Tricity Bendix TIR2410 Preliminaries, Before You Start, Unpacking Your Iron, Ironing Temperatures

Before You Start

Preliminaries

Unpacking Your Iron

Unpack the iron carefully. If you dispose of the packaging, do so having regard to any recycling regulations in your area.

The packaging contains:

One Tricity Steam Iron One filler cup

If any item is missing or damaged: please contact the Tesco store where you purchased the item, or your nearest Tesco store. Please have your receipt ready when you call.

Important Special Features of Your Iron

Soleplate: The soleplate of the iron is coated. To protect the finish do not use abra- sives to clean the iron and avoid running the iron over hard metal surfaces.

Anti-Scale System: A special resin filter inside the water reservoir softens the wa- ter and prevents scale build-up in the plate. The resin filter is permanent and does not need replacing.

Use tap water only. Distilled and/demineralised water makes the anti-calc system ineffective by altering its characteristics. Do not use chemical additives, scented sub- stances or decalcifiers. Failure to comply may invalidate the guarantee.

Anti-Drip System: Always iron delicate fabrics at low temperatures. At these low temperatures the soleplate may cool to the point where no steam comes out, but drops of boiling water can still escape which can leave marks or stains. If this occurs, the Anti-drip system automatically activates to prevent vapourization, so that you can iron the most delicate fabrics without risk of spoiling or staining them.

Ironing Temperatures

Check the ironing instructions attached to the article (they are on a label showing a symbol of an iron). Always follow these ironing instructions. The indications on the iron’s temperature dial and the table below will help you.

If there are no ironing instructions but you know the fabric, then use the table below. The table is valid only for the actual materials and does not take account of any finish applied to the fabric. Textiles to which a finish has been applied (wrinkle relief, printed T shirts etc.) should be ironed at lower temperatures.

If the fabric contains mixed fibres, select the lowest ironing temperature of the composition, e.g. iron a 60% polyester /40% cotton mix at the temperature indicated for polyester.

Do not iron

Synthetics. Set Iron to LOW ( • )

Wool, Silk. Set Iron to MEDIUM ( • • )

Cotton, Linen. Set Iron to HIGH ( • • • )

The iron heats up quicker than it cools down. Sort fabrics to be ironed into groups according to temperature; wool with wool, cotton with cotton, etc. Start by ironing articles requiring low temperature settings and progress to higher ones.

Note: Do not iron garments that are dirty or stained. The heat may set the stain.

Pure (100%) wool fabrics may be pressed with the iron set to a steam position and the garment protected by a dry cloth.