The Best Medicine

To clean a dirty or sticky iron, I heat the iron and rub it with a white acetaminophen tablet that I hold in a soft rag. The debris rolls right off.

—Virginia Korte-Castle

Carlton, Minnesota

*Editor's note: Test this on a small part of your iron before committing to this process. Each iron is different and may need to be cleaned a different way.

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