Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-27-2015, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 40,263
Re: Crisco vs Flax seed oil?
I have about 4 qt. containers in the freezer that hold rendered out beef tallow. Find all sorts of use for it, from time to time. Get fat free from local supermarket and then render it out a big...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-27-2015, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,317
Re: Can't find washing soda.
I find it in a local Kroger store on the laundry aisle, down by the washer additives, like Borax and softeners. I don't know what stores are in your area or how far you have to go if you live in a...
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Forum: Show & Tell
02-23-2015, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,957
Re: Just 2 Kettles
I go around to estate sales looking for various things. Besides CI, one of which is an amount of "clothesline" wire. Around my parts, in the 40s/50s, before the advent of clothes dryers, it was all...
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Forum: Introductions
02-23-2015, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,106
Re: Hello From Doug (Not *that* Doug)
Welcome to the madness! If you love it, you can't leave it alone. I'm more of a user than a collector, but let me see one at a good price at an estate sale/yard/garage sale--I'll get it, whether...
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Forum: Introductions
02-23-2015, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,109
Re: Hi from northern, northern, northern WI
yeah, you get the CI fever, you get excited. Not a lot of people do, but for us that love/use it, it can get bad. Like some of my other hobbies--people look at you a little strange when you mention...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-22-2015, 10:10 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 27,803
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-21-2015, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 27,803
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-21-2015, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 27,803
Re: Graphite as Sacrificial Anode
How did the graphite react as a sacrificial anode? Was there the usual crud as built up on the steel/iron anodes? Does it appear it might be more durable than the steel?
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-19-2015, 03:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 5,780
Re: Question: Setting Up Electrolysis Tank
I got a 20 gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck for mine and while in the hardware store got 1 foot of 5 gauge ground wire for 99 cents. They also had a manual charger for 39.95. I filled the can up near...
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Forum: Show & Tell
02-19-2015, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 6,957
Re: Just 2 Kettles
Those are 2 beautiful kettles. Good hunting! I can't help you in identifying them, but I think the key is in the shape of the bail holder loop on each side. I've seen that style loop on a lid. ...
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Forum: Introductions
02-13-2015, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,959
Re: Hello from Kathleen in Pa
Welcome. I'm not a true collector, but an avid user of CI. I've bought a lot of CI over the years and use it. I've sold a couple of pieces that were too big or someone just could not live without....
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Forum: Introductions
02-13-2015, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,148
Re: Hello From a Beltway Insider
Welcome to the site. Be sure and use the instructions and tips on cleaning and restoring on the "Home Page." It'll save you a lot of grief. The way I used to clean took days and a lot of "elbow...
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Forum: Introductions
02-13-2015, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,822
Re: Hello Everyone
Welcome to the site! Great place for knowledge/learning of CI. I stumbled on it trying to find out more about the things I use. Very interesting info here for me. Something new and odd always...
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Forum: Show & Tell
02-09-2015, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,707
Nice Lodge pot
If my memory serves me correctly--don't bet on it--I got this at the same time I got the one I put on that turned out to be 2/3s of a set--the double pan. Sitting back in my storage unit until I...
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Forum: Show & Tell
02-09-2015, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,942
Re: Hammered lid DO
I know people who cast lead bullets, and all their CI comes from Harbor Freight. Usually, people who cast also appreciate CI and would never think of using a good piece for that purpose. Seems to...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-07-2015, 11:58 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 17,616
Re: Bee's wax
I tried this on 2 pieces and it appeared to work really well. Haven't used them to cook with, yet. The amount of beeswax still left in the pan after wiping cannot amount to much. I googled up...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
02-04-2015, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,912
Re: Thinning the herd
I suppose it all boils down to where you are with Cast Iron. Some are hard core collectors who love looking at and showing off their CI. Some are just in love with cooking with some pieces. I'm...
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Forum: Show & Tell
02-03-2015, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,301
Re: Interesting marking
Yes, I looked at it and studied it and thought, "That couldn't just be an accident." It is so perfectly placed. Your explanation makes perfect sense, though. Management would know exact date and...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
02-03-2015, 01:49 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 17,616
Re: Bee's wax
That's interesting, as I think beeswax and honey are God's miracles for us. Beeswax can be used in so many ways, and honey is surely the elixir of the gods. I buy raw honey in 4# gallon jugs a...
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Forum: Show & Tell
02-03-2015, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,301
Interesting marking
This is an unmarked Wagner #6 I picked up at a local flea market type mall. Pretty cruddy and hoped for a strike. Cleaned up well, but found some pitting both inside and outside. For $5.00, not a...
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Forum: New Collector's Corner
02-02-2015, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,143
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Forum: General Cast Iron
02-01-2015, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,762
Re: Lodge lid
Thanks for the response. In my storage area I have cast iron which I have moved around in the past years. I have a Lodge bailed pot and I had several lids that probably have been mixed around. I...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
02-01-2015, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 3,762
Lodge lid
Okay, from reading about unmarked cast iron in the reference section, this is a Lodge. With the raised "8" numeral, is it pre 1930s or is it from the 30s? The only reference to raised number is on...
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Forum: New Collector's Corner
02-01-2015, 01:16 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 11,872
Re: Buy / Sell Forum Here?
I had to come back and add this. I am a guest here, allowed to use this site and adhere to rules and policies. I didn't create this forum, so it's like the guy riding the train--you don't get to...
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Forum: New Collector's Corner
02-01-2015, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 12,873
Re: Can I get opinion on this #10 Gris ??
I have a Wagner unmarked Chicken Fryer with a Griswold lid that is displayed on the site you posted. I got it for $5.00 at a garage sale by merely asking if they had any cast iron for sale. That...
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