Oliso iron

i hate to sound like a total idiot, but does anyone other than ME have trouble emptying the water from their Oliso iron?? I can tilt it, shake it, jump up and down . . . but there is ALWAYS quite a bit of water still in the tank. What the he!! am I doing wrong??

I just purchased one last week, and haven't tried to take the water out, but found that it is a heavy iron. You do have to lift it on the fabric, or that part wrinkles. May just use it for sewing, and not clothing.

I am not positive if the Oliso is the iron I have frequently seen at sewing and quilt expos - BUT, if it is, they have a cut-away of the iron for display (I have searched and can't find an image). The internal section of the iron is made like a maze. Therefore, there are a whole lot of little alleyways for the water to be trapped in.

You just probably need to incorporate a couple jumping jacks, cartwheels and somersaults into your dance routine and then stand on your head for 37 seconds and try it all over again.

Yes it's hard to empty the water out, BUT I wouldn't trade my Blue Oliso
for anything. I was always turning over my stand up iron. No worries about that now

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the iron! It's just that I wanted to make sure to take good care of this baby, unlike my old iron which would sit on the board for a month . . . with water in it . . . I'll stop stressing now :icon_calm:

I found that if I turn it over slowly, so the 'spout/ drain is pointing away from my hand and slowly tilt it forward and backward about 3 or 4 times it gets just about all of it out.

i just discovered the same "problem" the other day but i'll take the advice of KPH and see if that works....it's easier than that suggested by sandy navas....:lol:

I have the blue one too. You could just iron something extra to "use up" the water, or most of it then you won't have that much to dump out. Plus I try to anticipate if I am almost done working for the day then I don't fill it all the way up when it gets low. Love the iron though!!

Another reason why I love my cordless Panasonic the water tank is plastic and comes completely off the iron for filling and emptying :)
just saying.

Why does everyone empty this iron? I've never emptied an iron before. Again, why?

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Originally Posted by kensington

Why does everyone empty this iron? I've never emptied an iron before. Again, why?

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I had wondered that myself. That is until I read the manual. It does say to drain the iron. So then I was wondering if other brand irons had the same instructions. I did a search on manuals for Black and Decker and Rowenta . . . and yep, it says the same thing in their manuals too. I guess I have never read that far in any of my iron manuals because, well, it's an iron and I know how to use it (apparently not LOL).

Gloria I do not empty my iron and never had. I have never had an issue except with the leaking Rowenta. Have had my cordless Panasonic for over a year now it has a tank that comes off the iron for easy filling and emptying if one wants to empty . I do not I also use only distilled water in mine even though it says not necessary I have extremely hard water here and do it as a precaution.

And here is where I admit that I don't empty my iron either. I guess I would if I was putting it away for a while but I use it too often to mess with draining it.

Ok I have the same thing and I point it forward an the water drains from the spray nozzle. Thought the sideways thing would work, but like you said, water still stay inside.

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Originally Posted by Iris Girl

Gloria I do not empty my iron and never had. I have never had an issue except with the leaking Rowenta. Have had my cordless Panasonic for over a year now it has a tank that comes off the iron for easy filling and emptying if one wants to empty . I do not I also use only distilled water in mine even though it says not necessary I have extremely hard water here and do it as a precaution.

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My mom also used distilled water. Or she would use water she ran from the faucet a few days ahead, giving time for everything in it to settle, then she stored it in bottles for the iron. You can also boil some water, a gallon at a time and store that.

Empty the tank to keep the lime scale from building up inside. It will prolong the life of the iron.

I don't have an Oliso iron, but my iron somehow empties itself. I have to keep filling 'er up! :D:icon_razz:

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Originally Posted by kensington

My mom also used distilled water. Or she would use water she ran from the faucet a few days ahead, giving time for everything in it to settle, then she stored it in bottles for the iron. You can also boil some water, a gallon at a time and store that.

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Oh that brings back memories of catching rain water to put in the car radiator and the iron... oops this kind of dates me.
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