Here are some after pictures. I did 3 seasoning cycles in the oven. I'm not sure if that was too much, or not enough.
Someone chime in if you know. I read that after you cook with it a while it will start turning back to the black color.| MudmotorTalk.com http://mudmotortalk.com/mmt_v2/ |
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| Author: | OwenDickeson [ Tue May 04, 2010 4:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cast iron skillet |
I came across this cast iron skillet that was really old and in bad shape. I tried everything I could think off to get off the many, many, old layers of grease and gunk build up. Boiling water, Bar Keeper's Friend, Steel Wool, and Wire wheel with a drill. None of those worked so I said screw it and went and got an 80 grit sanding disc for my 4" makita grinder and went to town on it. I got it back down to the bare iron and my question is how many cycles should I season it to have a sufficient coating? Here are some before pictures of the skillet. |
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| Author: | OwenDickeson [ Tue May 04, 2010 7:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
Here are some after pictures. I did 3 seasoning cycles in the oven. I'm not sure if that was too much, or not enough. Someone chime in if you know. I read that after you cook with it a while it will start turning back to the black color. |
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| Author: | craig [ Tue May 04, 2010 7:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
I would think your good to go now. Three seasonings should be enough. |
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| Author: | Pooh Bear [ Tue May 04, 2010 7:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
You could've put it in a bead blasing cabinet. that works pretty good. Three times of seasoning should be good. |
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| Author: | Capt. Jon [ Tue May 04, 2010 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
That's awesome - I love me some OLD black iron. Get to cookin' in that thing. I'd bet that after a pone of cornbread or two, it would be black as the ace of spades. |
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| Author: | OwenDickeson [ Tue May 04, 2010 9:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
Got bell peppers, onions, and shrooms in it as we speak. 
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| Author: | Sand Man [ Wed May 05, 2010 7:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
Next time throw it in a fire, drink some cold beer, and save yourself a lot of work!  Lard works wonders on seasoning. |
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| Author: | BROOKS [ Wed May 05, 2010 9:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
| Author: | quackconsumer [ Wed May 05, 2010 10:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
| Author: | Hizzoner [ Wed May 05, 2010 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
Some useful info... http://www.gcica.org/clean-iron.html http://www.ehow.com/how_5612856_identif ... llets.html |
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| Author: | bombdude [ Wed May 05, 2010 12:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
I do the fire for cleaning. Three seasonings is what I do. you should be good to go. It'll get darker with age, but It might take a while for it to get that deep black color. |
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| Author: | OwenDickeson [ Wed May 05, 2010 2:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
| Author: | DeathMetalDukk [ Wed May 05, 2010 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
| Author: | Hizzoner [ Mon May 10, 2010 9:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
My grandmother gave me this skillet last year. It belonged to her grandmother. She is estimating it's age at 200 years. |
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| Author: | OwenDickeson [ Mon May 10, 2010 9:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cast iron skillet |
Steve, I did some reading on the links that you posted, and the skillet I have is definetly pre 1905. Pretty cool, and that thing can cook a mean blackened grouper. mmmmmmmm..... |
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