I have NO Doubts that he will educate himself in short order. He is a brave spirit and tackles everything with enthusiasm. Certainly he will not only learn how to season the pan but will then figure out the best way to do it. Mark my words!😅
@@yawningdog9894I'd go grapeseed specifically for the high smoke point and put it in the oven as hot as it can get for oh, say, 4/5 hours, but yeah, we're more or less on the same page.
Interesting point. We in Australia have crocodiles, but we call them Alligator Clips, despite how much influence the UK has on our language. Never heard them called crocs.
In my experience beef tallow is hands down the best thing for seasoning cast iron pans that are in constant use. Federal charges won't even stick to my pans!
you say federal charges won't stick to your pan, don't jinx it or else they'll turn stickier than that one toy in primary school that stuck to the ceiling and never came back down
@@janegardener1662 I keep it in for my main jar since I usually use it at lower heats for scrambling eggs and like the little bits in there, but your way isn't wrong either
this man crawled out from a breach in time and learned about social media and is slowly trying to get everyone to be an old timey farmer. his plan might work too with all his drip
Wish more old timers would find that breach and come help us from our self-destruction. In all seriousness, though, I love young lads like Eoin. We need more young'uns taking on, tackling, and propagating traditional arts and crafts. There's good reason they and their results survived for centuries (and sometimes millennia), and they deserve a revival.
Next time try and get the whole pan including the handle fully submerged so that you don’t miss the handle. Looks like it could use another light pass of the electrolysis this time with the handle fully submerged as well. Just use some wire to lower the pan deeper into the water and fully submerge it. Keep on crushing it! You are making some amazing video’s, and you continue to improve, which is just a delight to see. Edit: Fixed typo
I recommend heating it until it becomes brighter than the sun , put some high smoke point oil and slather that stuff around the whole pan Add onions till they are burnt and now you have a seasoned and stainless pan
Ive always added the oil then heated it up, that way the oil is set exactly where I want it and has even layers, interesting to hear how other people do it.
@@cockmasters4000 Huh, mine definitely weren't seasoned with onion but unless I've cooked something acidic for a long while I've never noticed an iron taste?
Nope. You just need to get the rust off. You can heat it up. You can scrub it with kosher salt and leather. Whatever you want to do. You're also not forming a patina on that skillet and it will wear away quickly. You need to use grapeseed for a few coatings while heating it in the oven. Then use flax seed oil for a few coatings. Then you need to boil oil in it. Wipe it down real good and it will have a new patina on it.
That "tool" was the drill before drills. It's for wood. You just spun it by hand with downward pressure and it slowly took big chunks out of the wood. It's surprisingly efficient when kept sharp.
The easiest way to restore a cast iron pan is to get a bonfire raging hot and throw the pan into it and let it get completely red and then grab it by the handle with a pair of pliers, tap off the excess rust and food particles and let it cool, it will look brand new
@Imperf3kt i never once mentioned seasoning it as our friend was not talking about it in the video. He was purely referencing how to clean a cast iron pan. I can tell you that I can have a fire rolling faster than i can set that electrolysis bin up.
Cool video man. Up here in Alaska, there's all sorts of rusty old cast iron from the prospector days, now I know I can score some nice pieces. Seasoning is easy. I use bacon grease
The Cosy way: Rub it in oil and coarse salt, bake it in the oven on a high temperature for ages (roast some tatties of a Sunday lunch with the pan sleeping away underneath). You should be left with a shiny residue from any oil that didn't quite polymerise. You may choose to wash off, using soap is fine, as soap will only get rid of fats and oils, not the good stuff. Just never soak it in water or soapy water, wash the pan, then dry it with a cloth or by placing in the hob and evaporating the excess water. The seasoning is however vulnerable to abrasion, so wooden spoons and allied scoopy tools are friends. Repeat the oily bakey step as many times as you like, if the sheen starts to look dull, that's a good time. Campfire Jim method: Slap the pan in your campfire until it's screaming, then from a safe distance place some oil in the pan, it should hiss and will smoke a little. Remove the pan and allow it to cool to a sensible temperature for cooking, then go wild with onions, garlic, and I personally love some walnuts and hazelnuts in there. If you do cock-up and burn some stuff on that won't come off with normal scrubbing, don't be tempted to admit defeat and go in with wire wool. Round Chainmail (more properly mail) so not flat riveted mail, works as a good scrubber without shagging the coating.
