flat cupboard that came with the house. I had
never given any thought at all to the ironing board. Well guess
what..... I had no leaking problems when I used the Polder. I was
shocked to say the least. I tested it out for a few days, poured water
back into the iron to use steam, and even tried my other two irons. And
none of them leaked whatsoever.
Then I inspected the ironing boards and discovered that the Polder is a
kind of very strong mesh with more holes than structure really. Taking
apart the laundry room board (Nutone), I discovered that it is nearly
solid enameled steel with just a few small scattered holes.... and I
mean just a few! This is speculation but I am guessing that with the
Nutone, the steam generated by any dampened article was somehow getting
trapped back up in the iron (and then condensing) because too much of
the board was solid steel and it was impossible for the steam to
penetrate the fabric and board. Since I switched over to the Polder,
I've never had another problem. The steam just shoots right through the
fabric and then the board. Sorry this was so long but I wanted to give
the details in case anyone else ever has this hugely aggravating and
mysterious problem.
Phae
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