Restoring cast iron

[rondog]

Anybody ever beadblast any nasty old pans to start over with a clean, raw pan for reseasoning? I have a couple of old skillets, and a beadblaster, and have been resisting the urges for years. Don't wanna screw 'em up, but not sure I'd use them anyway. I know for a fact my wife won't use cast iron.

[fly boy]

Anybody ever beadblast any nasty old pans to start over with a clean, raw pan for reseasoning? I have a couple of old skillets, and a beadblaster, and have been resisting the urges for years. Don't wanna screw 'em up, but not sure I'd use them anyway. I know for a fact my wife won't use cast iron.

If you bead blast one, I'll use it and let you know how it goes

[Great-Kazoo]

Anybody ever beadblast any nasty old pans to start over with a clean, raw pan for reseasoning? I have a couple of old skillets, and a beadblaster, and have been resisting the urges for years. Don't wanna screw 'em up, but not sure I'd use them anyway. I know for a fact my wife won't use cast iron.

If you bead blast it or any metals, you need to soak it afterward in very hot water. Do it a few times to leech the material from the metal. Or you have potential for residual left embedded in it..