Titanium is a noble metal and galvanicly positive. I have seen it work before though, but I would suggest material that has much more negative potential such as zinc or magnesium as it have more electrons to release for the process. Large zinc bolts are pretty easy to find at most hardware stores too (plus way cheaper than titanium!!)
Love your content, seeing the videos you’ve made has inspired me to find some Rusty old kitchenware at sales and antique stores and get them back in working condition. Much love from across the pond, sir 🙏
Reminder to everyone that if they're gonna do this is make sure its outside, you don't want to build up gasses inside somewhere, especially near fire or sparks
Be sure to head over to his channel and watch the full video where he used vintage hand tools to somehow carve a rusty cast iron skillet out of ash wood! 😮
You can use anything from a steal can to a car brake rotor as the sacrificial anode, the processor not only is good for removing rust but its also an effect way to remove undesirable baked in food grit that can accumulate on heavily used pans that are in need of a refresh
@stephenandrewstanley5801 I've only ever used an old "dumb" style trickle charger, I think more advanced one are too smart and might think there's a issue with the battery.
Key term is 'cast iron'. It is a slab of cast iron, like from a foundry or junk yard. Cast Iron. Take a power grinder to it. Sand paper it. File it. It is cast iron. After you polish it up like cast iron.. it is still cast iron. Then carbonize it with cooking oil. It is cast iron. Bury it in your yard for a year. It is cast iron. Sand it up and away you go.
Aye, takes only tree scoops of warshing soda. Put the crocs on the big toe of each hoof and dance in the pond. After do Guinness, wire the nails, trim and don't forget between the piggies.
The electrolysis would take any lead that might be trapped in the lil pores of thebcast iron out so you wouldnt have an issue once you do the electrolysis even if it had had lead melted in it before
you've probably looked it up by now, but if you haven't an easy way to season cast iron is to cover it in a thin coat of oil and then cook it inside your oven at the highest heat for an hour. Coat it with oil using a paper towel, then dry it of with a clean piece before each heat cycle, to make the seasoning as even as possible, turning it over so the inside faces donw can also help keep things as even as possible. Repeat that at least 3 times, and you will have a great coat on it. Just make absolutely sure there is no rust on it, even the lightest bit if surface rust can keep the process from working.
Couple things, for long term electrolysis, a stainless steel anode works a lot better because it gets a lot less build up on it. Never put raw cast iron on a glass stove top, it will scratch it. Only put enameled cast iron on a glass top.
That's really neat! I'm so glad you could save the pan. My Grams would use lard/Crisco (not sure what is available in Ireland. Im in SC lol) to season hers. Coat it well and bake it in the oven for about an hour on low temp. Hope that helps 😊
Please, for making the love with god, put the crocodile clamps not that close to the water. They could catch a rust! (You probably can put them on the other end of the wood next time.)
@@robinvanderpal372 Why should you care? It's not as if something of substance is harmed by not using the exact right word. I'll do you for your German, go ahead. 😛
Buddy, I have a rusted beyond belief, cast iron smoke infuser from an old Stok brand grill they don't make anymore.... I've refinished a few 90 year old cast iron pans, and use them daily. I am inspired to try this witchcraft and bring back my smoke infuser! Great video!
Fun fact: When he drops the droplets of water over the hot skillet, when they splashed and rolled over the surface, that is known as the leidenfrost effect. It's when the pan becomes so hot that when a liquid touches it, a layer of vapor is formed between the hot surface and the liquid allowing it to skim the surface of the pan as you move it around.
Im actually a little jealous that you seem to really love what you do. It's always the dream to get to do what ya love for a living. Keep up the good work ya mad ham💪👍
As an electrician I'd like to point out that we literally never call it positive and negative. We refer to it as "hot" for black/red conductors carrying current and "neutral" for white/blue conductors for the return current. For batteries like this, there's no ground, so you're just essentially making a continuous loop.
There are many ways to season cast iron, but the way it's usually done in restaurants is to pick the most highly refined oil with the highest smoke point you can find that still has a smoke point below your ovens max temperature. Peanut oil is a good choice, and what restaurants often use. Apply the absolute thinnest layer of oil you possibly can over the entire pan, place it in your oven, then set your oven to its maximum temperature. Leave it for four to six hours, shut the oven off, and let the pan cool for a few hours. Perfectly seasoned.
