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Cooking & Baking

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13. try electrolysis - no joke...

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2023, 10:26 PM

Feb 2023

you'll need a car batter charger, washing soda, a plastic tube and a piece of metal - and some time. There are many YouTube videos with instructions on this method, but let me tell you, we did this on some really bad looking pans we rescued from a relatives basement, and came out with perfect new looking pans - it was definitely worth it. Worth a try if you are adventurous.

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Oven cleaner on cast iron? Edit to add: (click bait !) [View all] Ptah Feb 2023 OP

NO mercuryblues Feb 2023 #1

cast iron what? what is the "dirt" greasy crud or rust? Kali Feb 2023 #2

I'm trying to get the bottom and outside pristine. Ptah Feb 2023 #4

seems to be a thing Kali Feb 2023 #6

I have found the best way to restore the 'new' gray surface is pumice. Ptah Feb 2023 #12

Does your oven have a 'clean' function? trof Feb 2023 #18

Steel mail scouring mesh Easterncedar Feb 2023 #3

hmmm Kali Feb 2023 #5

NOooooooo! fierywoman Feb 2023 #7

+1 2naSalit Feb 2023 #9

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2naSalit Feb 2023 #8

Yes - but only if you're stripping it down to start all over - which it sounds like you're doing. Probatim Feb 2023 #10

Politics Religion Cast Iron......... IA8IT Feb 2023 #11

try electrolysis - no joke... consider_this Feb 2023 #13

day to day, I use a paint scraper and paper towels. 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #14

The best way I've found Grey Feb 2023 #15

I second this method, it's by far the easiest way to get the piece down to bare metal Trailrider1951 Feb 2023 #16

Yep trof Feb 2023 #19

Check the link I provide. Great Cast Iron group with all the answers. Paper Roses Feb 2023 #17