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CLEANING IRON—QUICK FIXES
PROBLEM: BUILT UP CRUD & GREASE
SOLUTION: LYE
For one piece:
You well need a plastic bag & easy off oven cleaner. Put your
crud-covered iron in the plastic bag. Spray liberally with easy off, tie close
and let it "work" for 2 hours (or two days—it won't hurt iron).
Scrub with S.O.S. and rinse with soapy water. Dry & oil.
- Many crud-covered pieces
:
You will need 20 plus gallon plastic garbage container, can of RedDevil
lye (sold near toilet cleaning supplies), rubber or latex gloves to protect
your hands and water. Use ˝ can lye to ˝ tub water (hot works faster, but
cold works eventually). It is caustic, so be careful. Put a piece of wire
through hang hole and totally submerse piece into solution with wire bent over
edge of container for retrieving. Leave it in Solution as long as needed to
loosen crud. Scrub with S.O.S. and rinse with soapy water. Dry & oil.
Cover the solution and reuse with as many pieces as you can totally submerse
at once, each on separate wires for retrieval. If the solution appears to be
weak after a month, simply add more lye.
PROBLEM: RUST
SOLUTION: VINEGAR
Cover the rusty item in vinegar/water solution of roughly one-pint of cider
vinegar to three-gallons of water in a plastic tub. The item needs to be
totally submersed for evenness of finish. Don't leave the item in long as
vinegar is an acid and will hurt the finish if left too long. Check it in ten
minute intervals and remove each time to rinse, wash in soapy water, scrub
with S.O.S. and oil when satisfied with results. You may have to wire brush for
stubborn rust.
PROBLEM: IT'S PLATED WITH PORCELAIN
OR ENAMEL
SOLUTION: TRICKY--YOU DON'T WANT TO DULL IT
- You can brighten stained porcelain by submersing in a Clorox/baking
soda/water combination: Combine 1 cup bleach, 3 tablespoons baking soda, and
1 gallon (or less) of hot water. Check every 10 minutes as porcelain or
enamel can dull if left in solution too long. When it is as restored as much
as is possible (some staining won't be fixed), rinse, wash, and dry. Oil
lightly.
PROBLEM: IT'S PLATED WITH CHROME OR NICKEL
SOLUTION: JUST TREAT IT LIKE CAST IRON
Handy "tools" for cleaning iron: Dremel drill w/variety of
brushes, bench brush, long rubber gloves, eye protection, hair dryer for
tough to dry items like waffle grids where blow drying will hasten the
process, spray oil or a tooth brush for applying oil in tight to reach
areas, wire brushes for working on stubborn grease, lots of paper
towels, and many soft absorbent rags.
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