Here are the latest items I have finished cleaning up:
I bought this one online. The seller said he used a grinding wheel on it to smooth it out (although he also said it was in excellent shape straight out of the lye) and shipped it with a coat of mineral oil. I put it in the lye bucket for a couple of hours to get the oil off and seasoned it 6 times. You can still tell it was "polished". But I must say he did a great job on it. I would have preferred it the way he found it, but I must admit, it is smooth as silk on the inside.
And here are my cute little ashtrays. I'll use them as spoon rests.
I was only going to buy one of them, but he didn't have change for a $5, so I bought them both.
I bought this one online. The seller said he used a grinding wheel on it to smooth it out (although he also said it was in excellent shape straight out of the lye) and shipped it with a coat of mineral oil. I put it in the lye bucket for a couple of hours to get the oil off and seasoned it 6 times. You can still tell it was "polished". But I must say he did a great job on it. I would have preferred it the way he found it, but I must admit, it is smooth as silk on the inside.
And here are my cute little ashtrays. I'll use them as spoon rests.
I was only going to buy one of them, but he didn't have change for a $5, so I bought them both.