[TheForge] Fwd: Cast Iron Cookware

Tue Mar 26 20:58:02 2002

Last year I bought the same set of Wenzel cookware. I put all the pots and
pans in a 10 gallon bucket, rubbed it with dawn and poured boiling hot water
to cover. I let it soak for 30 minutes and pulled it out. All of it came
off.

Lance

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fwd: Cast Iron Cookware

> If the rub is rubbing, why not use something like brake clean to cut the
> oil based (fish oil I think) preservative, then wash with the dawn, to
> remove any residue from the toxic solvent.  Brake clean leaves very little
> behind, as that is it's job, leave clean surfaces with little work.
>
> Larry
>
> phlip_u wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hey, guys- anybody know what this stuff is? I've never run into it
> > before. My tendency would be to tell him to heat it, then wire brush
> > while hot.....
> >
> > Phlip
> >
> > --- In spca-wascaerfrig@y..., PBLoomis@a... wrote:
> >
> >     We recently bought, at Sam's in Gulfport, a set of cast iron
> > cookware:
> > two skillets, a griddle, and a dutch oven with a proper lid but no
> > legs, each
> > with a separate zipper bag, all packed in a reasonably sturdy carry
> > box w/
> > rope handles.  Marketed by Wenzel but made in China.
> >     Aye, there's the rub.  And rub.  And rub.
> >     Our instructions from Lodge Cast Iron say remove the shipping-and-
> > storage coating before seasoning cast iron cookware.  With Lodge ware,
> > this is easy.  With this Chinese stuff, not so easy.  Scrub and scrub,
> > following the Lodge instructions.  Dry it off and more of the stuff
> > comes
> > off on the paper towel.  Scrub and scrub again, with Dawn which will
> > eat
> > through aluminum pans if left alone.  Dry it off and more of the stuff
> > comes
> > off on the paper towel.
> >     Has anybody else gone thru this?
> >     Does anybody else know what the Chinese used?
> >     And how to remove it?
> >     If the Chinese used stove blacking, is it poisonous?
> >
> >     Suggestions gratefully received,
> >     Scotti
> >     Knowledge is never wasted, nor is the time to acquire it.
> > --- End forwarded message ---
> >
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