Vinegar Solution

• 1). Mix 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar and 1/2 cup salt in a small saucepan and put it on the stove with low heat.
  
  
• 2). Remove the saucepan from the stove once the vinegar and salt mixture is warmed. Do not let the mixture overheat.
  
  
• 3). Rub the mixture into the iron plate with a nonabrasive cloth.
  
  

Oven Cleaner

• 1). Cover the iron with newspaper except the scorched hotplate.
  
  
• 2). Take the iron outdoors and spray oven foam cleaner on the hotplate. Let it stand for three minutes.
  
  
• 3). Rinse the iron hotplate with a damp nonabrasive cloth and cold water. The burn marks should wipe away.
  
  

Baking Soda

• 1). Make a paste from mixing 1/2 cup baking soda into 1/2 cup cold water. Use white toothpaste if you are out of baking soda.
  
  
• 2). Wipe the iron hotplate with the baking soda solution. Let the iron stand for two minutes with the baking soda solution on it.
  
  
• 3). Rinse off the hotplate with a damp cloth. The burn marks should disappear.