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Bob Eager wrote:
True. If it's good enough for a soldering iron, a smoothing iron should
be OK.

Only reason these days for a fabric cover is looks.

I think the fabric cover was supposed to be better than rubber (not
necessarily silicone) because it didn'r bind on the edge of the ironing
board.

Don't you plug the iron into your central light via a BC adaptor, like
everyone else on here? ;-)

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