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Problems with a steam iron Just Askin 04-02-2008
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Posted by Just Askin on April 2, 2008, 2:47 am
I recently bought a brand new Black & Decker Steam Advantage iron (model
F2200). This is one with a "Ceramic Glide" soleplate. I've owned it less
than a week and I am already having problems with it. The specific problem
I am having is that on occasion it is staining my clothes. This happens
when I am ironing over a thick seam, say, the outside corner of the pocket
on the front of a shirt. The iron is leaving a thin, brown stain there.
Sometimes I can brush off what seems to be some residue there, but sometimes
not.

When I examine the soleplate I see some brown stains immediately below the
"top" steam vent, extending in a V-shape in each direction. This stained
area feels slightly rough, as though there is residue there.

Compared with my old iron, which had a non-stick (Teflon?) soleplate, I've
noticed that the ceramic soleplate of this new iron is more "sticky," and I
have to let the steam flow really build up before I can move the iron back
and forth easily. This soleplate also seems to get hotter at a given fabric
heat/steam setting.

I have ironed almost exclusively dress shirts, both 100% cotton and
poly/cotten shirts, with this iron. I am using the recommended heat/steam
setting for the fabric. I have been filling the iron with store-bought,
distilled water.

I have two questions:

(1) What is causing this problem? Is the recommended setting too hot? Is
this residue microscopic, burned, fabric particles?

(2) How can I clean this material off the soleplate?

Thanks in advance. I saw from searching Google that problems with steam
irons have been discussed in this group in the past.




Posted by claireowen on April 2, 2008, 3:27 am
Just Askin a écrit :
> I recently bought a brand new Black & Decker Steam Advantage iron (model
> F2200). This is one with a "Ceramic Glide" soleplate. I've owned it less
> than a week and I am already having problems with it. The specific problem
> I am having is that on occasion it is staining my clothes. This happens
> when I am ironing over a thick seam, say, the outside corner of the pocket
> on the front of a shirt. The iron is leaving a thin, brown stain there.
> Sometimes I can brush off what seems to be some residue there, but sometimes
> not.
>
> When I examine the soleplate I see some brown stains immediately below the
> "top" steam vent, extending in a V-shape in each direction. This stained
> area feels slightly rough, as though there is residue there.
>
> Compared with my old iron, which had a non-stick (Teflon?) soleplate, I've
> noticed that the ceramic soleplate of this new iron is more "sticky," and I
> have to let the steam flow really build up before I can move the iron back
> and forth easily. This soleplate also seems to get hotter at a given fabric
> heat/steam setting.
>
> I have ironed almost exclusively dress shirts, both 100% cotton and
> poly/cotten shirts, with this iron. I am using the recommended heat/steam
> setting for the fabric. I have been filling the iron with store-bought,
> distilled water.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> (1) What is causing this problem? Is the recommended setting too hot? Is
> this residue microscopic, burned, fabric particles?
>
> (2) How can I clean this material off the soleplate?
>
> Thanks in advance. I saw from searching Google that problems with steam
> irons have been discussed in this group in the past.
>
>
>

I had similar problems to yours with my steam generator iron after I ran
a descaler through it!! mine is supposed to be run on boiled water not
distilled or straight tap water according to the manufacturers
instructions. However I descaled it as we live in a hard water area, and
it was showing signs of scale.

I solved it by literally picking the whole unit up, after unplugging it
and taking it to the sink filling it with water and tipping it out ,
rinsing and tipping until what I was tipping out ran clear. The sole
plate I rubbed at gently with an old green scotch-brite type scourer,
you could try very fine glass paper

I hope that helps some. Does your iron have a help line in the
instruction book or a helpful hints page on the manufacturers website
prahaps.
Claire in Montréal France

Posted by IMS on April 2, 2008, 7:47 am
Are you using the type of water recommended in the manual? Some irons
require distilled water for best results.

-Irene

wrote:

>I recently bought a brand new Black & Decker Steam Advantage iron (model
>F2200). This is one with a "Ceramic Glide" soleplate. I've owned it less
>than a week and I am already having problems with it. The specific problem
>I am having is that on occasion it is staining my clothes. This happens
>when I am ironing over a thick seam, say, the outside corner of the pocket
>on the front of a shirt. The iron is leaving a thin, brown stain there.
>Sometimes I can brush off what seems to be some residue there, but sometimes
>not.
>
>When I examine the soleplate I see some brown stains immediately below the
>"top" steam vent, extending in a V-shape in each direction. This stained
>area feels slightly rough, as though there is residue there.
>
>Compared with my old iron, which had a non-stick (Teflon?) soleplate, I've
>noticed that the ceramic soleplate of this new iron is more "sticky," and I
>have to let the steam flow really build up before I can move the iron back
>and forth easily. This soleplate also seems to get hotter at a given fabric
>heat/steam setting.
>
>I have ironed almost exclusively dress shirts, both 100% cotton and
>poly/cotten shirts, with this iron. I am using the recommended heat/steam
>setting for the fabric. I have been filling the iron with store-bought,
>distilled water.
>
>I have two questions:
>
>(1) What is causing this problem? Is the recommended setting too hot? Is
>this residue microscopic, burned, fabric particles?
>
>(2) How can I clean this material off the soleplate?
>
>Thanks in advance. I saw from searching Google that problems with steam
>irons have been discussed in this group in the past.
>
>

Posted by jones on April 2, 2008, 11:24 pm
I had that problem too a long time ago, and have been using it now without
water for years. Seems to work better. (for me anyway) :-)

Katherine



>>The specific problem I am having is that on occasion it is staining my
>>clothes. This happens when I am ironing over a thick seam, say, the
>>outside corner of the pocket on the front of a shirt. The iron is
>>leaving a thin, brown stain there. Sometimes I can brush off what seems
>>to be some residue there, but sometimes not.



Posted by Joy Beeson on April 3, 2008, 1:19 pm
wrote:

> I have ironed almost exclusively dress shirts, both 100% cotton and
> poly/cotten shirts, with this iron. I am using the recommended heat/steam
> setting for the fabric.

I never steam-iron shirts. When a steam iron gets your fabric all
limp and relaxed and flat, it keeps right on steaming and dampening.
If you dry-iron slightly-damp fabric, it gets steamed and relaxed,
then it gets dry and holds its flat, so you finish ironing much
faster.

In the bad old days, when we ironed a bushel of clothes every week, we
sprinkled water on shirts, rolled them into balls, and left them
overnight in an oilcloth-lined bushel basket, under a damp towel or,
later, a piece of plastic sheet.

Nowadays, I spray shirts on their hangers with a fine mist of water
and let it even out for a minute -- long enough for the iron to finish
heating, or long enough to spray another shirt or two. I use a
hand-pumped air-pressure sprayer from a kitchen-gimcrack store that
was intended to spray oil -- it doesn't work at all in the kitchen,
but has become indispensable in the laundry room.

If I need to touch up something after ironing it dry, I can spray
again, or if a rumple is *really* stubborn, I'll spray a scrap of rag
and iron it dry on the rumple. For some reason, ironing through a
damp cloth is more persuasive than anything short of using undiluted
starch to glue the fabric to the side of the fridge.

Joy Beeson
--
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The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.



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