How To Strip Cast Iron Skillet Using Easy-Off Oven Cleaner
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2020
- This is part 2 of my cast iron cookware series. This video captures how I would take a rough piece of cast iron cookware, and... restore it? Clean it? Rehab it? Idk, but we make it better than it was!
2:00 A word (or 20) on safety
3:50 Starting the process
5:00 Supplies that we are using
8:45 Doing this on a NEW pan?
16:00 DISASTER STRIKES
21:00 Seasoning process
If you can't fix the cracked one for cooking, you can do what I'm doing for my niece. When my mom died, my niece wanted some of her cast iron. There's one that's cracked all the way across the pan. It can't be fixed. So I'm going to drill a hole dead center, get some clock parts and make a clock out of it. So she'll still have the pan, but it'll just be a clock that hangs in the kitchen
Really good tip. Thanks. When I was growing up, my mother used this technique. I would like to point out one thing. I am a PhD research chemist, so I do have a chemistry comment. For starters, you are absolutely right about the exothermic nature of acid-base reactions. However, lye (sodium hydroxide) is a strong base, but the acetic acid in vinegar is a weak acid. Strong-weak neutralizations are not strongly exothermic. Strong-strong neutralizations are VERY exothermic. That said, I think your safety precaution of not neutralizing sodium hydroxide if your skin becomes contaminated is prudent for people who are not chemists. Thank you again for your work and tips!!
Every cook in my family uses soap(usually Dawn or Ajax) and a washcloth to clean cast iron after every use. It doesn't hurt a properly seasoned piece at all.
I use soap all the time. Especially after I strip a pan. It can also be used on a well seasoned skillet. It will NOT take off the seasoning. I have around 100 cast iron PCs, that I use probably 15 weekly. Good point about removing the excess oil. Most people use entirely way to much oil. Great video for the beginners.
People all have different methods. There are different ways. may use to much oil...but I always pour it out and wipe it down and turn it upside down in the oven to let the excess drip off. I'm with a group that will kick you out for using this method.
Yes I always use the idea of put the oil in and then act like you’re wiping it all off.
I really appreciate the detail in your video. I mostly have vintage Wagnerware , but a few other pre 60's ones. I love them all, and am in the process of smoothing up some of the new style pre seasoned skillets. Last week I found a square Wagnerware skillet in our old pots and pans. Slightly warped but is a great cooker. Again thanks for the video.
Can't wait to clean my 40 year old skillet!! May take a week but I will do it!! Thank you!
My mom just passed away and I have her Wagner 1891. Its not about the money for me but thank you for letting me know how to clean....
Sorry for my questions before I insisted watching video
Great job on pan!
Thank you for this video. It’s covered everything I’ve been wanting covered in one place! King to check out more of your videos
I love cast iron!!! It looks so beautiful!! 💕
Its a personal favorite!!!
Your cuts and edits are really good
The cold water rinse in the end simply cools down the skillet which slows down any chemical reaction. In this case, you have bare carbon steel, water and oxygen which results in rust. If you rinse the skillet with hot water you can watch it turn yellow within seconds. Using cool water gives you enough time to dry it up and put it into the oven before the flash rust builds up.
Thanks for the help. Nice Breitling...I have one myself although not that model
Glad I could help. And it was a wedding present to myself. I love it.
Love your program👍
Great video! I'm going to try this method as the oven clean cycle method causes my smoke alarms to go off and subsequently causing my dogs to freak out. So I think the easy off method may be a good alternative for me as I have a couple old Griswold number 10s I want to restore. I was wondering since the oven cleaner is used to clean ovens is it possible that I could spray the skillets down and place in the oven at whatever temperature the can requires you to use and clean it that way or is it better to put it in a bag the way your video instructs. Also I was thinking that since the trash bags don't resist the heat very well I wonder if it's possible to use one of these oven cooking bags to put the skillet in and ramp the temperature up in the oven to the required temperature I've never done this before I'm just wondering if that's a possibility
I had a good vintage Wagner cast iron pan that with a rust stain that has been staring at me for the last year, time to get to work. Know how to season them and clean them with out using soap but never thought of this. Would probably knock that rust spot right out. Good Tip Dc.
this process will knock surface rust right out. Thanks for watching!
Thank you I’ve been wanting to try this. I have one Griswold that super cruddy.. I bought some lye and I’m going to order some oven off.. electrolysis NO! Who’s got time for that?! Your comment about it was so funny!
