Here is a little project I have been working on in the last few months. I don't really spend a lot of time on it, just a few minutes here and there when I think about it, or when I am bored.
I found this in the back corner of my shed up at camp. It was covered in spider webs, and had just layers on layers of years of lord knows what kind of crud.
I asked mom if she knew the history of it. She knew immediately it was my great grandmother's cooking pot. She said my grandfather (who died before I was born)used it for a water pot for his bird dog. LMAO..
She also said there should have been a big dutch oven with it, and I said yes that is our main fry pot and is on the stove(which I restored and seasoned).
My great grandma died when I was a young teen at the age of 97, so I would guesimate this pot to be easily at least 100 years old.
It has some pretty severe pitting in the bottom from use and abuse
I have been doing the following to get it down to bare metal:
~Oven cleaner spray/let it sit for a couple days
~Brillo pad scrub, then vinegar bath
~let dry then wire wheel brush on a cordless drill
I am getting closer, but have a way to go still.
I have done that several times now and am about to get all the rust and crud off of it. I will start re=seasoning it when that time comes.
Not really sure what I'm gonna do with it once I get it done as we have umpteen pieces of CI
Man...that looks like copper.
Well now on the big screen, not so much
I think you have most of it done already, but sandblasting would surely take it down fast & completely. do you have the lid for it?
I think you have most of it done already, but sandblasting would surely take it down fast & completely. do you have the lid for it?
They say to never sand blast CI, no matter how much crud is on it. The blasting can make the surface too smooth where it won't absorb any seasonings
