Operation Skillet Rescue - Restoring a Cast Iron

Try to save an old iron skillet I found in the backyard covered in water and rust. Not wanting to use chemicals for something I will cook food on, I tried some Old remedies I found on the internet. HawkLMT water trick worked fairly well, the onion oil kinda of worked, but again the apple cider vinegar hands down is the best things for rust, and you have no worries on chemicals in your food.

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[rogerpemberton]

Ok, so how much did you spend on vinegar, onions, etc plus labor to restore this pan when you could have just bought another pan of the same quality for under $30?

Also, I hate to break this to you but water CAUSES rust.

[beast12101]

@rogerpemberton same quality, um probably not. as for my time and money, I did this video to show what happened to educate other and save them the time and money

[notreallydaedalus]

I wonder if white vinegar would work as well. If it's just the acid, it should.

[beast12101]

@notreallydaedalus the applecider vin I used had 5% acidity, so if your white vin has that I would say yes.

[beast12101]

@hillbillybill77 doesnt sound like something Id want to eat off of ;)

[rogerpemberton]

@PastyNoob I can always tell I'm dealing with a pansy when they start their reply with "sigh." Only pansies sigh...... Answer my question. Does cast iron dry, exposed to air rust at the same rate as cast iron covered in water? How do you explain rust forming under water? Why do they paint ships? If water preserves iron......why would they bother painting them? I think you should go back to first grade period.

[PastyNoob]

@rogerpemberton sigh. water is a chemical made up of oxygen and hydrogen. It is not in fact oxygen, if it were it would be called oxygen. However as it is in fact not simply oxygen it doesn't function the same as oxygen. Go read a first grader's science book then come back and we can have a little talk about how things that are different are actually different. Does that make sense to you? If not go ahead and google some time about spainish cannons found preserved in water after decades. also FU

[rogerpemberton]

@PastyNoob I say again....what do you think water is exactly?

Water = H-O-H

That "O" stands for oxygen.

And....I dare you to put some cast iron in air (about 27% oxygen(O2)) then put some in standing water and see which one rusts first/worse.

[rogerpemberton]

@resqjason2 Water = H-O-H

What do you think that "O" stands for?

[stetsonwalker]

@philjon763 Save time and go to an auto restorer and have it blasted with walnut shells.

[PastyNoob]

@rogerpemberton hate to break it to you but oxygen cause rust not water

[philjon763]

Thats really good. I have an old fry pan that I'll be doing the same thing to.

[OurTroopsRule]

I don't like my tools looking too new but I can appreciate the skillet for sure. Good job ur a beast.

[girochin007]

@rogerpemberton The thing is they don't make cast iron anymore. They might call it that, but it's an alloy these days... What you really should have focused on in the video (and in other comments) is that you NEVER use abrasives on a cast iron skillet. The scratches in the metal will cause everything cooked in it to stick. He probably ruined that pan.

[LiNERROR]

take it out to the garage... sand blast it... clean and season, done