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Ah,rust won't kill ya, it's just weaker than real metal.
Send that Griswold to me, I'll fix it up and send it back. After careful testing of course.

 

Seems like there's a line forming! Haha I feel like I can fix it with the right advice... Which you've seen to have already given!

 

Ill take it off your hands
..lol

 

Yeah... I don't have FB.. but thank you!

 

Here's a screenshot from a YouTube video (linked below) that clearly shows the same issue I had.



https://youtu.be/O6bFWVB2BRY

In the video he explained exactly what I suspected that the pan is too smooth.

Luckily, I looked this up before putting too much effort into stripping down this pan again!

Turns out it's a common thing and the simple solution is to build up the layers. Apparently 2-4 layers of seasoning is a good thing so that's what's happening right now.

I should have done my research before relying on just one source.

 

Hell I have sand blasted them. You didn’t hurt that pan with a drill and wire brush.

 

I know right? You gotta get the rust off or what's the point ya know?

Seriously, you can see in the picture below that some idiot at some point in time seasoned OVER the rust...



I know my cast iron restoration skills are only 3 days old but damn... There's just some people who shouldn't! Haha!

Luckily it's rust free now and it's going to get at least one more coat of seasoning after this one and it'll be 100% better.

 

Dr. How the hell are you doing? Been a bit since I’ve seen your name.

 

Where did I hear that before.... Oh wait I know-

Absolutely! Have had my hands inside a sandblaster cabinet more times than I care to recall over the years doing rusted steam plant valves, pretty sure I have had nightmares about it. But when ever I end up with a rusted CI pan my first thought is damn wish I had a sandblaster cabinet available to me right now.

But I don't however a 3M rust and paint stripping wheel on a drill does fast work of it without leaving too fine of a finish behind.


$8 3M Paint and Rust Stripper Brush - 7771

$10 3M 7771 Paint and Rust Stripper Brush, 4" Diameter

3M paint and rust stripping brush

Seasoning a pan I treat the same as greasing a pair of boots. Several thin light coats are much better than heavy coats. Time.

And for initial seasoning on raw CI pores and occasional followup seasoning

$13 Caron & Doucet - Cast Iron Seasoning & Cleaning Oil | 100% Plant-Based & will NOT to go Rancid! | Best for Seasoning, Restoring, Curing and Care after Cleaning | For Skillets, Pans & Cast Iron.
Caron & Doucet it is ranked so high for a reason. It works. Thin multiple coats at first then on followup seasoning one thin coat.

Of course bacon grease after that. Used to keep my bacon grease in a mason jar. For decades. Few years ago went to an oil strainer with a fine mesh strainer and keep it in the fridge, filtering out the bacon grease helps a lot. But I not only use bacon grease in my CI pans for pretty much everything I cook I also use it for flavoring and cooking other things.



Because bacon.

 

I filter mine through a coffee filter... Works like a charm!

 

Ill send you my address and you can send it to me

 

Them polypad rust removers are great. I have them hanging on my grinder blade rack. We use them all the time

 

Doing well. How goes it with you?

 

Same shit different month. All is well. Kid is no longer allergic to milk, so that’s a huge positive for the year.

 

What's your dough recipe? Anything beyond the usual flour, sugar, salt, yeast, water, oil?

 

That's it and some garlic sometimes when I remember.

 

Did somebody say cast iron???

 

Was too drunk and hungry to remember to take pictures of the finished products but I made a roast chicken over the camp fire one night, and a venison stew the next night. Both times I got a good bed of Fir coals going, then threw on a couple large rounds of maple and walked away for 4 hours.

The chicken was so tender you couldn’t even carve it, it just shattered into juicy chunks of meat. Same with the stew, super tender and a really nice rich gravy.