Cleaning my hair straightener

My hair straightener was GROSS!!!  It was so sticky that I had stopped using it.  I saw a way to clean it on Pinterest and thought I would give it a try.  This is what it looked like before...

Gross, right?  So I put this on top of a plastic bag on the counter in the kitchen.  I also could have done it over the bathroom sink.  It's not super messy, don't worry.  I got out a glass bowl and in it I put 1/4 cup of baking soda.  I used a plastic spoon to mix it.  I slowly started pouring hydrogen peroxide into it while pausing to mix.  You need to put enough in for it to form a thick paste.  I put on disposable gloves and took some of the paste out of the bowl with my fingers.  I rubbed it on the surface of the hair straightener.  The gunk came off within a few seconds.  I was amazed!  I continued getting more of the paste and moving to a different spot to rub some more.  It worked GREAT!!!  The paste kind of turns brown and a little flaky as it gets the gunk off.  I wiped it with a damp napkin at first as I was working along and at the end wiped it with a dry one.  The only place where I had trouble was where my switch was, because the on off switch is sort of ribbed.  I used a toothpick to get out the paste that got stuck in there.  If I need to do this again, I think I would use painters tape on that part to cut out having to do that.  I couldn't be happier with how it came out.  As you can see, it looks new!!  Hope this is able to help!!