Black Iron Blog: Easy Cast Iron Skillet Reconditioning. The "finished" skillet. Ready for use and continuous improvement. The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how one can recondition a piece of cast iron cookware using items you probably have in your house or apartment. This process uses no specialized equipment (like an electrolysis tank) or large amounts of a nasty chemical (lye). It also does not require power tools or very much elbow grease. You will need: 1 can of aerosol oven cleanerplastic bagsordinary white vinegara scrub pad or #0000 steel woololive oil and/or Pam cooking spraypatienceThe skillet we are dealing with is a Wagner Ware 1056 {1935 -1959} that is in neglected condition. There is abundant surface rust and lots of crud and gunk (if I get too scientific with these terms let me know).
I paid 9 dollars for this skillet at an antique store. If you are lucky enough to inherit some cast iron this may be similar to what you receive. The first step in getting this Wagner #6 cleaned up is to remove the old ruined seasoning.
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