Cleaning Your Curling Iron

Date: 06/17/2008 Topics: Beauty > Hair Tips > Tools | Cleaning > Appliances | Readers Request > Cleaning

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Does anyone have any ideas on cleaning curling irons? Mine work fine, but have dried hairspray and setting lotion on them. They look terrible. Just wondering if there is a way to clean them.
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Vicki from Texas

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RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron

By kkharp (5) Profile Contact

Totally Awesome - cleaner found at the dollar store for $ 1.00 per spray bottle works great! This stuff is so good it will take the paint off of walls.
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By bubbleyrabz (1) Contact

hey..uhm..my mom was curling my hair for a bigg occasion (my cousin's wedding) and she kept spraying hair spray on the barrel while the curl was on it and i thought ii was doomed and id have to throw it out nd get a new one..and when ii got it hot and put it to my hair id try to curl it nd it would not work but when ii read all these comments ii decided to use nail polish remover on it and ii did and it pretty much took off some of the residuee..

nd now im soo happy that ii dunt have to throw it out and return itt...
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RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron

By Lisa (Guest Post)

My daughter has a CHI flat iron and she was told to clean it with alcohol when it is either hot or cold. She says it works.
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RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron

By Cariboo Lady. (Guest Post)

Use what you have handiest and most easiest....hair shampoo! It removes it from your hair, it will do the same for your curling iron!
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Request: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
Archived on 06/17/2008
Cleaning Your Curling Iron How do I get hairspray off my curling iron?
Angela from AL
Answers: Oh, thank you so much. The idea for the rubbing alcohol worked great. I have had to spend about $200 in replacement ceramic straight irons in the last year because the hairspray gets so bad I can't get my hair through it. I just cleaned my iron with some cotton swabs and rubbing alcohol and it came right off. Thank you for your wonderful suggestion. (08/24/2007)
RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
Actually Nail polish remover was enough to clean off my curling iron, but it was also just a thin coating. Pretty much any alcohol-based cleaning product will work.
Rose

RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
Damp cloth! Don't scrub too hard to scrape off ceramic! (02/03/2007)
Suzanne

RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
I wet a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and rub it on mine. It dissolves the hairspray almost on contact, and dries just as fast. (11/10/2006)
susanmaj

RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
I have used oven cleaner with great success! It takes off that burnt on mess!(10/31/2006)
Pam

RE: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
I just take a wet (but not dripping) washcloth and roll it around and under the clip part of the iron and then all around the barrel again and just let it set for a few minutes. I do this with the curling iron hot but UNPLUGGED! When it is cool enough to touch I just rub the washcloth around and all the hairspray gunk wipes off of mine. No need for special cleaners, just use water and let it "steam". (10/28/2006)
Grandma Margie

Tip: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
To clean hairspray from a curling iron, even teflon coated, spray a little De-Solv-It on it, wipe with a paper towel, and you are finished. I tried this after trying alcohol, baking soda/water paste, fingernail polish remover, and ammonia. It was SO easy! (10/27/2006)
By Amanda from Copperas Cove, TX

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Tip: Cleaning Your Curling Iron
Archived on 10/27/2006
To clean hairspray from a curling iron, even teflon coated, spray a little De-Solv-It on it, wipe with a paper towel, and you are finished. I tried this after trying alcohol, baking soda/water paste, fingernail polish remover, and ammonia. It was SO easy!

By Amanda from Copperas Cove, TX
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