Gramma could cook, grampa couldn’t. Gramma could take care of the cast iron, grampa couldn’t. Grampa took the well-seasoned cast iron pan and soaked it in water before washing - when he wasn’t filling it with leftovers to put outside in the weather for dogs.
I put the pan in fire to burn off the seasoning. I soaked it in Coke in an attempt to remove the rust. I’ve scrubbed the damn thing with sand, a wire brush, and steel wool, but I still can’t remove that goddamned rust layer. Anyone have any ideas?
*The quarter said to put it here rather than CS, but move it as you see fi
Naval Jelly, followed by some elbow grease and steel wool, rinse well and wipe dry immediately, then re-season the pan. To re-season, smear a generous layer of vegetable oil (I prefer olive oil, personally) on the inside of the pan, and bake for one hour at 350 F.
It would have to have ben badly abused. I once found a cast iron skillet in the woods. It had been sitting in rain/snow/open weather for almost a full year. I gave to my fiance at the time, because she was and is enamoured of cast iron cookware. She had the thing looking brand new after about an hour of elbow grease.
Try using a wire brush at the end of an electric drill. I restored a hundred year old waffle iron that way. It took a few hours time, but now I have another excuse to eat waffles on a Saturday morning. If you try this, your best bet would be to put the skkillet in a vice.