2007-08-11 16:08:43 · 6 answers · asked by pastasitalianas 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
You clean them just like the rest of your dishes except instead of drying them with a towel you place them on top the stove and heat cure them, to dry them. Put them away after they cool off then. Do not leave them sit in water or use an abrasive cleaner. Just use your regular dish soap and dish cloth.
2007-08-11 16:16:18 · answer #1 · answered by JAN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frist "NEVER" use any thing but a plastic pot scruber on cast iron. Second, wipe clean with a paper towle. If new need to use water, always dry with a dish towle, the heat on stove bruner, afterwards coat with a thin layer of cooking oil, and store in your oven. Cast iron will rust easily and needs to be dried compeletly, heating on the stove is the best way, coating with oil (while still hot) will help mantine the non stick coating.
2007-08-11 23:34:53 · answer #2 · answered by wanda p 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In Australia we use camp ovens for outback camping. These are similar to Dutch-ovens & are made from cast iron.
A good camper never 'washes' his oven from day one use until camping trip is completed.
We clean the pot; heat it over the fire; wipe it down with an oily rag or wiper; put away till next use.
The oil film stops rust. Same thing applies with cast iron frying pans.
A good bushman never uses soap & water for such things!!
2007-08-12 00:14:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends. If you get lots of build up on them you can use a wire brush on a grinder and take it down to metal again.Then you have to season it again. If its just cleaning after use, you can use a scotch brite pad to scrub it and then wash it out. I dont use soap in mine because it seems i can smell it when i heat it back up lol
dry it on a stove till its pretty hot and spray it with a canola oil spray. wipe it to coat fully wiht a paper towel and let cool and before use wipe it out again
2007-08-14 00:05:41 · answer #4 · answered by shadowhunter_1599 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is really dirty, then just use some dish soap and water... be sure it is dried well.
For every day cleaning, when not especially dirty, just wipe clean with a paper towel.
Spray with cooking spray to help prevent rusting.
2007-08-11 23:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by Mike 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, right or wrong, we have always used a SOS pad or Brillo pad to scour them. Done this for many years. It always get them clean.
2007-08-12 01:52:21 · answer #6 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