Reddit reviews Faultless Starch 40110 Faultless Hot Iron Cleaner1oz (28 Grams)
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Cleans while the iron is hot.Removes residues from the soleplate of a HOT iron.No need to wait for iron to cool down to clean it.Easily removes melted synthetic fabrics, patch glue and starch.Non-toxic.
Use some of this stuff https://www.amazon.com/Faultless-Starch-40110-Cleaner1oz-Grams/dp/B000LNRMH0
it works great for irons so it should work for cast irons.
Old heavy irons are the best -- they are heavy and the Linen/Cotton settings are actually HOT!
Pro-tip:
Easily clean up a dirty sole plate with a hot iron cleaner such as this: https://www.amazon.com/Faultless-Starch-40110-Cleaner1oz-Grams/dp/B000LNRMH0
Hot iron cleaner, I wouldn't be without it...
Faultless Hot Iron Cleaner Excellent stuff; the "shirt girls" used it to clean their hot head presses at the commercial laundry where I worked many years ago, I used it on my irons at work (I worked as a seamstress back then) and I've used it ever since. I press shirts with heavy starch, which can make a pretty decent mess of the soleplate. You don't even have to wait for the iron to cool.
http://www.amazon.com/Faultless-Starch-Hot-Iron-Cleaner/dp/B000LNRMH0
Why the home remedies? They sell soleplate cleaner. That 1oz tube will last you for years. Your edit talks of being thrifty and it's not like Rowentas are cheap irons. Probably don't need to replace unless you had a non-stick soleplate and scratched the heck out of it.