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The first housewife trick.
A trick used by many housewives is to use baking paper and coarse salt. As strange as it may seem, these two elements together are miraculous. There are a few very simple steps to follow, which will allow you to have a brand new iron in just a few steps.
Take a sheet of baking paper, place it on the table, sprinkle coarse salt over it, covering it completely and evenly. Then, turn on the iron, wait for it to get really hot, pass it over the sheet of paper and then over the salt as if you were ironing. Press firmly.
You can see at a glance how quickly dirt and limescale stains disappear , so your iron is ready to use without the risk of damaging your clothes.
Second procedure: vinegar
Vinegar is one of the most sought-after ingredients for household cleaning . It is used for almost everything, for cooking, for washing, for disinfecting, for removing ingrained dirt from any surface, and for making steel shine like new again.
To clean your iron, prepare a vinegar and water solution that is good for the exterior, including the soleplate. The important thing is to wipe the entire surface with a cloth before storing or using the iron. To clean and polish the plate, you can also prepare a vinegar and coarse salt solution .
You can also use vinegar to clean the boiler. Fill it with water and vinegar, half water and half vinegar is enough. Then turn on the iron and let the steam escape, thus expelling the limescale present inside the boiler.
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