KnightKnightForever
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When your wife gets ahold of your cast iron skillet...
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BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
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(You can fix that though)
(You can fix that though)
KnightKnightForever
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Yeah I know
Just thought it was funny (kind of)
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you beat her with the pan, then restore it
BillHanna
Gotta get ready for ARM
What did she do?
KnightKnightForever
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Damn! Dude went dark real fastyou beat her with the pan, then restore it
KnightKnightForever
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She just scrubbed it hard with a metal scrubby and didn't dry it. It was completely black before that
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those pans can take a beating, and once restored you'll never know the difference....don't ask how I know...
6th anniversary is iron; 11th is steel. Somewhere in between is usually when this happens
Well, that's not cast iron, it's carbon steel! Wife did a great job, she washed it and then got busy and forgot to dry it lol. Mine won’t even bother to use cast iron or carbon steel lol. Or even wash them lol.
Good thing that rust is superficial and easy fix. Scrub it down with dish soap, rinse and wipe dry, then scrub with pam spray and coarse salt with a half cut potato… and if still any residual rust, do a 20 minute bath of vinegar/water 50:50 solution. That skillet doesn’t need to be fully stripped. And last step, preseason!
Good thing that rust is superficial and easy fix. Scrub it down with dish soap, rinse and wipe dry, then scrub with pam spray and coarse salt with a half cut potato… and if still any residual rust, do a 20 minute bath of vinegar/water 50:50 solution. That skillet doesn’t need to be fully stripped. And last step, preseason!
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Lol it will season itself again… cook some bacon, fry some veggies, and make cornbread in the oven… it will turn back black in no time lol
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That's how you justify 3 knives - honey, they are needed to fix this...
KnightKnightForever
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It's a super thin cast iron Lodge skillet
Carbon steel and Cast iron have same cooking properties but will differ in heat retention and weight. Triple riveted skillets are carbon steel, prelaminated and cut and shaped and assembled (pan + handle). Cast iron is molten and poured in sand moulds. It’s only one piece!
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Very versatile too:
Nice orange patina 
KnightKnightForever
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Interesting! Ok thanks
Yeah, it's carbon steel.
and iron oxide
MrHiggins
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Easily fixed. I'm a big fan of oil + salt for deap cleaning. Heat a few tablespoons of oil and a few tablespoons of salt in the skillet and scrub. Dump out and repeat. You'll likely need 5 or 10 rounds before the salt comes out clean. By that point, you'll have a fully seasoned carbon steel pan.
Michi
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You need to get a divorce immediately!
Grayswandir
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What is the correct procedure for cleaning cast iron? Very hot water, dry, then lightly oiled? Or should a mild soap be used?
Like every other pan, with dish soap, scrub it well, rinse well, wipe dry and spray some pam oil and wipe with a paper towel.
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If the pan is properly seasoned (polymerized) you can use soap if needed.
I clean all my cast iron and carbon steel pans with a sponge, soap and water every time I use them. I never bother oiling them either, just make sure they're nice and dry before storing. I've been into cast iron a lot longer than knives and stones and have over a hundred pieces. Once you have even a halfway decent seasoning on them they're pretty low maintenance IMO.
Samw here… have over 100+ pieces. Wapak collector here. Probably I might know u from other groups lmao
KKF wins again. I thought my 10 cast iron pans were too much... I'm feeling much more reasonable now
. My BSR is my favorite and sits stove top!@KnightKnightForever - If you want to go all the way back to 0, you can also use the heavy duty (with Lye) oven cleaner. I put on rubber gloves, put the pan in a garbage bag, spray it down on all sides, tie the bag shut, and come back the next day. Most everything will wipe right off and you'll have a nice dull grey steel to build up exactly how you want.
Grayswandir
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The reason I asked is because I wasn't sure about whether or not soap would effect the seasoning of the pan. Thanks.
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wow!
She can turn cast iron into carbon steel?
Can she turn lead into gold? Or water into wine?
Grayswandir
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Like any other woman, she might not be able to turn water into wine, but she'll have you drinking copious amounts of wine in no time at all.
