This Steam Iron uses super-heated water to eliminate wrinkles in clothes and fabrics which may not be suitable for traditional dry ironing. Distilled water is usually poured into a holding tank and special heating elements convert it to steam. This hot mist comes out through a number of holes in the sole-plate (bottom heating element) of the steam iron, as the steam loosens the individual fibers of the clothes, the steam iron’s pressing action smooths out wrinkles.