I had a little egg pan, someone made it out of cast iron

A few years ago my momma sent me a cast iron egg pan, which comes preseasoned and my mom also did some seasoning for me. Maybe about a year ago one of my roommates somehow managed to coat it in rust. Boo. So, I stripped it with a brillo pad and then reseasoned it with a couple of coats of vegetable oil, like the internet said. When I cook I use butter and then when I'm done I wipe all the extra gunk and oil and stuff out. so, it stays nice and not rusted now, but it gets sticky and gross, and gross. and there's still a spot on it that isn't black, but isn't rusted? I dunno what's up with that.

So, now I am following these instructions for stripping (but not the reseasoning instructions), and I'mma use these instructions for reseasoning with food-grade flaxseed oil.

Here is cast iron before anything! it is shiny but really that is sticky and gross and I don't want that.

see the part that is lighter? Hopefully that bit will go away.

I scrubbed it pretty well with an SOS pad, because I do not want to work with oven cleaner or lye like that site says, but I am going to do the rest of it. so, it got scrubbed, and then put in a 200 degree oven for a while to dry out really well.

Here it is in its vinegar bath:


It is supposed to be 50% vinegar and 50% water but I ran out of vinegar, so it is one extra cup of water. it is probably now 40/60. So, I'll leave it until I get back from work, and maybe turn it over and let it soak some more, and then scrub the rusty bits off, and then proceed to the next step, which I believe involves baking soda or stronger base to counteract acid of vinegar.

The woman who wrote the blog that I linked to up there got her cast iron all the way down to the grey. I clearly did not, it is very much still black except in that patch, and on the bottom, where it's grey. I may do another round of intense brillo scrubbing after the vinegar soaking, and then go from there, we'll see how effective the vinegar bath is.

Having some photo upload issues, I'll try and work on it.