Key Takeaways Use kosher salt to gently scrub away sticky residue from your iron’s soleplate.Clean your iron regularly to prevent sticky buildup from transferring to clothes.Always use distilled water ...

Residue and mineral buildup can compromise an iron's ability to smooth unsightly wrinkles from fabrics. Over time, these deposits can make the soleplate sticky and reduce the appliance's effectiveness ...

Given that we use our irons on clean clothing and only fill it with plain water many of us do not think to give them a clean. But when left untouched, these appliances quickly succumb to limescale ...

Before you toss that steam iron because it refuses to steam and the soleplate is sporting a brown, burned-on, gross mess -- you might want to give it a little love with a good cleanup. It’s not ...

A woman at an ironing board is holding up a clean iron prior to using it - Miljan Živković/Getty Images Cleaning an iron: it's a chore that many of us put off, perhaps because we're afraid of doing ...