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Seasoning Your Cast Iron

I do things a little different from others, I like to season my cast iron HOT. If you don’t have proper gloves for heat protection, don’t do it this way. Handling 500 degree metal...

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Wirco – Wrought Iron Range – Toronto

Been working on American and Canadian connections for a while now. Not really a connection but what the heck, interesting no less. Wrought Iron Range (WIRCO), large American company known for the “Home Comfort”...

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“BHOUKA” Skillet number 10

First one I’ve ever seen. Coral was a distributor out of Granby Quebec. It’s listed as a foundry on different lists, but it wasn’t. The griddle had to be jobbed out – “BHOUKA” was...

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Sunridge Smokey Kettle

Find us on Facebook: Cast Iron Canada – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1408817499448631/ Sunridge, Ontario – Smokey Kettle. Seen a few of these around, a lady emailed pics last night and they are now known. Not that old,...

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Cleaning Iron In A Lye Bath

Find us on Facebook: Cast Iron Canada – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1408817499448631/ Many people get nervous when thinking about creating a lye bath for cleaning cast iron. There really isn’t anything to it, just have to take...

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Electrolysis To Clean Iron

Find us on Facebook: Cast Iron Canada – https://www.facebook.com/groups/1408817499448631/ When talking about currents, “conventional” anode to cathode is generally what is assumed – and that goes way back to when electricity was discovered. Conventional...