Pretty good. Do it two or three times and you're really on your way. But two hours each time will do. Heat your pan to 200 ° F and then wipe your oil into your pan with paper towels. This opens up the "pores" in the iron. It should not be wet-wet, just a thin layer. 400° F will do for curing it. Oh... and turn the pan upside down so you don't get gummy pools inside the pan. Some aluminum foil underneath will keep your mom happy about the condition of her oven. If you screw it up, put it in a self-cleaning oven and do a cleaning cycle. The finish will turn to ash and you can start over.
to season a cast iron pan: heat oven to 400-450 use papertowel or small hand towle to wipe on canola oil to the entire pan(handel too). a light coating will do. too much and it can get sticky. place in oven for 1hr. turn off oven, let pan cool in oven. done.
Completely worth it. As long as it rings when you tap it and it doesn't spin on flat surface. Lots of videos around here about seasoning. Better then non stick when you get it done well.
To season the pan, it is best to use tallow. Put it in the oven at 375-400 degrees, depending on how high of a heat you cook, for about 20 minutes. Turn off the oven, wipe the whole pan down & put the pan upside down back into the oven till it cools down. You may have to do this a few times to get the deep seasoning.
So the metal tool looks like a probe, its meant for testing the soil moisture content and density. If theres too much moisture in the ground to build or the soil is too soft, it sinks in when you put weight on it. If its dense and dry enough it stays on the surface.
Best way to season cast iron is coat it liberally with oil, and vegtable oil or lard will do, the turn it upside down in the ovenet set the oven to about 250 Fahrenheit or ablut 120 Celsius and lesve it there for 3-4 hours. One time usually does the trick, but you can do it repeatedly if you want to make sure. Just make sure the pan never touches soap after that or youll have to start all over again.
wow that whole comment is just wrong. Do not coat it liberally with oil. Your seasoning layer will bead up and be spotty. Use a very thin coat. And you can 100% use soap on a cast iron pan. Only the very old soaps used lye, which was bad for cast iron seasoning. Modern dish soaps are perfectly fine and do not hurt the seasoning at all.
For anyone learning to season cast iron, the only three steps you need: 1. heat 2. oil 3. wipe. Do that enough times and you'll have a completely nonstick coat.
Do not turn up the heat on that cast iron pan too high. Bring the temperature up slowly. Put a very thin coat of oil. You can do this a few times. Good luck!
I see you splashed water on the pan to ensure it was hot enough to evaporate the water. It may be something small, but as someone who has recently began working with cast iron skillets, that’s how I do it too. And seeing you do it has just confirmed I’m at least doing it kinda right!
I always got confused in chem about anodes and cathodes and the charges. Then I came up with an acronym to remember it: OAT (the "t" is a plus sign, so it's more like oa+, but you get it). Oxidation Anode + (positive charge). That definitely helped me pass a number of tests.
If is real rusty, I find putting it in a bag of vinegar overnight works great. Messy , clean with water & brush after soaking .. Put it in your oven when you do the self clean option . This works as well as throwing in the wood stove for a burn. Other then that heat it up good wash with water, (never soap) then season as you would.
I tried electrolysis for the first time to restore a cast iron camp dutch oven. This method is one of the least amount of elbow grease you will ever use to remove rust. And you can reuse the solution.
Heating it too hot will result it in maybe warping. Also too too hot changes the metal so that it will never be able to take on a coating of seasoning. There are many videos of people showing the effects of putting cast iron in camp fires and ruining them. Bar keepers friend to get all the rust off then wipe with crisco. Put in oven upside down on 300. Wipe off excess every 15 minutes. Let cool. Put in oven 350 one hour. Put in oven 400 one hour. Done.
Step 1 Set in white vinegar for 24 hours,. Next day scrub with steel wool and dry . Step 3 line rack in oven with aluminum foil . Set in and set oven to oven clean and let the cycle do its thing . Remove let cool naturally . Next line with a season oil of your choice , veg oil , coconut, olive ect.. take out wipe clean then re apply oil Set at 200 for 1 hour then take it out again let it cool each step natural . While clean and you should be good after that .
chef for a living here! the best way to season a cast iron is to get a neutral flavored oil and coat it liberally then wipe off excess and throw into an oven at 240-300 for 4 hours to harden to oil and repeat 2-3 times making sure that all the micro holes and pores of the iron are filled in to create your flat nonstick surface! finally to maintain it never boil water on it cause it will strip the oil, dont scrub with soap only hot water and a scrub brush, dry after washing and store in dry area it will last you a life time!!!!!!!!!
