Recent content by JP0081

Success at last! I believe the problem was that I was leaving the oil/bacon drippings on too thick. I thought that I wiped it off pretty good the first time, but I guess it wasn't thin enough. I read somewhere that after you rub it in and think that it's a thin layer, use another clean paper...

I think it's because this was our first time using cast iron and we didn't take care of it properly. Used soap to clean it after cooking and my wife didn't know she had to dry it, etc. After I read more about how to care for it, the other less-used pieces have been fine. I now just wipe them...

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to try again this evening and see what happens.

jabbur, it doesn't really have any old seasoning left it's so worn, but I did scrub it pretty good using dish soap and a semi-coarse pad. I read that some people will use coarse sea salt to help get rid of the old seasoning. Maybe I will try that next. Andy, the first thing I did was check the...

I was going to try Crisco as well, but since I have been reading about all the success with bacon drippings (as well as canola oil), I thought it should work.

Hi everyone, I know the topic of how to season cast iron is debatable and very much based on opinion, but after searching the web and reading many different articles, I need help! I received a few pieces of Lodge cast iron for Christmas (already seasoned). The have been great so far, but my...