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fallenpegasus) wrote2020-05-10 02:43 pm
fallenpegasus) wrote2020-05-10 02:43 pm
Continuing to renew the cast iron pan
After a two year pause, the story of the renewal of the cast iron dutch oven is now moving again.
Some time ago I bought a lead-contamination test kit and a steel wire rotary scrubber, and put them on a shelf until a sunny day. Turns out, that sunny day is today.
I hosed down the pan, obtained a can of scrubbing powder, and then went over the pan with a hard plastic brustle rotary scrubber and Amber's driver for a full battery load. Then changed batteries, and went over it again with the steel rotary scrubber and paste of scrubbing powder, for another battery load. And then a second battery load. There are now actually spots of shiny bright iron showing, and all the accumulated caked rust and organics inside the pan are gone.
It's now drying in the sunlight.
Now I just have to find where I put the test kit. If I can't find it, I'll buy another one. Which will cause the missing one to be found again, of course.
If it turns up positive for lead contamination, that's the end of the road. I'll have a hole drilled in it, so nobody ever tries to cook with it. If it's negative for lead contamination, I'll steel scrub one more time, dishwash it, and then start seasoning it.
Some time ago I bought a lead-contamination test kit and a steel wire rotary scrubber, and put them on a shelf until a sunny day. Turns out, that sunny day is today.
I hosed down the pan, obtained a can of scrubbing powder, and then went over the pan with a hard plastic brustle rotary scrubber and Amber's driver for a full battery load. Then changed batteries, and went over it again with the steel rotary scrubber and paste of scrubbing powder, for another battery load. And then a second battery load. There are now actually spots of shiny bright iron showing, and all the accumulated caked rust and organics inside the pan are gone.
It's now drying in the sunlight.
Now I just have to find where I put the test kit. If I can't find it, I'll buy another one. Which will cause the missing one to be found again, of course.
If it turns up positive for lead contamination, that's the end of the road. I'll have a hole drilled in it, so nobody ever tries to cook with it. If it's negative for lead contamination, I'll steel scrub one more time, dishwash it, and then start seasoning it.