Tony Gilliam
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I once had a couple skillets from Bass Pro Shop. They were never used and never seasoned. They just hung on the wall until they were completely rusted over. I asked my uncle who worked at a foundry to sand blast them for me. When I got them back they were nice and shiny but had lost all of the detail on the bottom and were so rough, they eventually got thrown away. Yes "The Hard Way" is how I learn.
Now move forward about 20 years, I have used several different blasting sands to achieve different effects, a mild abrasive to frost glass, a medium abrasive to etch paint for a re-spray, up to a harsh abrasive to remove chrome.
Last week I bought a stack of 4 skillets for $5, so I thought I would just blast them. I used a medium abrasive, it took off all the seasoning and rust in an acceptable amount of time. I was left with 4 skillets that were foundry fresh and actually uncovered a couple letters and numbers that were so faint I'm not sure other methods would have uncovered them.
Please don't beat me up on this. I would never put a valuable skillet in the blaster. I would hate to sand off a ghost mark. But a modern piece that is badly rusted and will only be a user. Sure would.
After a few seasoning, my cheap skillets look awesome and cook awesome.
Thanks for reading and sorry if I got anyone's dander up. Tony
Now move forward about 20 years, I have used several different blasting sands to achieve different effects, a mild abrasive to frost glass, a medium abrasive to etch paint for a re-spray, up to a harsh abrasive to remove chrome.
Last week I bought a stack of 4 skillets for $5, so I thought I would just blast them. I used a medium abrasive, it took off all the seasoning and rust in an acceptable amount of time. I was left with 4 skillets that were foundry fresh and actually uncovered a couple letters and numbers that were so faint I'm not sure other methods would have uncovered them.
Please don't beat me up on this. I would never put a valuable skillet in the blaster. I would hate to sand off a ghost mark. But a modern piece that is badly rusted and will only be a user. Sure would.
After a few seasoning, my cheap skillets look awesome and cook awesome.
Thanks for reading and sorry if I got anyone's dander up. Tony