Vinegar and aluminum foil cleans cast iron skillets great!!

[maric]

Was watching this bushcraft video on youtbe, well the Mr was, made me watch it.. (I cant remember the series, but it has an eagle calling out really loudly in the intro)..lol..I can ask Mr...
So, the guys wife did a video on cleaning a really old cast iron skillet. My skillet was a little dirty, so I tried cleaning it as well with vinegar and scrubbing with some aluminum foil. Worked great, was easy and now I just need to season a little bit more.
You can get the best ideas by watching these DIY and info videos on youtube. I LOVE watching product reviews!

[maric]

BushcraftOnFire series.. on youtube

[PT945]

Good resource, thanks to Sharing.

[Echo2]

12v batt charger.....a big plastic tub and a peice of sacrifical metal will take it down to bare iron....ready to reseason.

I'll post procedure soon...Echo2

[maric]

12v batt charger.....a big plastic tub and a peice of sacrifical metal will take it down to bare iron....ready to reseason.

I'll post procedure soon...Echo2

Yes, please do!

[Echo2]

http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp

This is the site I used to do it....:)....pretty lo-tech.....

[maric]

http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp

This is the site I used to do it....:)....pretty lo-tech.....

Good stuff! I loved the end about how to make your own washing soda.. kinda goes along with the DYI laundry soap thread I posted! We have not used ours yet, waiting to runout of the store bought, but gelled up nicely..

[emergprep]

We use kosher salt to clean castiron. The courseness of the salt grinds down the food particles and absorbs anygrease as well. Best thing is that it dosent require re-seansoning the piece. Obviously no water/no rust.

[Iron mike]

Thanks for the info love cast iron cooking that is whenever I am home to do it

[Snow Walker]

All kinds of good information here, see what one good thread posting can do!

Great thread!

[maric]

We use kosher salt to clean castiron. The courseness of the salt grinds down the food particles and absorbs anygrease as well. Best thing is that it dosent require re-seansoning the piece. Obviously no water/no rust.

That is an awesome trick! Im going to try it, I have a pretty "krusty" skillet right now.. Ill give it a go!

[FTG-05]

This is the site I used to do it....:)....pretty lo-tech.....

I've done it, it works.

Just remember: Black on Black! (Negative terminal (black) on the cast iron to be cleaned (black).