I as a chemistry major. Ya done good. Now you need to season it with vegetable oil. Put it in an oven at 250 deg F for about 6 hours. After you have used the pan don’t wash it just use a paper towel to wipe it clean. It’ll need seasoning every so often.
The best way to season is only use oil on (never water) and clean with a dry rag every time, as time goes on it will become seasoned so nothing will ever stick to it!
to season it, heat it up a bit on the stove, then wipe a very thin layer of oil (flaxseed works well, as do vegetable, canola, and peanut), then stick it in the oven at the highest temp your oven can handle for 1 hour. At the end of the hour, turn the oven off, and and leave the pan in there, allowing it to cool as slowly as possible. Repeat this several times for best effect.
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Lad knows how to perform electrolysis but hasn't yet learned to season a pan, God love ya Eoin
thast what i was thinking
I mean electrolysis is taught in most chemistry classes and it's fairy simple, seasoning a pan sounds liek way less common knowledge, at least to me
I have NO Doubts that he will educate himself in short order. He is a brave spirit and tackles everything with enthusiasm. Certainly he will not only learn how to season the pan but will then figure out the best way to do it. Mark my words!😅
A little bit of veggie oil and a hot hob will do the trick
@@yawningdog9894I'd go grapeseed specifically for the high smoke point and put it in the oven as hot as it can get for oh, say, 4/5 hours, but yeah, we're more or less on the same page.
Every Old Southern Grandma and Mother salutes you for saving a Life, Sir.
Grandmas favorite weapons too because they know they can beat the piss out of someone and it won’t break
This lady from Atlanta, Georgia US salute his efforts ❤
Even us swedes are proud
O7 from Montana
Ohio, saluting as well.
He called the alligator clips, crocs. I love it!
I've always known them as crocodile clips, that's what we've always called them in the UK at least.
@@sharpley753 yeah it rolls off the tongue better
@@sharpley753 From the people i know from the UK, i can say the same
Interesting point. We in Australia have crocodiles, but we call them Alligator Clips, despite how much influence the UK has on our language. Never heard them called crocs.
@@sharpley753 yes, I've been all over the UK and Ireland and never heard them called "alligator" except maybe on American TV shows.
This man has replaced jack septic eye as the most Irish man on the platform
Absolutely. Sean has nothing on this guy lmao
Qxir & Napoleon Blownapart are proper Irish n all
Call Me Kevin is good and Irish too! He took a DNA test that proves it 😂
Yeah but Sean is only 60 percent irish this man is full blown drunken brawl then run with dogs irish
@@JJJackson777Napoleon Blownapart is the best channel in this flat bitch of a website.
In my experience beef tallow is hands down the best thing for seasoning cast iron pans that are in constant use. Federal charges won't even stick to my pans!
Bacon fat also works great.
you say federal charges won't stick to your pan, don't jinx it or else they'll turn stickier than that one toy in primary school that stuck to the ceiling and never came back down
@@janegardener1662 Make sure to clarify the bacon fat, microwaving helps to quickly separate the layers
@@redjoker365 I always strain the fat before I store it, so it's clean when it comes out of the fridge.
@@janegardener1662 I keep it in for my main jar since I usually use it at lower heats for scrambling eggs and like the little bits in there, but your way isn't wrong either
this man crawled out from a breach in time and learned about social media and is slowly trying to get everyone to be an old timey farmer. his plan might work too with all his drip
Listen I already want to move to Ireland now
Wish more old timers would find that breach and come help us from our self-destruction.
In all seriousness, though, I love young lads like Eoin. We need more young'uns taking on, tackling, and propagating traditional arts and crafts. There's good reason they and their results survived for centuries (and sometimes millennia), and they deserve a revival.
Take and coat it with oil using a basting brush
I know right I was waiting for someone to mention his nikes
Ah, yes, my favorite old timey farmer technique: using a car battery
"Turteen table spoons"
I love irish accents
I love that there's the option to translate to English under your comment 😂
@@lilyclimbstrees it turns the common I into a capital I for some reason lol
@@operator.zack_hasranah the same reason you capitalise the first letter of French, Spanish or American.
