What's the best way to season cast iron?
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shootin-blanks
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I have seasoned a few on the gas grill, low for couple hours..
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OP asked for the best. Flax seed oil is definitely the best. Especially if you cook at higher temperatures.
GNC has it
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better2have¬need
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Let me tell you that vegetable oil at 350 degrees for an hour is a bad idea, it got a little smokey and the fam was bitching about their eyes burning. I did get 5 pieces done. I’ll try the flax oil.
I used hot water, Dawn, and fine steel wool to knock down the rust. Some other pots have more rust that will take a long time to knock down with steel wool. Would blasting them with soda be ok? I use soda on my silencer baffles.
I used hot water, Dawn, and fine steel wool to knock down the rust. Some other pots have more rust that will take a long time to knock down with steel wool. Would blasting them with soda be ok? I use soda on my silencer baffles.
Flax (a.k.a. linseed) oil dries/hardens/polymerizes on the surface for a tough finish, and is food safe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil
Thank you.zeebaron wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:35 pm
Flax (a.k.a. linseed) oil dries/hardens/polymerizes on the surface for a tough finish, and is food safe:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drying_oil
Pfft.better2have¬need wrote: ↑Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:33 pm Let me tell you that vegetable oil at 350 degrees for an hour is a bad idea, it got a little smokey and the fam was bitching about their eyes burning.
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Slartibartfast
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did this then seasoned and it's amazing although i wouldn't do it
to anything with any value. i used a new $20 Lodge 12" pan from
Walmart and an 80 grit flap disk.
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to anything with any value. i used a new $20 Lodge 12" pan from
Walmart and an 80 grit flap disk.
[Youtube]xWld3tRcaXc[/Youtube]
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photohause
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READ-Ditch the Flax Seed Oil. Peanut oil is the best bang for the buck.
“You didn’t finish school, did you?
Seasoning cast iron has nothing to do with the oil's smoke point. Peanut oil does not give a nice polymerized non-stick coating like linseed oil, it just leaves a gooey/sticky residue. I know, I tried lots of oils/fats.