direction with a handle 9 shaped to provide for a particular hand grip similar to that depicted in fig9 and which allows free movement of the iron 1 b in any direction a power cable 12 and a steam tube 11 enter the iron 1 b from a rear sealing cap 10 which is composed of polypropylene moulding in this embodiment the steam is generated externally from the iron 1 b and travels to the iron 1 b via the steam tube 11 where it is pushed into a steam cavity 13 and expelled via orifices 4 b a steam control button 15 can be operated to control the expulsion of the steam as desired the curved base surface 2 b in this embodiment could be composed of any suitable material such as for example die cast aluminium a thermostat 14 is used to control how much heat is transferred onto the base surface 2 b the body of the iron 1 b directly supporting the base surface and steam chamber is composed of suitable material which can withstand high temperatures and which has insulating properties referring to fig9 and 11 there is shown yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention fig9 shows a cross sectional view of an iron 1 c where an image of.