{"id":85,"date":"2019-09-24T19:16:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T23:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castironcanada.com\/blogs\/?p=85"},"modified":"2019-09-27T21:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:38:42","slug":"strip-that-iron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castironcanada.com\/blogs\/2019\/09\/24\/strip-that-iron\/","title":{"rendered":"Strip That Iron!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Find us on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1408817499448631\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cast Iron Canada <\/a>\u2013 <\/strong><\/em><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1408817499448631\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1408817499448631\/<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you purchase an old cast iron skillet or dutch oven, you really  should have it stripped back to bare iron and re-seasoned. I\u2019m going to explain why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, it brings back the original beauty of the item, and  allows you to find any makers marks. As long as the process is done correctly can actually enhance the value. Do it wrong, and you can  destroy the value \u2013 monetarily and historical. Secondly, you\u2019ll find out  if the pan has been used for anything other than cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these old pieces were made and used during a time when people\n didn\u2019t know lead and other chemicals were dangerous. So giving that \nseasoned 100 year old pan a scrub in soap and water won\u2019t tell you lies \nunderneath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s buyer beware, strip that iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One good example is this old gate marked, steel handled sauce pot. It\n looked ok, good layer of seasoning. This was used for cooking but after\n the lye bath and electrolysis, lead started to appear while I was \nscrubbing it. It\u2019s all over the bottom and the sides, so at some point \nearly in it\u2019s life, someone used it as a crucible for melting lead. To \nmy knowledge, there is no way of cleaning this to remove all the lead so\n it\u2019s not a usable pot. Very disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castironcanada.com\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/normal_image_zpsivglpwsd.jpg\" alt=\"Lead in a cast iron pot\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another piece is a Griswold 701 skillet, put through the lye bath and\n electrolysis, good scrubbing with stainless steel wool and still won\u2019t \ncome clean. There are markings up the sides of the skillet \u2013 and on the \ncooking surface. The marks on the sides are akin to legs in a glass of \nwine, it\u2019s black, and I don\u2019t know what it is \u2013 so it\u2019s another pan that\n cannot be used. No sense in chancing it, one can only assume that \nsomething other than food was cooked in this pan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/castironcanada.com\/gallery\/albums\/userpics\/10001\/normal_griswold.jpg\" alt=\"Griswold black stains.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find us on Facebook: Cast Iron Canada \u2013 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1408817499448631\/ If you purchase an old cast iron skillet or dutch oven, you really should have it stripped back to bare iron and re-seasoned. 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