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Offline James King

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Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« on: October 02, 2014, 01:10:03 AM »
Somebody painted an apple on a #3 enameled Griswold. I was able to 'rescue' this item from GW. How do I get it the rotten apple off without damaging the enamel?

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Offline C. Perry Rapier

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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2014, 01:44:43 AM »
If the skillet was a highly sought after collected piece and it was in real good condition I would be wondering how to get the apple off of there too. But it is not. And it has some inside damage to boot. So I think it looks pretty good on there myself. And so I would leave it on there. If I had it thats what I would do.  :)
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Offline James King

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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2014, 02:17:57 AM »
I thought about keeping it on there when I got the pan. I called it rotten because the paint has started to flake of the pan, unfortunately. Amy (the prettier half) actually wanted to hang it on a wall until we noticed that the paint was starting to come off.
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Offline Roger Barfield

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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2014, 04:06:04 AM »
Lye bath should take it off.
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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2014, 02:23:43 PM »
I have cleaned old paint off of porcelain enamel signs using paint stripper and a razor blade with no problems at all.

The main active ingredient in paint stripper is Lye.

So definitely hit the Lye bath.

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Offline C. B. Williams

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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2014, 07:11:07 AM »
It all depends on the type paint.
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Offline Shane Lewis

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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2014, 10:07:00 AM »
Maybe just cooking with it will burn the paint off???
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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2014, 06:38:12 PM »
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Maybe just cooking with it will burn the paint off???
[smiley=scratchchin.gif] [smiley=sad.gif]I think NOT
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Offline James King

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Re: Somebody Painted a red and white #3 enameled Griswold.
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2014, 11:18:43 PM »
Shane, that might stain the enamel.
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