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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 18:45 #65809

idaho OFFLINE Posts: 2531 Thank you received: 183	Patience is a virtue..so so they say !! Good luck !
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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 18:29 #65807

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idaho wrote:

Or..leave it empty ..lay over on side ..put some sweet bait nearby...
and Wait...bet he crawls out in a while !

Tried that today - with sugar..no luck - but this is a big ant so it has to get hungry at some point...
I cannot belive I am spending so much time and effort on an ant! But I won't be able to use the iron until its gone - to sckeechy for me.
Good thing I have two irons! And the little door over the fill hole is now closed on the second one.

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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 18:06 #65806

idaho OFFLINE Posts: 2531 Thank you received: 183	Or..leave it empty ..lay over on side ..put some sweet bait nearby... and Wait...bet he crawls out in a while !
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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 17:37 #65804

bean53 OFFLINE Posts: 47 Thank you received: 36	ritzy wrote: Or--fill it up and then when you turn it upside down to empty it; swirl the iron so the water make a vortex and comes out quickly. I'm going to try that next - just might work. The amazing thing is that after 4 days and multiple filling and emptying - the ant is still alive!
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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 17:33 #65803

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	Or--fill it up and then when you turn it upside down to empty it; swirl the iron so the water make a vortex and comes out quickly.
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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 07:37 #65766

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	Does it float? If so could you (carefully) overfill the tank so that it floats up the filling hole and can then be fished out.
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Re: An ant in the Iron 08 Jun 2011 07:26 #65763

bean53 OFFLINE Posts: 47 Thank you received: 36	eileenkny wrote: I would think it would boil or drown if you pour water into the reservoir. Then you could just pour it out. I tried filling it with water and pouring it out - did not work. I also propped it upside down so it might crawl out - no luck. I suppose it won't hurt anything but - yuck!
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Re: An ant in the Iron 07 Jun 2011 17:26 #65749

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	Yep, I'd try Eileen's suggestion.
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Re: An ant in the Iron 07 Jun 2011 15:52 #65745

eileenkny OFFLINE Posts: 1958 Thank you received: 124	I would think it would boil or drown if you pour water into the reservoir. Then you could just pour it out.
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Re: An ant in the Iron 07 Jun 2011 13:39 #65737

pam7040 OFFLINE Posts: 1014 Thank you received: 5	Hi Lorchen, you are out to play early tonight
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Re: An ant in the Iron 07 Jun 2011 13:36 #65736

Lorchen OFFLINE Posts: 2639 Thank you received: 50	How squeamish are you??
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Re: An ant in the Iron 07 Jun 2011 11:07 #65722

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	That's a new one on me! :shock: I don't know that it would really cause a problem, but it would be a real topic of conversation in a quilting class!!
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An ant in the Iron 07 Jun 2011 10:29 #65715

bean53 OFFLINE Posts: 47 Thank you received: 36	Help! A huge black ant crawled into the water reservoir of my Rowenta iron and I can't get it out!!!! Any suggestions?
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