cleaning cast iron
I have read on here about different ways of cleaning cast iron with the self cleaning and sand blasting. I will be doing the sand blasting route any information i need to know before and after sandblasting them? Also how would i go about cleaning burn marks out of aluminum stock pots?
gagnerants
Feb 18, 2008 08:06AM
Why do you want to sandblast the cast iron???
The beauty of cast iron is building up a patina of natural oils that coats and protects the iron and creates a non-stick surface. Sandblasting it or heat blasting it in an oven to burn off the coating defeats the purpose of cast iron - forcing you to start from scratch again.
Burn marks on aluminum pots, at the worst, can be sanded off. However, I don't mind them 'cause it makes me look "professional!"
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the reason for sand blasting is that there is alot of rust and there is some plasic that got melted on there some how.
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Since it is cast iron, you really can go to town with your sand blaster and it should be fine.
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