Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
01-30-2021, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 445
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Forum: New Collector's Corner
01-09-2021, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 844
Re: Old Lodge Maybe?
Welcome to the site you will never be the same now since you have an intrest in iron now.
I am pretty confident that is not a lodge. I cannot positively id it, but Doug will likely be along...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
01-08-2021, 04:40 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 489
Re: Lye Bath Question
5 gallons of water to a pound of lye is about perfect. There is a great write up on here that details the process. I use a 13 gallon trash can with lid. I have had several skillets in it at a...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
12-31-2020, 06:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 793
Re: Warnick & Leibrandt Waffle Iron Question
You can burn wood in that stove. I have a less fancy model and the grates in the firebox are setup for either one. My heat is tough to keep low enough due to the drafty nature of the stove to use...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
12-27-2020, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 605
Re: Syrup Kettles
Keep a thin layer of oil on them periodically and keep them dry. I have successfully cleaned a few in the e tank and re-seasoned them by placing them upside down over a turkey fryer for a heat...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
12-27-2020, 06:49 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,058
Re: What Is Your Ugliest Pan?
I have a favorite #3 that is smooth as silk to cook 2 eggs in for a sandwich. Problem is the crack in the paper thin side wall. Ill use it till it dies.
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Forum: New Collector's Corner
12-05-2020, 03:55 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,036
Re: Removing Carbon
My Lye tank is in a heated garage. even lye solution that has cleaned close to 50 pieces will still soften a excessively cruddy pan in a few days. rinse under warm water while wiping with a...
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Forum: Show & Tell
11-02-2020, 04:03 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 816
Got to Use My Cook Stove
Finally got to use my cook stove this weekend. Make pork chops and Mac and cheese on Saturday then chicken Alfredo on Sunday. The kids are absolutely mind blown that this is how dinner used to...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
09-27-2020, 04:19 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,040
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Forum: General Cast Iron
09-22-2020, 03:47 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,152
Re: ID Help Please
Couldn’t figure out how to edit that last post. I looked at it closer this morning and I believe you are right about favorite. Handle looks the part, rolled edge heat ring combo, and where the...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
09-21-2020, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,152
Re: ID Help Please
I wasn’t sure. I remember reading about the 3 dots somewhere, but couldn’t place it.
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Forum: Show & Tell
09-21-2020, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,200
Re: Best Haul Yet 49 Pieces!
That’s actually my chest freezer in the garage. I’ve got about half of them cleaned up already. I can fit 12 #8’s in my lye tank at a time. I’ll probably get them cleaned up next weekend.
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Forum: Show & Tell
09-21-2020, 03:45 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,200
Best Haul Yet 49 Pieces!
19 Asian pieces (all for sale as one unit). 30 good ones. In the process of cleaning them up now. Some CHF hammered pieces, CHF smooth, Vollrath, Martin hamburger logo, Wagner, National, lodge 3...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
09-21-2020, 03:37 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,152
ID Help Please
I normally don’t like asking identification questions, but I feel like I have researched every page twice and I am stumped on this one. Only markings are the size number and the 3 dots under it. ...
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Forum: Show & Tell
09-02-2020, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 892
Ghost Mark, or Faint Casting?
From what I can tell the Sidney mark should be on there, it is really faint. I had to take several pictures at different angles to get it to show up. It’s on a flat bottom kettle. What am I...
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Forum: Show & Tell
08-30-2020, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,035
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Forum: Show & Tell
08-29-2020, 05:27 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,792
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Forum: Show & Tell
08-20-2020, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,019
More “junk”
I have a woman that calls me when she finds “junk cast iron” he words not mine. She does clean outs and sells what she can. I met her last night and got these.
Asian import griddle
Un marked...
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Forum: Show & Tell
08-14-2020, 05:48 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 861
Today’s Finds
Today after work I stopped at a couple places and found these. 2 French wafer irons, chainmail scrubber, and a Wagner Ware Sydney -O- toy skillet. Can’t wait to get the wafer irons cleaned up to...
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Forum: General Cast Iron
08-08-2020, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,226
Re: What’s the Age?
Yes, it has an 8 stamped on the bottom. Thanks. I could find where they introduced the hammered aluminum in the 40’s, but nothing mentioning the iron.
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Forum: General Cast Iron
08-08-2020, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,226
What’s the Age?
I cleaned up this unmarked Wagner hammered iron Dutch oven for an elderly friend of mine. I’m having a little trouble finding the dates on it. It was her mothers and she is just interested in knowing...
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Forum: Cast Iron Cleaning and Seasoning
08-08-2020, 05:43 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,535
Re: Electrolysis Tank Upkeep
I have never used the e tank till it stopped being effective. I usually get 6 to 10 pieces stacked up before i mix up the solution. I just discard it when I am done since it is cheap to make. As...
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Forum: Show & Tell
07-25-2020, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 952
Indoor Flea Market Finds
Picked up this stick pan for $8. Not sure if the maker on it. Didn’t figure I could go wrong though. Also got this Dutch oven for $15 that is kind of odd in the way that is gate marked but is also...
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Forum: Show & Tell
07-19-2020, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,208
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Forum: Show & Tell
07-16-2020, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,208
Scored a #12 SBL Tonight
Picked up a #12 griswold small block logo today from a co worker. Paid him $30 for it. He had a tote full of iron, but this is the only thing I wanted. Most of the others were smaller made in USA...
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