How do I clean the ceramic plates of my straightner?

Hi, Momma!

Please excuse my ignorance, but you are talking about a hair straightener, correct! If that is correct, then what is on the ceramic parts that's making them dirty, please?

Thanks!

Yes hair straightner. Burnt on hair products.

Thanks! :)

I found this answer on the following site What's the best way to clean my ceramic hair straightener? - Yahoo! Answers

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hi I am a hair dresser and the best way to clean a ceramic straightener is to turn it on ane let it heat up, then turn it off and while it is still warm wipe over the ceramic plate with a warm cloth. This will remove any product build up but be careful not to burn yourself! Hope this helps!

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Seems like a reasonable answer to me! Also, I have seen it answered a lot where using alcohol is recommended. Just in my opinion though, since these parts are ceramic and considering the many different kinds of hair products or by-products that could be on them, I would think that acetone (fingernail polish remover) or lacquer thinner would also do the trick, especially if the build-up of residue is particularly hard to get off by the way that is mentioned in the above quote or by using alcohol.

Thank you.

Since I have no alcohol (that kind, at least) I'll try the method of heating up, then cleaning... first.

You're welcome, Momma!

Just one more thing though, if you do find it necessary to use the more potent solvents such as acetone or lacquer thinner, please be sure to wear rubber gloves and to use those solvents in a well-ventilated area. Using them with your bare hands or fingers can defat the skin of hands and fingers.

I have been refinishing furniture so long, and admittedly, not using gloves all of the time, (yeah, true confessions here!) :o that I no longer have cuticles on any of my fingernails! But, when I strip and clean furniture, I find that wearing heavy gloves makes it hard to "feel" what I doing because of the different shapes to the furniture that I might encounter. If I use thinner latex gloves I can feel what I am doing, but the solvents where through the thinner rubber of the gloves right away.

But, we're talking about cleaning a hair appliance here and not the stripping and cleaning of wooden furniture.

Just some additional thoughts for anyone who might come along and read this thread...

Thank you.