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6463225 No.6463225 [Reply] [Original]

So my roommate decided that while I was away from the apartment for a while on a trip that it would be a great idea to leave my cast iron skillet soaking in water to clean it.

I come back and it has been hella rusted.

Does anyone know any good recipes for human flesh because I might just murder this asshole if my pan is permanently damaged.

If I can fix it and not have to bludgeon him to death with it, I guess we can laugh at other peoples' shitty roommates, too. Beats going to prison, I guess.

>> No.6463229

>>6463225
scrub that fucker with a paste made of salt and oil

>> No.6463230

>>6463225
How long was the fucking trip?

>> No.6463508

>>6463229
This. It works surprisingly well. Use one of those plastic scrubbing pad things, or a scotchbrite pad. Once the rust is gone, (rinse with water and repeat salt/oil as needed.) season again and it'll be good as new.

>> No.6463558

>>6463230
Yeah, I don't know who is worse here, him for soaking your pan, or you for apparently going on a thirty year vacation.

>> No.6463569

Pan isn't ruined, you just have to spend a day scrubbing the shit out of it until all the rust is gone, and then reseason it. Just be sure to let your roommate know what a fuck up he is.

>> No.6463575

>>6463225
you can also use oven cleaner spray like ez-off, just make sure you wash the shit out of it afterwards.

>> No.6465033

>>6463229
Even if he remove the rust it would permanently damaged.

>> No.6465036

>>6465033
probably not ruined
your just going to have scrub it with steel wool or even fine sandpaper untill you have metal showing again.
you will also need to remove the old seasoning so you can start fresh
oven cleaner if you have to but use anything to get a new surface
re-season untill its good again

>> No.6465045

>>6463225
Do you have access to a sand blaster?

>> No.6465047

>>6465033
where's the permanent damage? just the seasoning is fucked. sand off the rust and reseason. just takes time & labor.

>> No.6465053

if you're gonna be an angry snob about something, it's probably best to tell the people around you who might use your things how to use it properly. Believe it or not, not that many people know how to properly treat a cast iron pan.

>> No.6465054

>>6465053
Fucking this. It's not hard to say, hey my cast iron can't be submerged in water. If you use it I'll clean it.

>> No.6465072
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6465072

>>6463225
>If I can fix it

Look up shops offering sand blasting / bead blasting in your area. This will be much easier then doing by hand with salt or whatever bullshit you'll hear suggested.

>> No.6465096

>>6463225
Even if you rescue it it'll take weeks to restore it to anything close to it's seasoned glory. It's a lodge, why bother? Buy a new one for 20 bucks. If it was something rare I'd suggest spending a day sanding out the rust and another day seasoning it.

>> No.6465125

I use an angle grinder to clean my cast iron

>> No.6465126

Here's how you fix cast iron cookware:

You give it to a metal recycle center and go buy some decent pots and pans.

>> No.6465135

>>6465126
>I have no clue what I'm talking about

At least you tried, kiddo.

>> No.6465145

>>6465135
>patronising "kiddo" bullshit
>people who don't like cast iron have no idea what they're talking about
sorry that i eat more than just meat. i'd rather use the oven or a grill than deal with some dumb bullshit - seasoning, obsessive maintenance, etc
not to mention frying an egg in a non-stick pan is way better than any skillet result

>> No.6465162

>>6465053
Or maybe his roommate should learn to be respectful and not use his cookware in the first place.

>> No.6465168

>>6465145
>i'd rather use the oven or a grill than deal with some dumb bullshit

Absolutely pleb, kiddo.

>> No.6465206

>>6465145

This. The cast-iron meme is pure hipsterdom. Cast iron is good, there's nothing wrong with it, but a decent non-stick pan is just as good and easier to maintain. And it won't rust or make your food taste like metal.

>> No.6465218

>>6465145
but yu can own more than 1 skillet, I even own 3 skillets myself

a 12 inch cast iron, a 12 inch stainless and a 10 inch teflon.

they all have their own uses, drawbacks and perks.

>obsessive maintenance
you mean rubbing it with an oily rag when your done with it?

>> No.6465233

>>6465206
It's not the same thing you amateur. Cast iron holds heat far better than non-stick. Just because you don't understand things doesn't mean they are for hipsters. Kindly fuck off.

>> No.6465264

>>6465206
Enjoy the teflon flakes in your stir-fry.

>> No.6465265

>>6465072
OR electrolysis. That'll deoxidize your skillet nicely.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Electrolytic-Rust-Removal-aka-Magic/

>> No.6465275

>>6465162
having separate kitchenware in house that's being shared is pure autism

>> No.6465289

maybe stop being a hipster and buy a non-shitty pan

>> No.6465294
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6465294

>>6465289
>maybe stop being a hipster and buy a non-shitty pan

>> No.6465302

>>6463225
Baking soda and vinegar.

All you're seeing is iron oxide, ie byproduct of oxidation. Scrub it a bit, maybe use some steel / copper wool, it won't be right for a while, but through use it'll eventually return to what it once was, and it'll get some sort of coating back to where it won't immediately re-rust.

It's just rust.

>> No.6465349

>>6465275
Apparently you've never had anyone screw up your things, or you grew up with siblings and learned to maladaptively not care, now assuming everyone else wrong for caring about their stuff.

Get over it.

>> No.6465728

>>6463225
>>6465033
>permanently damaged.
>cast iron

lol only if it cracks

I used to browse antique stores and buy the shittiest-looking mega rusty cast iron skillets and pots for like $5 or less. Then just pop them in a 5 gallon bucket of water and baking soda with a car battery charger and a piece of sheet metal. They'd drop all the rust, come out sooty black then I shine them up to a polish and season them until they looked like midnight pools of blackness. Super easy to do.

>> No.6466195

>>6463225
There was a series of threads a while back by an anon documenting the cleaning and seasoning of old cast iron skillets like yours. There were multiple threads with almost all the posts being his, and he took pictures with all the posts in his steps, and goes into great detail on what he does in the step with which cleanser, etc etc.

I'm not sure if /ck/ has an archive, but I'd look for those threads. That anon was dedicated.

>> No.6466455

>>6463225
just make the asshole pay you 20 bux and get a new one.

>> No.6466474

>>6463225
That pan did not have a good enough coating on it to begin with looking like that.

Or your "vacation" was so long that you probably should have just taken the pan with you in the first place.

>> No.6466815

>>6463225
dont steal photo, faggot

>> No.6466837

>>6463225
It will be fine, you will just need to season it again.

No need for murder unless he is black in which case go ahead my aryan brother

>> No.6466885

>>6463225
The absolute easiest way to strip a cast iron pan is to use your oven's cleaning cycle (assuming it has one). I did 4 pans not long ago that were old and crusty and rusty as shit that I bought at thrift stores and barn sales. They come out completely stripped, and then you can reseason from scratch to perfection. The only thing about that method is that you need to have all your windows open (and maybe your door too, because it will smell and smoke a bit at first. But it's hands down the easiest way.

>> No.6466963

>>6463225

Throw it away, leave the retard cast iron meme behind and actually use a stainless steel pan like every professional chef in the world

>> No.6466981

>>6466963
I have a stainless steel pan and I still want a cast iron skillet. Both are useful for different reasons.

>> No.6467178

>>6465033
It's cast iron buddy.

Unless someone drills a hole or bents it out of shape it's not permanently damaged. Just needs cleaning and seasoning.

>> No.6467204

>>6463225
Don't freak out OP
Cast iron doesn't have a coating, so you can just Abraid it down.

Salt and oil, bicarb and a scourer
That just takes time

Just make sure you seal the pores of the metal afterwards
Heat the pan, then add oil
Leave it to cool, then repeat

>> No.6467320

Who the fuck puts artisinal butter in the freezer?

>> No.6467321

>>6467320
WE DO
AT 2 MICHELIN STARRED
FAZOLIS

>> No.6467452

>>6465053
Yeah, I agree with this. But who says OP didn't do that? Sometimes people just give no fucks about other peoples shit.

I've had two shitty roommates ruin nonstick even though I told them to their faces only to use plastic utensils. One let her buddies into the kitchen to use all our shit, didn't warn them. The second ruined a rice cooker by using a fucking fork to fluff their rice inside it, (burnt the rice too) even though I fucking demonstrated changing containers and then fluffing. Second bitch also ruined another nonstick pan doing god knows what. Told me she 'didn't know how those stains had gotten on' it. Stains? They were scratch marks. I told her ask much. Asked her is she'd used a fork or some shit in it. Ignored. She replied telling me she'd soaked it and tried to get it out, but it wouldn't come up, must be not nonstick.

It just occurred to me... None of my roommates have ever used my nonstick because I am so anal. Second bitch actually did say I was such a dick about conveying how to take care of my stuff that she didn't wanna use it. Hahahaha, didn't stop her.

>> No.6467455

>>6467452
Meant to say none of my roommates have ever used my cast iron because I am so anal.

>> No.6467462

>>6465206
Yeah, you just can't use metal utensils and it slowly poisons you. I don't get why these idiots still use cast iron. They just like it because it's old and is a lot more useful, not because it's cool like Teflon. Fucking hipsters.

