I bought the board three years ago. It is used with a commercially available Dampfbügeleisen- about every two to three weeks (2 person household). Kept it folded in the bedroom free zugängflich in a corner. Now I wonder what I did wrong because faith- "rusted away" all seams after such a short time are broken and the iron together. My cheap no-name board from "Ostzeiten" had disposed of nearly 20 years on his back in eiem 4persons budget with wöchentlciher Nutzung- it was not, Weil's faulty maintenance but just the desire for what new things came up .... a mistake ,