@@DavidSmith-vr1nb ok that makes alot of sense now
@@lilyclimbstrees lol 😆
Next time try and get the whole pan including the handle fully submerged so that you don’t miss the handle. Looks like it could use another light pass of the electrolysis this time with the handle fully submerged as well. Just use some wire to lower the pan deeper into the water and fully submerge it.
Keep on crushing it! You are making some amazing video’s, and you continue to improve, which is just a delight to see.
Edit: Fixed typo
That's what they tried to tell Achilles' mom too but she didn't listen
Yeah that pan is definitely still rusty, esspecially the handle. Could probably lift it with some vinegar, a wire brush, and some elbow grease.
I recommend heating it until it becomes brighter than the sun , put some high smoke point oil and slather that stuff around the whole pan
Add onions till they are burnt and now you have a seasoned and stainless pan
Onions? Why?
@@sergiv5613 It takes away the Iron taste in the pan
Ive always added the oil then heated it up, that way the oil is set exactly where I want it and has even layers, interesting to hear how other people do it.
@@cockmasters4000 Huh, mine definitely weren't seasoned with onion but unless I've cooked something acidic for a long while I've never noticed an iron taste?
Nope. You just need to get the rust off. You can heat it up. You can scrub it with kosher salt and leather. Whatever you want to do. You're also not forming a patina on that skillet and it will wear away quickly. You need to use grapeseed for a few coatings while heating it in the oven. Then use flax seed oil for a few coatings. Then you need to boil oil in it. Wipe it down real good and it will have a new patina on it.
I love how eager he is to use all of the Irish classics, even electrolysis.
An ancient Celtic tradition.
@@skipads5141They got it from Princess Scota herself
@@skipads5141 Factual.
Seeing Eoin post always makes my mornings just a little bit brighter!
That "tool" was the drill before drills. It's for wood. You just spun it by hand with downward pressure and it slowly took big chunks out of the wood. It's surprisingly efficient when kept sharp.
This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
I tink u mean tings, lol
The easiest way to restore a cast iron pan is to get a bonfire raging hot and throw the pan into it and let it get completely red and then grab it by the handle with a pair of pliers, tap off the excess rust and food particles and let it cool, it will look brand new
My aunt Sally agrees.
I personally prefer melting it down into a liquid, then using a mould to reform it, its like its brand new
@Aaron cousins ain't nobody got time for that
That doesn't season anything, you need to add the oil so it can carbon up the surface. Heating it until it is hot is only half the process.
@Imperf3kt i never once mentioned seasoning it as our friend was not talking about it in the video. He was purely referencing how to clean a cast iron pan. I can tell you that I can have a fire rolling faster than i can set that electrolysis bin up.
Careful with cast iron on glass cook tops. Most glass cook top manufacturers state using cast iron on them voids their warranty.
Mine lives on my glass top stove no problem. Just don't drop it.
could be an induction top so cast iron is definitely ok to use as someone said dont drop it
@@UberGringo, yup. I used my cast iron pans on my glass cooktop every day for 10 years with zero problems. Just don’t drop it on the cooktop!
Cool video man. Up here in Alaska, there's all sorts of rusty old cast iron from the prospector days, now I know I can score some nice pieces. Seasoning is easy. I use bacon grease
That a boy 🎉
Hell no, leave em be and just add more bacon grease. You'll piss off the pan spirits cleaning a well used pan. Rust gets you iron! 😅😅
The Cosy way: Rub it in oil and coarse salt, bake it in the oven on a high temperature for ages (roast some tatties of a Sunday lunch with the pan sleeping away underneath).
You should be left with a shiny residue from any oil that didn't quite polymerise. You may choose to wash off, using soap is fine, as soap will only get rid of fats and oils, not the good stuff. Just never soak it in water or soapy water, wash the pan, then dry it with a cloth or by placing in the hob and evaporating the excess water.
The seasoning is however vulnerable to abrasion, so wooden spoons and allied scoopy tools are friends.
Repeat the oily bakey step as many times as you like, if the sheen starts to look dull, that's a good time.
