4 tips for if your iron doesn't produce steam

The steam production of an iron or steam generator is essential if you want to remove wrinkles from your dress shirt. That's why you want to prevent the steam production from not working well or not working at all. You'll find 4 tips on how to make sure your iron or steam generator produces steam again in this article.

• Tip 1: fill the water tank
• Tip 2: check the temperature setting
• Tip 3: clean the soleplate
• Tip 4: descale your iron or steam generator

If there's not enough water in the tank, the iron doesn't produce steam. Fill the water tank before you start ironing. Turn on the iron and check if that solved the steam issues. If that's not the case, follow the steps below.

An iron or steam generator has to heat up completely before it produces steam. Turn the iron on and give it some time. Check the manual if you're not sure about the warm-up time of your iron.

If you iron at high temperatures often, small fabric particles can melt onto the soleplate. This blocks the steam holes. As a result, the water collects in the holes and limescale builds up. Remove light limescale buildup with a damp cloth. Make sure the iron is turned off when you do so. Doesn't that work? Turn on the iron to its maximum temperature. Turn off the steam function and move the iron across a paper towel.

Does your iron still not produce steam after the tips above? It's probably time to descale it. You can descale it in 3 different ways. It differs per iron how you can descale it. You can read it on the advice page.