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Black Iron Blog: Easy Cast Iron Skillet Reconditioning. The "finished" skillet.

Black Iron Blog: Easy Cast Iron Skillet Reconditioning

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.

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How to Improve Indoor Air Quality Naturally. Our Simple DIY Home Solar Power System. Bringing some of the benefits of electrical power to our off-grid home has been a hit-or-miss affair.

Our Simple DIY Home Solar Power System

Over the years we’ve tried some very simple approaches to lighting and small battery recharging for our flashlights, such as hauling a 12 volt car battery to a small rural school about a half mile away every time it needed to be topped up. This was time consuming and inefficient. But we didn’t want to lose the feel of our simple home by bringing in a large generator and the jugs of gas needed to run it, and the prospect of setting up a wind turbine or solar array seemed expensive and a technological eyesore in a natural setting. Thanks for sharing, Daniel Zerber! CLEANING YOUR OVEN - The easiest way EVER! Begin by preheating the oven to 150 degrees (or your lowest setting available). While the oven is heating, put on a pot of water to boil. Once the oven has re. Thanks for sharing, Daniel Zerber! CLEANING YOUR OVEN - The easiest way EVER! Begin by preheating the oven to 150 degrees (or your lowest setting available). While the oven is heating, put on a pot of water to boil. Once the oven has re.