What antique have you found/discovered while scrapping?

A family member recently inherited my grandmothers house and is in the process of cleaning it out. I saved 3 very nasty cast iron skillets from getting tossed in the trash. I know my grandmother used them and my great grandmother may have also.



I wish I had taken more pics of the cleaning process but I only took a few of the small one.

One thing I found out was if you ask 10 people how to clean and season a cast iron skillet, you will get 10 different answers.

I chose to make an electrolysis tank because I had everything I needed and it worked really well.

The first few pics are after about 6 hours in the tank and the last 2 is what the small one looked like after being seasoned twice.

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Originally Posted by jimicrk

A family member recently inherited my grandmothers house and is in the process of cleaning it out. I saved 3 very nasty cast iron skillets from getting tossed in the trash. I know my grandmother used them and my great grandmother may have also.

I wish I had taken more pics of the cleaning process but I only took a few of the small one.

One thing I found out was if you ask 10 people how to clean and season a cast iron skillet, you will get 10 different answers.

I chose to make an electrolysis tank because I had everything I needed and it worked really well.

The first few pics are after about 6 hours in the tank and the last 2 is what the small one looked like after being seasoned twice.

It is because of you and this very post I bought 5 cast iron rusty pans for $2 for 4 and $1 for a big 11 1/2 Lodge pan. I put them on Facebook marketetplace and sold them for $30 (2 x $5 and 2 x $10). I am going to keep my eye out for cheaply cast iron pans from here on out!

Outstanding clean up on the cast iron skillets!!

That is an awesome clean up on skillet