What can i use to get rust off my skillets?
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2007-12-09 08:24:10 · 9 answers · asked by jana07 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Scrub them good with steel wool until it is all off.
Rinse and dry thoroughly.
Then re-season them.
This website contains directions:
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/freshsheet/archive/?postID=2833
In future, don't use dish soap to clean them. Most manufacturers recommend that you use salt and crisco with a paper towel to scrub your pans, rinse in cold water, and dry by placing them back on the burner for a couple of minutes. Store with lids OFF. The trick is actually to leave a slight oily film to protect them.
2007-12-09 08:30:05 · answer #1 · answered by Karen W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a cast iron skillet that is well over 50 years old. It used to be my mothers. I just wash it with hot water with dish washing liquid in it.Then rinse with hot water. Then immediately dry it with a clean dishtowel.This is the way my mother taught me to do it& it works. The secret is to make sure you get it really dry right away. PS This IS a serious answer,everything here I say is the truth!
2007-12-09 08:53:09 · answer #2 · answered by latachia_2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with Karen. Wash it GOOD, dry it , immediately put a coat of Vegetable Oil on the skillet (Inside and out). Put it in the oven (300/350 degrees for about an hour. Turn off the oven and let it sit in there for a couple of hours. When it's cool, take it out, wipe it off good (to get any excess oil off of it) and put it away. Don't let it sit and soak in the sink. Thats a killer.
2007-12-09 08:35:02 · answer #3 · answered by Cricket 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
vegetable oil, and paper towels. You might have to treat them a few times depending on how rusty they are. You could also put salt in it, heat, and rub with a cloth and some oil. Just remember to always wipe the skillet after each use, and do not submerge in water
2007-12-09 08:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by wellaem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cooking oil. Rub the oil on the pan and keep wiping till the rust comes off. This could take ac couple of times.
2007-12-09 09:07:47 · answer #5 · answered by Kimberlee H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to scour it with an sos pad. Then you will have to reseason it by rubbing with vegtable oil, then baking it in the oven. Preheat oven to 350 then shut it off, place skillet in oven and let set overnight. Wipe with paper towel. Should be ok.
2007-12-09 08:36:53 · answer #6 · answered by rkh_slh 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try regular table salt and lemon...pour on the salt and use a lemon(cut in half) and use it as a "scrubber" the combo should break down the rust. Good Luck!!
2007-12-09 09:57:56 · answer #7 · answered by kimmyg1967 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can use a Brillo pad, to remove the rust, but then you will have to "reseason" it again. Like you did when it was new.
2007-12-09 08:33:18 · answer #8 · answered by Joan H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
after you wash your cast iron
dry it very well and give it a light coat of oil
that way it wont get rusty
2007-12-09 08:54:59 · answer #9 · answered by pastels c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