Faultless Starch 40110 Hot Iron Cleaner

It's not often a product lives up to its hype, but this iron soleplate cleaner surely does! I thought it a bit pricey at £10, and admittedly it is. But it works quickly and easily, and doesn't take much to do the job. I was just about at the point of giving up and buying a new iron (I have a state-of-the-art, but old, Rowenta and really can't afford a new high-quality iron) when I thought I'd give "Faultless Iron Cleaner" a go. I expected I'd have to return it and ask for a refund; instead, I will be ordering more to keep my iron in tiptop condition. The soleplate was completely gunked up with old starch, hard-water stains, burnt-on residue, you name it, and so crusty I thought there was no way the soleplate could be restored. By golly, it looks - and glides - like new! If I could rate this iron cleaner higher than five stars, I would. On a sidenote: it arrived in a padded envelope, complete in original package* with clear instructions. Delivery was about two (working) days after I ordered it. So I give the Wirral Discount Supplies company top marks for prompt service, too. [*A different product I'd ordered from another company arrived with no package, no label, no instructions, and after that, I realize just how important instructions for something like this can be.]

After purchasing many items from Amazon over the years this is the first that has impressed me so much that I wanted to review it. A week or so ago, my wife noticed something melted onto the bottom of our nearly new iron. After a quick look around I discovered that someone had returned the iron back to its stowage whilst it was still hot. The plastic coating on the stowage had melted onto the iron. We tried various methods to remove the burnt on plastic but nothing was fully effective. We then had two options 1. live with the burnt bits on the iron or 2. buy something to remove them. I did a quick search on Amazon and found this product. For less than £8 I thought it was worth giving a go. Once we received the item my wife followed the instructions and gave it a go. It was amazing, the burnt bits simply wiped off. The iron now looks like new and the cleaner will be on standby just in case this happens again!

Being a sewer and enjoy making bag, this often means i use fusible interfacing and it is inevitable that at times, the adhesive from this goes onto my iron as in this case as per photo. In the before image, i had on previous occasions tried cleaning the iron with rubbing over with a paracetamol; this had been ok but couldn't remove all the 'baked on' remains. I heated my iron for a minute or so on the cotton setting to make sure it was hot enough then after switching off, i applied the cream onto a thick Towelling flannel and as advised rubbed the iron over with circular motions and then removed with a dry cotton cloth. As you can see, the iron plate now looks almost new again...however, the cream didn't remove some of the baked on glue on the outer edges and initially i thought it was because the ceramic coating had come off. I thought to try 'carefully' rubbing these parts with the flat end of a wooden cuticle stick from which these bits simply came away as in the end it was dried on adhesive. I am pleased with the overall result but it took a bit of effort and use of the stick...and quite a bit of the cream. I had to keep reapplying the cream and ended up using half a tube. It states in the instructions to use after each use of the iron...this would work out very expensive. Also, i guess it depends on the surface of your iron plate...mine is ceramic and i thought it would make it easier to remove the residue but considering my iron wasn't really too bad to start with...it took a bit of effort. I think the worse your iron, the more effective this cream would be. Be prepared for the 'smoke'...It wasn't until i had to go out of the room that i noticed it had actually not just stayed in the room i was in but had gone into other rooms...it wasn't a thick smoke but more a vapour like smoke but it still surprised me. The smell of the cream when applying to the hot iron reminded me of a Brillo pad smell...really quite similar and didn't really stay around too long. Overall...although being that my iron wasn't too bad to start with (but didn't glide like it used to) and it wasn't just a simple wiping, i am very glad i tried it and my iron now (until i mess it up again) glides like new again and looks and feels very clean. I was worried that being ceramic that it would be damaged but it is not at all. Definitely recommended...just be prepared to use plenty and for the smoke.

We were on the point of throwing our iron out and buying a new one because the plate had become black with burnt on gunge and it was no longer gliding smoothly over the clothes. I saw this product on an American 'cleaning tips' site site and was pleased to find it on Amazon at what I think is a very reasonable price. To be honest, I doubted whether it would make any difference at all to the iron but thought that for the price it was worth giving it a try. I followed the instructions and squeezed a small amount of the cream onto an old terry tea towel, made sure the iron was very hot and then 'ironed' the tea towel in small circular motions. I was totally amazed that just with the one application it removed a lot of the black burnt-on stuff. I had to repeat this four or five times and used half of the tube of cream, but it did leave the plate very clean. It did not take a lot of effort - just firm pressure - but there was a bit of smoke and a slightly unpleasant odour. It doesn't return the iron to a new state, but it has prolonged its life and saved a lot of money in the process. We have since bought another 2 tubes so that we won't run out. This is one product that I can highly recommend

