Oliso iron

[mooveenut57]

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??

[Marcine]

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.

[Sandy Navas]

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.

[Eriepatch]

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

[mooveenut57]

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

[KPH]

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.

[gshalom]

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....

[jjkaiser]

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!!

[Iris Girl]

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.

[kensington]

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