>> No.6467484

Put it in the oven on self clean, the scrub the fuck out of it with foil and salt.

Or if it's really bad spray it with oven cleaner, stick it in a black trash bag and let it sit outside in the sun for a day then scrub it off and reseason.

Unless it's cracked you haven't hurt cast iron.

>> No.6467611

Well I must say, I'm done with mine. I'm tired of rubbing it so many times and so long, I've tried salt, vinegar and sodium bicarbonate, lemon juice and whatnot, I've never managed to season it and clean it.

Food always had metal flavor and the skillet was fucking heavy. I've learned that some like mine were made even heavier so as not to warp/buckle on a fire that is not gas, like induction and such.

I just removed rust, hid it in a cupboard and then came here to complain.

>> No.6467971

Melt it in a crucible and perform casting in a sand mould

>> No.6467980

>>6463225
Grind off the rust with a wire brush on a dremel and then coat it in safflower oil, put it in the oven at the highest setting for a few hours and repeat as needed until it's seasoned again.

>> No.6468008

>>6465033
only if its been rusting for so long that its pitted. and even then its not completely ruined, just ruined to the point where going out to buy a lodge pan makes more sense than restoring the old one.

thats generally only a problem with fixer-uppers you find at garage sales or in barns.

>> No.6468012

>>6467980
I don't even bother seasoning mine anymore whenever i fuck up and burn off the seasoning.

I just cook with it them put a light coat of oil on it to keep it from rusting between uses. I heat it up and wipe it out with a damp paper towel before using it again. Eventually the seasoning comes back from normal use.

>> No.6469059

>>6465033
>throw-away-society babby detected

>> No.6469065

>>6465728
this nigga knows whats up

>> No.6469261

>>6465264
relevant
http://www2.dupont.com/Teflon/en_US/products/cookware_myths.html

>> No.6469302

>>6469261
They would never just... lie, would they? I guess you're right, Teflon is safe right along with high fructose corn syrup, canola oil, gmos, and hydrogenated oils. I guess I'll just believe this list with no sources directly from the corporations website. I mean it's not like it's in their best interest to convince everyone it's safe so that they can keep selling pans or anything.

>> No.6469372

>>6469302
You didn't read much of it, didja?
It links to
http://www2.dupont.com/Teflon/en_US/products/safety/cookware_safety.html
and
http://www2.dupont.com/Teflon/en_US/products/safety/key_questions.html
Be sure to actually read it if you're interested.
>you're interested

>> No.6470282

>>6469372
I read the whole thing. How about these?
http://thegoodhuman.com/2007/07/31/what-teflon-is-and-why-you-should-avoid-it/
http://www.ewg.org/research/healthy-home-tips/tip-6-skip-non-stick-avoid-dangers-teflon
http://www.healthambition.com/teflon-dangers-nonstick-cookware-alternative/
I will never buy a Teflon pan, they just aren't as safe as the alternatives and my health isn't worth something that doesn't appear to even have benefits(unless you count "Teflon Flu", being slowly poisoned, and dead birds as a benefit).

>> No.6470307

>>6465728
My man.

>> No.6470337

>>6470282
>using a stove at 700+ degrees F
>in 5 minutes, you CAN get a Teflon pan to REACH temperatures that are hotter than recommended and releases chemicals that are TECHNICALLY toxic (manifesting symptoms at a conveniently obscure quantity that you don't need to inquire about)
what is
lol. You still didn't read DuPont's recommendations apparently.
> should be classified as a “likely carcinogen” (a cancer-causing substance) according to some advisers
after complaining about lack of sources
> the EPA is challenging an entire industry to err on the side of precaution and public safety
This is what is actually happening. Being extra cautious because they don't have solid evidence either way, and being overly cautious when in doubt isn't the worst idea. How you seem to think that means "using Teflon pans as recommended is literally worse than gluten you guys" is amusing, troll or not.

>They would never just... lie, would they? I guess you're right, Teflon is cancer right along with non-organic food, gluten, dairy, and meat.
I guess I'll just believe whatever makes me feel like I'm a better person than everyone else directly from my TA's soul patch. I mean it's not like the "natural" movement has a vested interest in convincing everyone only their products are safe so they can keep selling overpriced organic durians or anything.

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6470342

>>6470337
Forgive the sloppy post. :C

>> No.6470347

>>6470342
This is 4chan, forgiveness is not what we do.
That said, I'd munch down on that.

>> No.6470353

>>6470337
Your mum got my "natural movements" and my "organic juices" if you know what I mean.

>> No.6470388

>>6463575
Please dont do this. All you need is the salt rub. Or I do it with salt and vinegar. The rust will come off easier than you think.