bought this from reading all the reviews but i have to say it does work but not as well as i read used the whole tube just on one iron i had three to clean so if you've got one iron it should do the trick but bit disappointed i couldn't clean the other two and wasn't prepared to pay nearly £16 for 3 tubes. it does take some effort to clean it doesn't take any build up straight off i had to give it some serious hand action to remove anything and had to keep using the tube until soleplate was clean and my iron is fairly new and there wasn't a huge amount of buildup on it. iron is now clean and shiny like new but it'll get very expensive if you have to keep buying a tube just to clean your iron once. it does work that's the main thing maybe it was just my iron but worth a try if you've tried other products and they never worked.

Over the years I tried number of different methods and products to clean dirty Iron soleplates mainly due to accidental burning. I tried scraping, cleaning using different solutions, ended up with scratched soleplates and disappointment. I bought faultless Hot Iron Plate Cleaner & Remover after reading reviews on Amazon, I did not expect 100% immediate results. I was amazed with the speed and at ease the product worked all dirt, burns gathered on soleplate over the last year or so. Actually I did not have to use as much as recommended by manufacturer to get rid of all dirt and burns on the soleplate. All residues transferred to cloth used, just to ensure the soleplate get back to gleaning appearance repeated process again and results was amazing. I word of caution to users who does not like smoke or fumes, ensure you carry out the cleaning process in well-ventilated area as application on hot soleplate it releases not too strong stream of smoke. Just to update since my first purchase I have repurchased this item number of times, same result and never let me down, have clean Iron any day of the year thanks to this product. Fantastic product, it does what it says simple as that, No hesitation in recommending the Faultless Hot Iron Soleplate Cleaner & Burn Remover.

Just purchased 2 tubes intending to keep 1 as a spare... oops! my filthy iron sole plate used both so had to re-order but it was very bad, a couple of years goo from melted dark work trouser deposits when creasing a little too enthusiastically perhaps? 🙈 so just ordered more, 3 to be precise as didn’t quite get it all off but oh! how my iron is like new, gliding beautifully over white linen shirts and Egyptian Cotton sheets with ease. First time ever used and can’t speak highly enough of this household gem which I will always keep in the cleaning cupboard now. Do take heed and use the 100% cotton terry tea towel as suggested on the how to use panel, ( mine came from George at Asda) I’ve now set them aside for just this job and they are waiting to be machine washed at 95 degrees with all my other cleaning cloths from the weekly clean. Also yes, there is a LOT of smoke given off ( like steam) when using the product so use in a well ventilated room and I suggest NOT TO USE AROUND CHILDREN as there is a slightly mild irritating smell emanating when in use. Wash your hands well after too!! Great product does exactly what it says!

Really good but takes a while to work and one tube only does one clean!

Ha pulito perfettamente il mio ferro da stiro che era sporchissimo piatta perfetta e lucidq

Fast acting & easy to clean the damaged area!

ممتاز نظف المكواة التي بالبخار والعادية بسهولة رائحته طيبة اتبع التعليمات كماهي على المنتج وستحصل على نتيجة مرضية

Good product, cleaned complete surface

Ich habe Faultless Hot ironcleaner bestellt in der Hoffnung, die eingebrannten Stoffreste auf meinem Dampfbügeleisen entfernen zu können. Die Bescheibung habe ich mir übersetzt und das Bügeleisen nach diesen Anordnungen bearbeitet: Achten Sie darauf, dass das Bügeleisen heiß ist, vorzugsweise Baumwolle. Verwenden Sie kein kaltes Bügeleisen. Vor dem Reinigen Wasser aus dem Dampfbügeleisen leeren. Vorsicht beim Umgang mit heißem Bügeleisen. Drücken Sie etwa zwei Zentimeter heißes Eisenreiniger auf ein altes 100% Baumwolle Frotteetuch. Reiben Sie das Bügeleisen in kreisenden Bewegungen über das Handtuch. Auf ein sauberes Tuch und ein Tuch wischen, um alle Spuren von heißem Eisenreiniger zu entfernen. Mit leichtem Druck hat der Hot Ironcleaner alle Rückstände mühelos entfernt und mein Bügeleisen ist wieder wie neu!! Dieses Produkt ist für mich 5 Sterne Wert und vollstens zu empfehlen.