Thread: Cast Iron Rust Removal Question

I have had some luck with putting my iron skillets on a fish cooker and getting them real hot. It burns the buildup off and it should help on the rust. You will have to season it immediatly after it cools.

just sand the crap out of it electic sander would be better

Heat it, buff it, and cook a lot of fish in it, and wipe the inside and cover with oil when finish.

"gene"

Thanks for the advice, but it will be hard to cook something on the bottom of the dutch oven lid and to make matters worse it has little inset dimples that would be tough to sand. I'm going to give all of the above a try and let you know how it turns out. Thanks again!

theres rust converter you can get after you clean it the best you can just brush it on supossed to turn rust back to metal

Heating the cover directly over the fire will make the rust pop off. A steel brush should be able to get the rest off. You don't have to cook on the cover. Always wash a iron pot in hot water only, no soap or soap pad. If there is residue that won't wipe out, put water in the pot and boil. While boiling use something to rub the residue off, you are really deglazing the pot. Once that is accomplished, pour out water and return to fire heat only enough to dry pot. At once wipe it with oil of choice or Pam. Make sure you do the same to the cover. Before use, run some hot water only in pot and scrub lightly and rinse, then wipe dry. Add oil and cook, cook, and cook some more. Call me when it done.

"gene"

Use a coarse salt and rub the rust away. Have always used coarse salt bought in grocery store to clean old cast iron pots then heated them up & treated with crisco or spam as said above.

Great idea!