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Scottcaddy

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2006, 09:37:57 PM »
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P. S.  Fortunately for me, those solvents are harmless here in the Carolinas.  If I lived in California, I would probably be pretty messed up by now.  

Ahh! The Carolinas <BG> I live in them now, Moved down from Mi in '88 and don't think we will be moving above the M.D. line again in this lifetime!
BTW, I'm also glad we don't live in CA!
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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2006, 06:05:17 AM »
My sis gave me a #3 Lodge that she'd been using to bake cornbread. It had a heavy build up of Pam. There was so much build up the pan looked like it was shiney black plastic.  :( However, it cleaned up easily with a lye soak followed by electro. The stuff flaked off in sheets.  :)

Just 2-cents.....

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2006, 07:25:30 AM »
Why would you use PAM for cornbread?
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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2006, 12:09:52 PM »
I used to work stripping furniture. Nasty stuff, even the "friendly" products. You don't really get a feel for the power of those stripping chemicals until you've spent weeks working around them. Cast iron is porous, isn't it? I don't think I'd cook food in a pan that had been in contact with any type of the industrial chemical cleaners that have been mentioned so far!

But then, maybe that's just because I'm originally from California! :D
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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2006, 12:53:11 PM »
The black stuff I had wasn't from PAM or any other cooking residue.  It looked like the stuff dripped onto the pan where it hardened.  It wasn't covering a flaw, so I assumed it just fell in by accident.  It reminds me of some sort of roofing goo that comes in a tube for fixing leaks.

For that brown grease buildup on aluminum, try Mac's citrus-based brake cleaner (available at NAPA) and steel wool.   After a day of trials and errors, I found that Mac's worked the best.

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miniwoodworker

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2006, 06:27:39 AM »
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Why would you use PAM for cornbread?

Low fat recipe. Use a light spray of Pam to keep it from sticking.

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2006, 06:35:08 AM »
It's probably got more bad stuff in it than bacon drippings.
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miniwoodworker

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2006, 08:34:40 AM »
CB, don't disagree with you on that! While I still use it (forced low fat diet due to health reasons), I've cut way back on it. Using canola and olive oil for most of my cooking now.

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2006, 09:27:16 AM »
I think using anything in moderation is smart. I use a lot of peanut oil and olive oil.
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chipotledoggie

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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #29 on: February 14, 2006, 07:41:10 PM »
Here's an item for sale right now that looks like it has the same stuff painted on it that folks are talking about. http://cgi.ebay.com/GREAT-C-1884-HIGHLAND-FOUNDRY-CAST-IRON-3-HOME-GRIDDLE_W0QQitemZ6252654255QQcategoryZ976QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #30 on: February 14, 2006, 09:23:48 PM »
Found a newer type Lodge griddle for at the flea market this weekend. Was painted solid with white paint! I thought, "No problem with the electro rig"... The price was right. But I found the porous surface of the new iron is quite a bit tougher to clean crud like paint off of >:(. I have been working on the last 1-2% of the paint for 2 days now.  
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Re: "Painted" dutch oven
« Reply #31 on: February 15, 2006, 06:08:09 AM »
Would a few more days in the soup help?  Then maybe a good goin' over with a stiff wire brush?  

I might buy a Wagner or Gris item that was painted, but I can't imagine trying to get paint off a new Lodge.  It would have to be mighty dang cheap before I went to all that work.......like in the 50 cent bin.   :-X
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