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Paper Roses

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17. Check the link I provide. Great Cast Iron group with all the answers.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2023, 08:44 AM

Feb 2023

Last edited Thu Feb 23, 2023, 09:16 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/castironmafia

Very nice members and very helpful.

Edit to add: I have cleaned a large # of CI skillets with yellow cap Easy Off. Great results. Search the CI group, you'll find the info. Don't know if you have to join to search but the info is there. (Today shows mostly recipes right now but it moves fast.

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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