Went to hardware shop today, enquired about cleaning iron, they advised hydrochloric acid.
I use this for the swimming pool, so I did it.
Cleaned it up alright but later when I went to use it, it shorted out all the power to the house.
Forgot to mention had left iron on all night der.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
God bless, Alan.
Hi Alan
I use a damp sponge to clean mine. If the tip is realy carbonized I replace it or a few strokes with a file and tin it again.
It sounds like yours is shorted out. New ones are cheap comared to the aggravation to try to fix.
Pete
I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!
I started with nothing and still have most of it left!
Yep, Alan, the damp wet sponge method works great! I make sure the tip is nice an hot and then run the tip over the sponge. Also, the sponge that I have has groves cut 1/2 way into it lengthwise that allow the tip to be drawn between the sponge, this really cleans it up nicely.
I bought this one at Lowe's Home Improvment back in March for around $29.00.
I was looking for a new one and when I saw the "Uses list" on the box the decision was made.
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan