if you have an iron that has a little bit of a blemish on it kind of like a rust stain a little spot that's leaving streaks on your clothes to clean that off what I use is a little steel wool this is the stuff you get at the hardware store not the stuff that you buy with the soap in it this is a triple zero steel wool and you take it and you just rub it on the mark I suppose you can use a little water if you wanted to I usually don't that one was a little bit more tough so you do that and there you go the spot is gone you