Steve Taylor
Super OPE Member
Peanut oil works good on mine for seasoning.
Good old school lard seasons great. Finding it can be difficult.
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Before and after electrolysis cleaning. I'm quite happy. It just came out, and that after pic is after pre heating prior to seasoning. I'm working on the seasoning part now
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It made darn good bacon tonight!
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I do mine in the wood stove. Just don’t go 10000000 degrees. It’s a process. I just bought a used griswold. Put in the wood stove as I lit the stove. And watched it closely. It’s a very good method. Then I just wiped the ashes off. It’s brand new looking after that. I wiped down with vegetable oil then sat on top of the wood stove at super low heat. As stated earlier cast will season itself just cooking on it regularly. Cool threadI've been reading that's a bad idea. That's why I went with the electrolysis approach, which worked wonderfully!!!
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The collector, of which there are a bunch, prefer some of patina in place. Nice find hope you enjoy it.Any cast iron fans on here? I have a few new model Lodge items I use basically daily, but happened to find this Griswald in my garage. We purchased this house in July and somehow missed it way in the back of a dark cupboard. I had it in an electrolysis bath for 2.5 hours today and got about 75% of the crud off. I'll finish it tomorrow after work . A few before and after pics from today's science experiment
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The collector, of which there are a bunch, prefer some of patina in place. Nice find hope you enjoy it.
My X mother in law scrubbed clean two if my lodge pans about twenty years ago, *b-word. They are okay nowI never wash mine with soap heard that's bad and stuff. After the wife and I moved in together I saw here once about ready to drop it in the sink. About lost me *s-word on her lol.
Love my old iron. I use a small one to cook two every morning. I have done large and medium ones as well as a flat iron. Unfortunately I don't use most of them because I have a crappy glass top electric stove. Some day I will have a nice propane stove again.
Well, I have a pan that the old seasoning has flaked off and it's not as non-stop as it use to be. I want to strip the old seasoning and try to get that black layer of seasoning back on it. Olive oil and butter has not come close.
How’d you go about de rusting. I’ve got a crappy Dutch oven Never really thought about cleaning it up but it may be worth itPan on the right is a grizwold, her Aunt got it for me at a flea market for 6 bucks. It was a mess when I got it, rusty and chity. Cleaned up nice and is still flat
I kinda like the look.View attachment 117376
Bottom was the worst, just light surface rust on a few other places