CI Seasoning...

dougcrann

....recently stripped a Lodge skillet bare. Rubbed it with Flaxseed oil and put it in the gasser, lit the gasser and let it run wide open  (500+*) for 45 minutes.  
Ernie noticed I had room and asked if I could give one of her skillets a "touch up" coat. This skillet had a somewhat uniform seasoning on it. Hit them both with Flaxseed oil and fired it up. Took a look after they cooled down...huh? Someone on another forum suggested the temperature was to hot. Have seasoned all of our CI this way,and never had this happen...

gdenby

A guess. If that's the skillet that was getting a "touch up," it needed to be preheated at a lower temperature to open up the "pores" in the iron crystals. The oil seems to have sat on top, and not gotten down into the slightly rusted areas.

dougcrann

gdenby said:

A guess. If that's the skillet that was getting a "touch up," it needed to be preheated at a lower temperature to open up the "pores" in the iron crystals. The oil seems to have sat on top, and not gotten down into the slightly rusted areas.

Now that you mention it the Lodge was warm and the other one wasn't...

berndcrisp

I recently found some old neglected CI pots, pans and a lid. Soaked them in 50/50 solution of white vinegar and water for a day. Then scoured them clean and dried. Onto the egg at 325 or so for one hour. Rubbed/coated with  leftover pork fat that was trimmed from a shoulder. Back onto the egg for another hour, recoated, egged one more hour. Walaa!, shiney, smooth and stick-free.

4Runner

This is what I buy into.  Very happy with my 1 old Griswold.  Another arrives end of week.  Plan to clean and go through this process.  

http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/

Focker

Even with putting the slightest amount of oil on your piece, it will bead, and sweat, when the pores open up early on.  15-30 min in, take a dry rag and wipe clean and catch it before it hardens.  Don't worry, you will still have enough oil on it to season properly.  Less is more here. 

It may even need to be stripped completely, to start the process from the beginning.

dougcrann

4Runner said:

This is what I buy into.  Very happy with my 1 old Griswold.  Another arrives end of week.  Plan to clean and go through this process.  

http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/

4Runner said:

This is what I buy into.  Very happy with my 1 old Griswold.  Another arrives end of week.  Plan to clean and go through this process.  

http://sherylcanter.com/wordpress/2010/01/a-science-based-technique-for-seasoning-cast-iron/

Pretty much what I do. I use an electrolysis setup to strip it....