Campfire Jim method: Slap the pan in your campfire until it's screaming, then from a safe distance place some oil in the pan, it should hiss and will smoke a little. Remove the pan and allow it to cool to a sensible temperature for cooking, then go wild with onions, garlic, and I personally love some walnuts and hazelnuts in there.
If you do cock-up and burn some stuff on that won't come off with normal scrubbing, don't be tempted to admit defeat and go in with wire wool. Round Chainmail (more properly mail) so not flat riveted mail, works as a good scrubber without shagging the coating.
I love hearing your narration, Eoin. I could listen to you all day!
Tip. If you can get some titanium wire (rods) they work the best, for electrodes.
Titanium is a noble metal and galvanicly positive. I have seen it work before though, but I would suggest material that has much more negative potential such as zinc or magnesium as it have more electrons to release for the process. Large zinc bolts are pretty easy to find at most hardware stores too (plus way cheaper than titanium!!)
You sir, are my favourite TH-camr.
Love your content, seeing the videos you’ve made has inspired me to find some Rusty old kitchenware at sales and antique stores and get them back in working condition. Much love from across the pond, sir 🙏
Reminder to everyone that if they're gonna do this is make sure its outside, you don't want to build up gasses inside somewhere, especially near fire or sparks
Good advice
Be sure to head over to his channel and watch the full video where he used vintage hand tools to somehow carve a rusty cast iron skillet out of ash wood! 😮
truly a master woodworker
What a talented young man 👏👏👏
😅
When ever I hear your voice it brings a smile to my face
You can use anything from a steal can to a car brake rotor as the sacrificial anode, the processor not only is good for removing rust but its also an effect way to remove undesirable baked in food grit that can accumulate on heavily used pans that are in need of a refresh
Does it have to be a manual battery charger?
@stephenandrewstanley5801 I've only ever used an old "dumb" style trickle charger, I think more advanced one are too smart and might think there's a issue with the battery.
@@Spencer481
I thought so 🧐
My one just says OFF when I connect it, so I just ordered a manual one 😎
Cheers anyway 😉
@stephenandrewstanley5801 let me know how it goes!
to season cast iron, cover it in Shortening (Crisco) and bake it in the oven at 400 F for about 3 hours.
Please lord, get the rest of the rust off I will never be satisfied until it is.
Key term is 'cast iron'. It is a slab of cast iron, like from a foundry or junk yard. Cast Iron. Take a power grinder to it. Sand paper it. File it. It is cast iron. After you polish it up like cast iron.. it is still cast iron. Then carbonize it with cooking oil. It is cast iron. Bury it in your yard for a year. It is cast iron. Sand it up and away you go.
Good job. My mom is named: Sarah O'daniel, heir to the O'dae castle in ireland. And I personally think this was quite entertaining.
I Sean, son of John O'Malley, himself son of Old O'Malley, found this comment quite entertaining.
I, an irish man, have enjoyed these comments
Ni Daniel
Love cast iron skillets. Glad you saved it.
I swear this dude could put a video about how he washes a toe and I’d be entranced
Aye, takes only tree scoops of warshing soda. Put the crocs on the big toe of each hoof and dance in the pond. After do Guinness, wire the nails, trim and don't forget between the piggies.
Nice to see someone using a proper method to restore a cast iron skillet.
Where'd you get the pan? Make sure it hasn't been used to melt lead cos that would make it unsuitable to cook in broski
How do I check that?
@@EoinReardonI use 3M Lead Check swabs for testing my old cookware.
@@tomtom21194 definitely lol
The electrolysis would take any lead that might be trapped in the lil pores of thebcast iron out so you wouldnt have an issue once you do the electrolysis even if it had had lead melted in it before
@DIY Chad 726 Does it? Didn't know that. Cool. I'd Still want to do a quick test just to be sure though
I appreciate deeply how much value I get from your videos, just great stuff sir!
He's the exact person you want to have as a neighbour
you've probably looked it up by now, but if you haven't an easy way to season cast iron is to cover it in a thin coat of oil and then cook it inside your oven at the highest heat for an hour. Coat it with oil using a paper towel, then dry it of with a clean piece before each heat cycle, to make the seasoning as even as possible, turning it over so the inside faces donw can also help keep things as even as possible. Repeat that at least 3 times, and you will have a great coat on it. Just make absolutely sure there is no rust on it, even the lightest bit if surface rust can keep the process from working.
Couple things, for long term electrolysis, a stainless steel anode works a lot better because it gets a lot less build up on it.
