# Recoating Non-stick Pans

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 10, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280 "2002-08-10T16:15:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280/1 "2002-08-10T16:15:45Z")

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Does anyone know how to go about, if it is even possible, recoating non-stick pans? I have a perfectly good frying pan, except the coating is worn to the point of uselessness.

I am aware of sprays that exist, but I don’t trust them. I am thinking of a professional service, perhaps, or a kit that is more reliable than the sprays.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jonpluc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280/2 "2002-08-10T16:37:56Z")

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frying pans are like 20 bucks…break down and buy a new one or get a cast iron skillet or something they last forever

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**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280/3 "2002-08-10T18:48:31Z")

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Pull out the warranty and see what it says. Or send the pan back to the manufacturer, tell them you think it’s the best pan in the world, and ask them to recoat it. Heck, they might send you a new one. But buying new pans is one of life’s little pleasures, like picking slugs off the tomatoes and unclogging the toilet.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280/4 "2002-08-11T01:06:40Z")

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Do a Google search for “teflon pan re-coating” or similar keywords - I saw a few companies that does re-coating. [Here](http://www.frypanman.com/intro.html) is one example. Also the Master has an article on how non-stick coatings are created:

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_173.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_173.html)

It doesn’t sound like a process you can do at home by buying a kit.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recoating-non-stick-pans/123280/5 "2002-08-11T01:09:49Z")

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Hmm…

[writes TC’s phone number in Rolodex, under “plumbing repair”]

Who you gonna call…

😃