iron

OK so the other day I had the mom of one of my son's friends tell me that she always sees my kid with creased jeans. She said come to think of it, he is almost always nice and starched with the line down the middle, shirt sleeves creased, shorts, just whatever he is wearing always nice and pressed.

Things you see in a public restroom. I saw this behind the door of a local establishment and thought wait what? Is that really an ironing board? Like I can take care of business and if I have a wrinkle, bust out the iron right quick too?

Don't you hate it when this happens? I have the worst luck with irons. They either go out on me for no good reason or start ruining my clothes with the starch gunk that builds up during use. Surely I'm not the only one that has to deal with this? My question is, how the heck do I clean this thing?