Never put raw cast iron on a glass stove top, it will scratch it. Only put enameled cast iron on a glass top.
I love this channel. Hands down the BEST place to learn not just wood working but great life skills and now even science!
equal parts of oilive, cocnut, avacodo oils and beeswax, heat until not smoking. cheers
This man is the maddest scientist/engineer/alchemist/wizard I’ve ever seen
What is his cloth style name???
irish
That's really neat! I'm so glad you could save the pan. My Grams would use lard/Crisco (not sure what is available in Ireland. Im in SC lol) to season hers. Coat it well and bake it in the oven for about an hour on low temp. Hope that helps 😊
"turteen"
Please, for making the love with god, put the crocodile clamps not that close to the water. They could catch a rust! (You probably can put them on the other end of the wood next time.)
😂 did you use Google Translate?
@@robinvanderpal372 Why should you care? It's not as if something of substance is harmed by not using the exact right word. I'll do you for your German, go ahead. 😛
Mad Genius you are, thank you!
Phenomenal!!
That’s all I can say is you’re phenomenal!
Subscribed for the accent alone. The interesting content is a bonus!
This man's videos fill the void in my life
Buddy, I have a rusted beyond belief, cast iron smoke infuser from an old Stok brand grill they don't make anymore....
I've refinished a few 90 year old cast iron pans, and use them daily.
I am inspired to try this witchcraft and bring back my smoke infuser!
Great video!
Fun fact: When he drops the droplets of water over the hot skillet, when they splashed and rolled over the surface, that is known as the leidenfrost effect. It's when the pan becomes so hot that when a liquid touches it, a layer of vapor is formed between the hot surface and the liquid allowing it to skim the surface of the pan as you move it around.
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Thank you so much for the cast iron renovations. I’m sure I’ll use one or the other techniques. Love from an Irish woman in Canada ❤
Love that they kept that connection.
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I'm sure you are already well aware of this but your voice and narration are the best.
As an electrician I'd like to point out that we literally never call it positive and negative. We refer to it as "hot" for black/red conductors carrying current and "neutral" for white/blue conductors for the return current. For batteries like this, there's no ground, so you're just essentially making a continuous loop.
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Test your old cast iron skillets for lead! It was super common to melt lead in these in the past.
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There are many ways to season cast iron, but the way it's usually done in restaurants is to pick the most highly refined oil with the highest smoke point you can find that still has a smoke point below your ovens max temperature. Peanut oil is a good choice, and what restaurants often use. Apply the absolute thinnest layer of oil you possibly can over the entire pan, place it in your oven, then set your oven to its maximum temperature. Leave it for four to six hours, shut the oven off, and let the pan cool for a few hours. Perfectly seasoned.
Pretty good. Do it two or three times and you're really on your way. But two hours each time will do. Heat your pan to 200 ° F and then wipe your oil into your pan with paper towels. This opens up the "pores" in the iron. It should not be wet-wet, just a thin layer. 400° F will do for curing it.
Oh... and turn the pan upside down so you don't get gummy pools inside the pan. Some aluminum foil underneath will keep your mom happy about the condition of her oven.
If you screw it up, put it in a self-cleaning oven and do a cleaning cycle. The finish will turn to ash and you can start over.
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Very cool . Always fun learning something from you 🎉
That was impressive! I think you did a great job
to season a cast iron pan:
heat oven to 400-450
use papertowel or small hand towle to wipe on canola oil to the entire pan(handel too). a light coating will do. too much and it can get sticky.
place in oven for 1hr.
turn off oven, let pan cool in oven.
done.
I think you're supposed to attach the positive to the cathode using the acronym Leoa-gerc+
Correct me if I'm wrong
It work you left it like brand new. That was great
The way I jumped at the screen like I can help you with seasoning was ridiculous 😂😂😂
Completely worth it. As long as it rings when you tap it and it doesn't spin on flat surface. Lots of videos around here about seasoning. Better then non stick when you get it done well.
To season the pan, it is best to use tallow. Put it in the oven at 375-400 degrees, depending on how high of a heat you cook, for about 20 minutes. Turn off the oven, wipe the whole pan down & put the pan upside down back into the oven till it cools down. You may have to do this a few times to get the deep seasoning.
