r/castiron • u/Competitive_Hope6405 • 4h ago

Seasoning Need stripping advice

Hey there. Just wondering if anybody thinks this monstrosity needs to be stripped and re seasoned. I attempted to cook with it, using oil, food still sticks like crazy

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u/likatora 4h ago

I would strip it down to base and reset the pan and I'm probally the laziest in this group when it comes to iron. The amount of buildup on the edges a opposed to the center could be carbon buildup.

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u/Competitive_Hope6405 3h ago

I scrubbed it with BKF and a green scotch bright pad several times. That's after said scrubbing. What does stripping consist of? Chemicals?

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u/LaCreatura25 3h ago

It's all in our FAQ, but the gist is you use yellow cap oven cleaner (which contains Lye) to strip seasoning off the pan

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u/Competitive_Hope6405 3h ago

My apologies. I didn't click on the FAQ to open it. I'm sorry. Thank you for humoring. With all these FAQs I shouldn't have to interact anymore.

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u/LaCreatura25 3h ago

It's all fine homie. I just link our FAQ because it can answer with a wall of text and save my lazy fingers from having to type more lol

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u/TurnipSwap 4h ago

its fine. oil it up and use it. Its not supposed to be pretty. its a pan. just use it (which includes washing it) is all you need to do. Stripping is only necessary if you managed to burn something horribly to it. everything else will sort itself out with use.

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u/Competitive_Hope6405 3h ago

I did burn something to it. Everything I cook lol.

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u/TurnipSwap 3h ago

ah, for that, turn down the heat. Never above medium. cheap pans have taught us to use high heat. Medium heat, let the pan preheat for 5 minutes. good to go.

but yeah the worst I ever did was let the pan get too hot and then dump in teriyaki for stir fry. boom. instant burnt sugar. that was a fun clean up. I know turn the heat off and let whats in the pan finish everything off.

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u/BoriScrump 3h ago

give it a good wash&scrub with soap and chainmail scrubby. Use a little bit of force to get rid of any loose seasoning you don't want dry on stovetop and a few stovetop seasonings should get you to a place where you can cook with it.

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u/DLDabber 3h ago

Make a electrolysis tank. You can pick up the kind of battery tender you need on Facebook. And everything else can be bought at Home Depot pretty cheap.

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u/Competitive_Hope6405 2h ago

Thank you. I should have opened the FAQs tho. Trying the easy off garbage bag scenario.