You know, I have never heard of problems with the old coal basket style that were heated with lumps of coal and/or on the combustion stove top. Maybe go back to them? I have one as a door stop (iron, not stove) I can put back into action,
-C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Historical Costume" To:"Historical Costume" Cc: Sent:Tue, 22 May 2012 23:24:32 -0700 Subject:Re: [h-cost] %$#&* irons! Maybe we should start an iron company, making them the way they used to. Sharon C. -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Mary + Doug Piero Carey Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:58 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] %$#&* irons! Yes, many times that's just what I do. But I should not have to! What torques my temper is that I had irons all through the 70s & 80s that DID NOT DO THIS, and I abused them far worse than my last several irons. There is NO D@MN BLUIDY excuse for purportedly high-end modern irons to fail in this way when cheap irons made 40 years ago didn't fail this way. Mary, muttering grumbling & grousing On 5/21/2012 10:18 PM, h-costume-requ...@indra.com wrote: > Use the iron dry, do not fill, do not put on "steam", use a spray or > sprinkle bottle separately. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