So the metal tool looks like a probe, its meant for testing the soil moisture content and density. If theres too much moisture in the ground to build or the soil is too soft, it sinks in when you put weight on it. If its dense and dry enough it stays on the surface.
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Best way to season cast iron is coat it liberally with oil, and vegtable oil or lard will do, the turn it upside down in the ovenet set the oven to about 250 Fahrenheit or ablut 120 Celsius and lesve it there for 3-4 hours. One time usually does the trick, but you can do it repeatedly if you want to make sure. Just make sure the pan never touches soap after that or youll have to start all over again.
wow that whole comment is just wrong. Do not coat it liberally with oil. Your seasoning layer will bead up and be spotty. Use a very thin coat. And you can 100% use soap on a cast iron pan. Only the very old soaps used lye, which was bad for cast iron seasoning. Modern dish soaps are perfectly fine and do not hurt the seasoning at all.
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For anyone learning to season cast iron, the only three steps you need: 1. heat 2. oil 3. wipe. Do that enough times and you'll have a completely nonstick coat.
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Do not turn up the heat on that cast iron pan too high. Bring the temperature up slowly. Put a very thin coat of oil. You can do this a few times. Good luck!
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I see you splashed water on the pan to ensure it was hot enough to evaporate the water. It may be something small, but as someone who has recently began working with cast iron skillets, that’s how I do it too. And seeing you do it has just confirmed I’m at least doing it kinda right!
That’s genius restoration
I always got confused in chem about anodes and cathodes and the charges. Then I came up with an acronym to remember it: OAT (the "t" is a plus sign, so it's more like oa+, but you get it).
Oxidation
Anode
+ (positive charge).
That definitely helped me pass a number of tests.
If is real rusty, I find putting it in a bag of vinegar overnight works great. Messy , clean with water & brush after soaking ..
Put it in your oven when you do the self clean option . This works as well as throwing in the wood stove for a burn. Other then that heat it up good wash with water, (never soap) then season as you would.
I tried electrolysis for the first time to restore a cast iron camp dutch oven. This method is one of the least amount of elbow grease you will ever use to remove rust. And you can reuse the solution.
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Heating it too hot will result it in maybe warping. Also too too hot changes the metal so that it will never be able to take on a coating of seasoning. There are many videos of people showing the effects of putting cast iron in camp fires and ruining them. Bar keepers friend to get all the rust off then wipe with crisco. Put in oven upside down on 300. Wipe off excess every 15 minutes. Let cool. Put in oven 350 one hour. Put in oven 400 one hour. Done.
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Awesome job!
Step 1 Set in white vinegar for 24 hours,. Next day scrub with steel wool and dry . Step 3 line rack in oven with aluminum foil . Set in and set oven to oven clean and let the cycle do its thing . Remove let cool naturally . Next line with a season oil of your choice , veg oil , coconut, olive ect.. take out wipe clean then re apply oil Set at 200 for 1 hour then take it out again let it cool each step natural . While clean and you should be good after that .
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chef for a living here! the best way to season a cast iron is to get a neutral flavored oil and coat it liberally then wipe off excess and throw into an oven at 240-300 for 4 hours to harden to oil and repeat 2-3 times making sure that all the micro holes and pores of the iron are filled in to create your flat nonstick surface!
finally to maintain it never boil water on it cause it will strip the oil, dont scrub with soap only hot water and a scrub brush, dry after washing and store in dry area it will last you a life time!!!!!!!!!
I as a chemistry major. Ya done good. Now you need to season it with vegetable oil. Put it in an oven at 250 deg F for about 6 hours. After you have used the pan don’t wash it just use a paper towel to wipe it clean. It’ll need seasoning every so often.
I enjoyed that. I actually know what you're talking about.
Very interesting, electrolysis has many applications, one could power a town if using it properly
What you grounded in the bucket is a spike maul used to drive railroad spikes down, a good railroader can windmill the maul
The best way to season is only use oil on (never water) and clean with a dry rag every time, as time goes on it will become seasoned so nothing will ever stick to it!
to season it, heat it up a bit on the stove, then wipe a very thin layer of oil (flaxseed works well, as do vegetable, canola, and peanut), then stick it in the oven at the highest temp your oven can handle for 1 hour. At the end of the hour, turn the oven off, and and leave the pan in there, allowing it to cool as slowly as possible. Repeat this several times for best effect.
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