The cleaning procedure below is recommended as a regular maintenance measure to help your steamer maintain its maximum steaming performance.
Maintenance should be performed on your garment steamer roughly every 3-6 months depending on your water supply. In most instances, a steamer that is severely clogged will require it to be disassembled to properly clean and prolong the life span of the unit.
An authorized repair center or a steamer service technician best performs this disassembling process.
1. Remove hose attachment from unit at the brass coupling using a wrench. Pour out any remaining water from your unit.
2. The hose attachment could be blocked by sediment build-up--use a water hose to clean inside the hose. This should loosen and remove any build-up that may have occurred within the hose.
3. Clean the internal parts of the unit with some type of garment steamer cleaner. This cleaner is acid based so it will remove the hard water deposits as well as the sediment build-up.
4. Fill the steamer with a gallon of water and add at least ten ounces garment cleaner. Turn the steamer on to preheat and allow water and solution to warm.
5. When the preheat cycle is complete, turn the switch off and unplug the steamer from the power outlet. Let the water and cleaning solution remain i the steamer for a period of two to three hours. Be sure not to steam the solution in the steamer as damage is certain to occur.
6. Remove the cleaning solution from the garment steamer. Simply tip and pour the solution out where the hose was originally attached.
7. rinse thoroughly with fresh water a few times.
8. If discolored water is still present from the steamer, it may require this process being repeated.
9. Contact a steamer technician for further questions.
Maintenance should be performed on your garment steamer roughly every 3-6 months depending on your water supply. In most instances, a steamer that is severely clogged will require it to be disassembled to properly clean and prolong the life span of the unit.
An authorized repair center or a steamer service technician best performs this disassembling process.
1. Remove hose attachment from unit at the brass coupling using a wrench. Pour out any remaining water from your unit.
2. The hose attachment could be blocked by sediment build-up--use a water hose to clean inside the hose. This should loosen and remove any build-up that may have occurred within the hose.
3. Clean the internal parts of the unit with some type of garment steamer cleaner. This cleaner is acid based so it will remove the hard water deposits as well as the sediment build-up.
4. Fill the steamer with a gallon of water and add at least ten ounces garment cleaner. Turn the steamer on to preheat and allow water and solution to warm.
5. When the preheat cycle is complete, turn the switch off and unplug the steamer from the power outlet. Let the water and cleaning solution remain i the steamer for a period of two to three hours. Be sure not to steam the solution in the steamer as damage is certain to occur.
6. Remove the cleaning solution from the garment steamer. Simply tip and pour the solution out where the hose was originally attached.
7. rinse thoroughly with fresh water a few times.
8. If discolored water is still present from the steamer, it may require this process being repeated.
9. Contact a steamer technician for further questions.
About the Author:
Martha Serensford has been operating and fixing garment steamers for three decades. Her passion for the garment steamer is so sincere, she has a garment steamer site that is a daily source of everything that is about steamers. She also has a a garment steamerscomparison site that compares the latest garment steamers.
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