Great information, I use vinegar and great results ❤🙏
Thanks for sharing!
I’m about to try this… came back on to get s refresher and see if I missed anything.
Just found you by searching. Older lady trying to restore 4 cast iron skillets and 1 small pot. All are quite rusty but do ring. 1 skillet (Erie,PA.,USA with the number 9 on opposite side) sat in the sink with half water half white vinegar for about an hour. Quite a bit of rust came loose. I had scrubbed with sos pad before soaking. Decided it might be wiser to get online before going any further. I'm planning to try the baking soda and vinegar method from another video so I don't use a whole gallon jug of vinegar. I will most likely have to go the oven cleaner method because the gunk on the outside is so thick. 2 of the skillets are Wagner, 1 has that ring on the outside, 1 pan is totally unmarked on the bottom but on the top of the handle it says never break. I can't tell what is on the bottom of the pot Because that gunk is too thick. I saved your video and I will no doubt go back to it many times before I finish this project. I plan to use the pans on a cement block rocket stove
Thank you!
Does the lye lose its effectiveness after a time? Could you just spray it, bag it and let it sit for 5-6 days or does the lye lose it's Juju?
I've put a few on my bbq for about 4 to 6 hours. Then go in with brillo pad. No chemicals. Then cleaned it and season it.
Do you warm your pan before adding the oil? I always hear different things about that.
What is a protective M & M shell 16:07? You were saying you expected it to take quite a bit longer to get to bare metal than that BSR did.
He's referring to the hard candy shell on M&M candies.
Yes!
I put my cast iron in the oven at 200F for 15 minutes to help dry and warm it up after rinsing and it came out with surface rust?
How do I avoid that and or get rid of it?
When you go to the brown filter while you're washing, we can't see what you're taking off.
can I use steel wool that I already have that is for refinishing and stripping furniture such as 000 or 0000? Or a scotchbrite kitchen kitchen scrub pad?
If youre going to re-season it, heck yeah.
If I have a bad pan can’t I just add and wait 3 days? Do I really gotta keep rinsing and going again?
I noticed a build-up of sticky gunk on my pan after I took it out of the oven. Was it because I didn't wash with vinegar solution after the Lye process? The color is gold and sticky. Washing it with soap and water won't get it off, it's like a film of golden sticky stuff. Help would be greatly appreciated, thank you
Excess cooked oil/shortening. You can try to get it off w soap and water. When you're applying, try and get as much as possible off before heating.
@@TheDCpicker I tried soap and water, still does not come off. I tried sandpaper a little area and it came off quite easy. Is it ok to just sand it all off?
Sand paper can work, but it can affect the metal itself if youre not careful. You can also try to heat the pan evenly in the oven, the gunk MAY come off/loosen up with high heat.
@@TheDCpicker I was able to get it clean again but the same thing happen and its occuring in the same place. I realized that my oven rack has some of the similar debris that my pan has. These how-to-do videos make it look so simple. Am I the only one having this problem! I'll keep trying....
Way more convenient than lye tanks👍🏻
I have left oven cleaner on it for a couple weeks!!! The crud on the outside is really thick but still stuck on tight! I have scraped with a flat medal scraper! Omg!!!! Can I put the easy off on it longer??????? I’m
You need to make sure you use the yellow tip easy off. It contains lye.
What if the skillet is rusted? Would this work on rust?
Can I just put it on and leave it for 3 days without checking ?
Just 2 comments. Vinegar is actually the same ph as your skin. Meaning it will help neutralize the high ph of the lye in hydroxide. Secondly lye is soap but you choose not to use SOS pads due to the soap.
I saw the Lodge video and they season with vegetable oil. Why is that not a good idea?
The potential for smells/stickiness.
I have a can of Easy Off, but it has a blue lid. Can I use that?
I've never done it, and the internet is kind of split on using the fine free (blue top). Not so much that it's gonna hurt anything, it just might not work as well.
@@TheDCpicker thanks for your input. I decided to try it. My kids found a skillet on our property. So, no loss to me if it doesn't work. Thanks for your video!!
@@stephaniewarner7422 Hey how did this work?? just put on some blue lid and hoping for the best…
@@jordantmp not the best. I ended up buying yellow cap that worked much better and faster.
@@stephaniewarner7422 ok thanks for letting me know.
