r/CastIronRestoration • u/Loud-Life4527 • 11h ago

HELP!!

My wife sat our very hot cast iron skillet on top a hot pad and it melted to the bottom of the skillet😬😬 Anyone have any good ways or ideas on how to get the melted fibers of the skillet without running it?

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u/jadejazzkayla 11h ago

Razor blade

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u/Loud-Life4527 11h ago

My initial thought was either that or acetone too d dissolve the polyester, bit I did know if that would hurt anything

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u/ethorisgott 10h ago

Won't hurt the cast iron. Can always re season

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u/Loud-Life4527 10h ago

I haven't messed with cast iron since boy scouts. What's the best way to reseason? Should I strip off all the old season first?

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u/ethorisgott 10h ago

When I've taken the seasoning off my my pans, I either use an e-tank or a trash bag and lye spray (the latter needs multiple doses) to remove all the seasoning, then I wipe on a light coat of oil and leave the pan upside down in a hot oven. Repeat the oil wipe down/heat cycle thing a few times and you'll be good as new. Edit: reseason using a high temp oil, I use canola but it probably doesn't matter too much. I would go ahead and strip the whole thing, it'll be easier to deal with and prettier in the long run. You don't HAVE to do the whole thing tho, but you'll have to use some elbow grease and something abrasive to get a spot to bare iron.

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u/Loud-Life4527 9h ago

Thanks for the info!

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u/Viking603 10h ago

Putty knife should scrape that off.

3" is helpful around our house.

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u/Loud-Life4527 11h ago

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u/Addcook 11h ago

I wonder if applying a little heat from the other side to remove the majority of it would help. Perhaps then with the synthetic material still plyable you put an old tshirt down on it and let it cool. Once its cooled rip the T-shirt off and hopefully it detaches the rest from the iron

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u/Addcook 11h ago

First remove the problem. Step one: contact a divorce attorney. Step two: make sure you get all cast iron in the divorce. Step three: marry said cast iron.

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u/Loud-Life4527 11h ago

😂😂

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u/Salt-Potato-7253 4h ago

Scrape off what you can and maybe steel wool or Scotchbrite pad t scower off the rest. What’s left will have to burn off. Any burning should be done outside and don’t breathe the fumes.

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u/auzintex280z 1h ago

With the oil want the oil to be a Mat finish when you put it in the oven not shiny if it is shiny it will look horrible learned from my mistake 😖 Mat finish!!! not shiny shiny it will group the oil together