Do you have a curling iron that looks like it has seen it’s days, and you just feel like throwing it out, because of all the nasty gunk built on it? Well before you decide and go out and buy another one, why don’t you try to clean it first to see what results you will get. Sometimes we just get so lazy and rather just spend more money on a new one, but if you take your time and have patience with cleaning it, you won’t have to spend money out of your pocket. You would be amazed on how clean you can actually get your curling iron. Styling your hair with a curling iron that has so much build up on it not only damages your hair more, but it makes your hair very sticky, hard to work with, and your style will not come out right at all no matter how long you spend with this dirty curling iron. If you clean it with the right solutions your results will be simply amazing. So a few good ways to remove all that nasty gunky build up on your curling iron are:
1. Rubbing alcohol- This is one of the simplest ways to remove all that gunk on your iron. Make sure your iron is unplugged. Take a wash cloth with a few drops of rubbing alcohol and gently rub it on the iron.please do not scrape your iron though.Scraping will only ruin your iron and cause defects to it. This will only cost you around a dollar or so, but your iron will be so much nicer without all that gunk.
2. Nail polish remover (acetone) – Acetone has many uses. it’s a very strong and powerful solution that helps not only with your nails, but it can easily remove very heavy build-up from glass to curling irons in minutes after applying. Just mix a little remover with a little elbow grease, the gunk will come off in about ten minutes depending how bad the residue is. If it’s extremely bad allow the acetone to stay on the iron for about twenty minutes before you start rubbing. This way it will be able to soak up all that gunk to make it easier to remove.
3. Another great product to use is lemon juice- Soak a rag with lemon juice, make sure your iron is not on and is cold. Then place the rag all over the iron making sure the iron is wet enough with the lemon juice. Let it soak for about fifteen minutes. Then after it soaked start scrubbing. Don’t worry your hair will not smell like lemon juice afterwords.
4. Baking soda- Now most of us always have that box of baking soda laying around in our refrigerators or wherever. You can mix the baking soda with some water and make a thin paste. Try not too make it too thick. Apply it with either a wash rag or some cotton balls. It may feel a little sticky, but have patience it will work to get the gunk out. Make sure your iron is unplugged before doing this procedure.
5. Next one is a sodium hydroxide creme that you can purchase at a beauty supply place for around four dollars or so. This you have to turn your iron on to let it get a little hot. Then unplug it and rub the creme all over the iron. Make sure you have a ample amount. Let it stand for about five minutes and rub it off gently. You don’t have to rub too hard because this creme is very powerful and will almost do the job by itself.
