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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 should iron your clothes.
Use after use, however, the iron gets dirty , so sooner or later, even if you don’t want to, you have to take care of its cleaning and the care that allows you to extend its life.
Like all other household appliances, the iron also needs periodic maintenance and it is advisable to do so to avoid staining, sometimes irreparably, freshly washed and dried clothes .
Iron, because it is important to dedicate yourself to cleaning it
The iron obviously gets dirty on the soleplate , which is where small dirt stains appear from clothing. Other times, these are simple lime stains, which should 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 are often clogged.
There is a useful trick to properly clean your iron , leaving it looking new, shiny, fragrant, in a word: perfect. It takes a few minutes and a little patience and that’s it.
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.
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