Does it work on cookie sheets?
I dont see why not.
I just stick my cast Iron in the fireplace and set them on the hot coals,which burned all the oil off and came out clean, my father and his father have done this for years and have seasoned the cast iron in the same steps you have. no easy off.
Thats definitely a tired and true method. Not everyone has a fireplace tho.
That came out great. #skilletPICASO LOL
Thanks!! Good enough to use OR display (if you were into that sort of thing)
@@TheDCpicker I would be inclined to SELL IT
What about rust?
Lye bath or etank only makes sense if you're going to buy and sell a ton of these, sound advice!
Totally! Good processes, but for my viewers, almost definitely overkill.
Use electrolysis faster easier and removes rust too.
Faster and easier? How long to find a good video, watch it a couple of times, go to the store (I'm sure it would take me 2-3 stores) buy the required tub and hardware, put it all together, use it, then clean up the whole thing? That would be good if you have many rusty things, but for one or two pans, the spray on method is obviously much quicker and easier.
#notkaren why am I the first one to say it?! 😂
you can lead a horse to water.....
Does anyone put them in the oven then turn on the oven's self cleaning function? 🤔 Wonder if it would work.
To clean? Yes some people do, but not every oven has that option. It will carbonize any organic junk on the pan. Smokes a lot tho.
TheDCpicker I had heard this was an option, my oven has a self clean but I was worried about overheating and cracking the pans. I have just bought 4 very nice but dirty/sticky wagner ware pans from a local flea market.
@@daniellesunley4807 many people have used that method. Make sure you put a cookie pan under the pot because as the "stuff" falls off it'll make a mess in the oven. It will smoke a lot too if the pan is a mess. Let it cool in the oven and reseason asap
TheDCpicker thank you.
@@daniellesunley4807
One of the risks you run using the self-cleaning cycle of your oven, depending upon the amount of crud and scale on the outside, is a creosote like fire in your locked oven. I have cleaned heavily compacted skillets on my outdoor grill, which only heats up to about 600 degrees, and watched the crud ignite and burn until it turns to ash, in about 3 to 5 minutes. The self-cleaning cycle on today's modern stoves can exceed 8 or 900 degrees. Just doesn't seem worth the risk to me!
#notkaren
This is the way
A bit of cautionary advice to people trying this out for the first time: Do NOT, and I MEAN IT, DO NNNOOOTTT skip the step of wiping off as much oil as you can, AND doing a second wipe-down after a few minutes in the stove after you first put it in to bake. Also, make sure your pan is upside-down. Why? Because excess oil will "bead up", and you will end up with an un-even, spotty mess instead of an even coating. Also, it will not polymerize correctly. The result is a spotty, globby, sticky MESS of a coating that will COME OFF IN CHUNKS when you cook or clean the pan! You do NOT want this. It's a BITCH to have to strip and re-season it all over again. Finally, I have tried several oils and temperatures and have found grape seed oil and an hour at 500 degrees to be the best. Again, you MUST give the pan a second, thorough wipe-down after a few minutes in the oven or you WILL get beading and it's unpleasant consequences. This part cannot be rushed. It may take many times through the oven to get the season level you want. You just have to deal with it. Rushing is a NO-NO! Also, never use dish soap on your cast iron after you season it, just a salt scrub and maybe a rough fabric pad then water rinse, thoroughly dry, then apply a bit of oil and rub it all off before you put the pan away. Don't use steel scrubbers or chain mail: this will wear off or chip your seasoning.
#NOTKAREN
MY MAN!
Easy Off is nothing like it used to be. God Bless the EPA smh
Why do you go to all that trouble. Submerge the pan in vinegar. Get a large enough plastic container to hold the pan and cover it with vinegar. The soaking time goes by how bad the condition of the pan is. Each day you skim off the rust bubbles that float to the top. Then you can take steel wool or a wire wheel on a drill to do the finial cleaning. The vinegar is all you need and no lye is needed. Let the safe vinegar do all the work.
Am i seriously the only one who is #notkaren ?
Oh theyre starting to come in now! #notkaren
Send me the cracked one, I will fix it!!
Waaaaayyyyy to much blablablabla!! Get to it!!
Go back to tik tok if you want quick vids.
FFS get on with it.
Try not to do unnecessary talking you become boring and annoying
You talk to much
#notkaren
words to live by!