How to clean melted polyester from an iron

Polyester is a man-made fiber prone to fusion when it comes into direct contact with heat. If the polyester garment has been ironed, a part of it, so it can remain attached to the iron plate. Not only is the garment in ruins, but a sticky mass remains in the iron. Unless the molten fabric is removed from the iron, it will be transferred to other ironed fabrics and spread the mess further. Careful burnt iron cleaning methods remove polyester and restore your iron to its previously usable state.

How to clean melted polyester from an iron?

Plugin the iron and convert it to the lowest power. Let the iron warm up until the hardened molten polyester softens again.

Scrape the molten cloth from the iron plate with a wooden spatula. Choose from small pieces of remaining polyester with a pair of tweezers. Discard the molten polyester, as it is removed.

Disconnect the iron and, while it starts to cool, mix equal parts of baking soda and water to make a mild abrasive cleaner. Apply some sodium bicarbonate cleaner on a clean cloth and rub the iron plate to remove any remaining molten polyester residue.

Treat any last traces of the stain by rubbing with a clean cloth dampened with acetone-based nail polish remover. Switch to another part of the fabric that the stain is lifted, and continue to remove the stain.

Tips and warnings

Treat molten polyester at the bottom of the iron as quickly as possible to avoid a hardened disaster similar to melted plastic. Use non-metallic utensils to carefully scrape molten iron fibers. Small pieces of molten polyester trapped in the steam holes at the bottom of the plate can be removed with cotton swabs dipped in nail polish remover.

Be careful when cleaning a hot iron to avoid burns during the stain removal process.