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The iron is an ally of all housewives in the world, you can’t avoid using it even when it’s hot. Before going out you must iron your clothes.
Use after use, however, the iron gets dirty , so sooner or later, even if you don’t want to do it, and the care that allows it to extend its life.you have to take care of its cleanliness
Like all other appliances, the iron also needs periodic maintenance and it is advisable to do so too To avoid staining, sometimes irreparably, the freshly washed and dried clothes.
Iron, because it is important to dedicate yourself to cleaning it
The iron obviously gets dirty on the soleplate , that is where small stains of dirt appear that come from the clothes. Other times they are simple lime stains, which should however be avoided. Cleaning is necessary not only to avoid ruining the clothes, but also because dirt prevents steam from escaping through the ventilation grilles , which often are clogged.
There is a useful trick to properly clean the iron , leaving it like new, shiny, fragrant, in a word: perfect. It takes a few minutes and a little patience and that’s it.
The first trick of the housewives.
A trick used by many housewives consists of using baking paper and coarse salt. Strange as it may seem, these two elements together are miraculous. There are some very simple steps to follow, which will allow you to have an iron like new in just a few steps.
Take a sheet of baking paper, place it on the table, sprinkle coarse salt on top covering it completely evenly. Then, turn on the iron, wait until it is very hot, run it through the sheet of paper and then through the salt as when ironing. Press firmly.
You can see at a glance how quickly dirt and lime stains disappear . This way the iron will be ready to be used without running the risk of damaging your clothes.
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