Dennis saved this old cast iron pot that was bound for someone's trash. (Gasp.)
Around here folks, we use our cast iron! Lucky for me that Lisa's husband Dennis, is a fellow hoarder. We call ourselves collectors; but if you take a walk around our properties, you'll see we are really organized hoarders. We love old things, fun and quirky things, and of course free is always good!
So we took this rusty old cast iron pot and got to work.
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It looks bad, but we know it just needs some TLC!
Some salt, a potato, a scraper, some oil and heat, along with a little messy elbow grease, and we'll have her looking great in no time! Oh, and let's don't forget some music and coffee (only because it's too early for a Margarita.)
The rust is scraping off of this one fairly easy!
Lisa is giving it a good salt scrub. The potato's oxalic acid, and the abrasiveness of the salt create the perfect non caustic solution for cleaning cast iron. If the rust is really extreme, I have used a potato and baking soda. It works great too!
After one rub down with oil, old gal is now on the fire. We get the pot extremely hot. Let it cool, then if necessary, give it another oil rub and firing. Do this as many times as needed, until no rust comes off the pan and onto your cotton cloth.
We think the effort is well worth the reward!
Stunning!
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