Once again I am subjecting myself to humiliation for the sake of homemaking science by showing you another nasty appliance in my house. This time I need to clean a flat iron. Why is this flat iron so gross you ask? Well, let me tell you. I suffer from a serious condition called “poufy bangs” – combined with a wicked cowlick. Unless I straighten them every day…(sometimes twice a day)…they just look ridiculous.
Problem is…I also use a fair amount of HAIRSPRAY on them and when I use the flat iron on my hairsprayed hair…this is what ends up happening.
A serious case of “gunk build-up”. The things we do for vanity. :-)
In the past, I would wait until it got REALLY, REALLY bad and then throw it away and get a new one….because I couldn’t find anything that would take it off. One day I was whining about my flat iron follies to my friend Danielle and she suggested I use the edge of a pair of scissors to scrape the gunk off. After all, the straightener is made out of CERAMIC. It worked quite well and didn’t do TOO much damage to the iron. The slight scarring it did was worth it though, because I didn’t have to buy a new one! An expensive proposition.
As you can see from the pictures…the “gunk build-up” was approaching a serious level of gross and I was about to attack it with the scissors again when I decided to give my “miracle cleaner” a try.
Turns out this was hardly even a challenge for the “miracle cleaner”. :-) I made my usual paste of baking soda and hydrogen peroxide and started rubbing it in with my fingers. It immediately took all but the thickest parts of gunk off with hardly any effort at all.
This is what it looked like “AFTER”.
The main difference in cleaning this small appliance vs. other things I’ve cleaned with the “miracle cleaner” was making sure I didn’t get any cleaner or water inside the iron that would mess up the electrical stuff.
So I was careful to keep the cleaning mixture just on the plates themselves and then I used a wet rag to wipe it all off when I was done instead of rinsing it. It’s still working like a champ at taming my unruly poufy bangs, so I must have done OK.
My flat iron looks and feels like new!
How do you clean your flat iron?
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Rubbing ANYTHING on my straightner seemed like the biggest waste of time
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I warmed it up and waited for the powder mixed with peroxide to bubble and then scrub too – in the end i just took to it with my scissors :/
This didnt work i used my scissors – rubbing anything over it seemed a huge waste of time
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I’ve used hand sanitizer with a paper towel on a warm(not hot) iron and that worked fine for me. The alcohol dries quickly so you don’t have to worry so much about damaging wiring.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I’ve always just taken my hand towel or bath towel and “straightened” that a time or two before I did my hair and it all left.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I can’t wait to try this!! Thanks so much!
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Please log in or create a free account to comment.I am sooooooooooo trying this I have done the alcohol with no avail, and have tried nail polish remover didn’t work either……So I will keep trying different things till something works. Thank You for sharing with us!!!
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Please log in or create a free account to comment.I have an awesome flat iron and some profesional curling irons. and I use rubbing alcohol when the iron is hot/ warm to the touch and It works great too!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I was just about to try your baking soda method but I did not have the materials already. As I was reading through the comments, I found a tip to use a steel wool pad and some alcohol. I didn’t have alcohol either but the steel wool pad worked amazingly. Even with gentle strokes, the caked on gunk came right off and left damage to my ceramic tourmaline T3. My gunk has been on there for at least a year because that’s when I stopped using it. It was a heavy build-up and I tried to use Dissolve Styling Iron cleaner but it didn’t work at all. If I ever need to I’ll the baking soda method a try but I am extremely happy with the steel wool method. (I didn’t use any liquids until after removal to get rid of the dust from the steel wool pad.)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Spray Windex on your irons and leave it for a couple of minutes. Everything will wipe right off with no effort at all. I’m a stylist and my irons have been through it all. Works like a charm everytime ;-)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Hey! My hairdresser told me that they just run their hot irons down a warm towel. You can do that maybe between cleanings to help reduce the build up :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.This didn’t work for me. :( I then tried the nail polish remover, and I do NOT suggest that. I think it damaged my Chi. It turned the plate I used it on a different color and seems like it was rubbing the ceramic or something off. I then tried alcohol and had a bit more luck, but still didn’t get all the build up off.
Good thing is, I didn’t let the baking soda/peroxide mix go to waste. I brushed my teeth with the remaining. It makes a great teeth whitener. :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Hi! This is what I’ve tried: multipurpose wipes towels, they worked out pretty well on mine that had remains of hair dye.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Nail polish remover + a few cotton balls + a little elbow grease = works every time in just a few minutes
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