StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 26 days agoCast iron rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down179
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minus-squareameancow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·25 days agoI have a set of cast-iron I found under an abandoned trailer next to a junkyard. They cost exactly nothing and I got to have nerdy fun restoring them over a weekend afternoon, I have been using them for 20 years.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·25 days agoThat sounds like the best set of cast iron.
minus-squareiamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoLol a few minutes with an angle grinder and a flap wheel will take it back down to metal real fast.
minus-squareameancow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoSure, but not having those tools, I used the wonders of SCIENCE. Some washing soda, a steel rod, a 12v battery charger and a tub of water and overnight all the rust had migrated to the steel rod.
minus-squareiamdefinitelyoverthirteen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoThat is a much cooler way than simple abrasives.
I have a set of cast-iron I found under an abandoned trailer next to a junkyard. They cost exactly nothing and I got to have nerdy fun restoring them over a weekend afternoon, I have been using them for 20 years.
That sounds like the best set of cast iron.
Lol a few minutes with an angle grinder and a flap wheel will take it back down to metal real fast.
Sure, but not having those tools, I used the wonders of SCIENCE.
Some washing soda, a steel rod, a 12v battery charger and a tub of water and overnight all the rust had migrated to the steel rod.
That is a much cooler way than simple abrasives.