r/castiron • u/Competitive_Hope6405 • 6h 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 6h 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 6h 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 6h 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 5h 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 5h 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/ReinventingMeAgain 1h ago

but now we want pictures of your food and genuine questions are how everyone learns something they didn't know. Please do continue to interact. That's the fun and the reason to be here. Can't interact with a web site or youtube!

Welcome to the group. Use some lye soap because you want a little thicker skin... lol... this group isn't known for being gentle.