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                          2 - 3 hours

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Step 1

              How to Restore and Season a Cast Iron Pan
  • Soak your pan in a roughly 50/50 mix of distilled white vinegar and water for about an hour.
  • You can wait longer if the rust is particularly bad.

Soak your pan in a roughly 50/50 mix of distilled white vinegar and water for about an hour.

You can wait longer if the rust is particularly bad.

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Step 2

  • Remove the pan from the vinegar solution.
  • Immediately apply baking soda to the pan to neutralize the acidity of the vinegar.
  • Start to wipe away the rust with steel wool.

Remove the pan from the vinegar solution.

Immediately apply baking soda to the pan to neutralize the acidity of the vinegar.

Start to wipe away the rust with steel wool.

Step 3

  • Scour your pan inside and out with steel wool until either the rust or the white heat-damaged area appears black.

Scour your pan inside and out with steel wool until either the rust or the white heat-damaged area appears black.

Step 4

  • Thoroughly dry your pan and place it over medium flame or in a 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 5 to ten minutes to allow it to completely dry.

Thoroughly dry your pan and place it over medium flame or in a 350 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 5 to ten minutes to allow it to completely dry.

Step 5

  • Apply a generous amount of oil to the pan and rub it all over with a paper towel, making sure to hit every nook and cranny.
  • This process will remove the thin film of rust left by step 4.

Apply a generous amount of oil to the pan and rub it all over with a paper towel, making sure to hit every nook and cranny.

This process will remove the thin film of rust left by step 4.

Step 6

  • Use a clean paper towel to thoroughly wipe off the pan.

Use a clean paper towel to thoroughly wipe off the pan.

Step 7

  • Repeat steps 5 and 6.
  • Place the pan upside down in an oven and turn it up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit or as high as it will go.
  • Once the oven reaches that temperature leave the pan in it for one hour.

Repeat steps 5 and 6.

Place the pan upside down in an oven and turn it up to 500 degrees Fahrenheit or as high as it will go.

Once the oven reaches that temperature leave the pan in it for one hour.

Step 8

  • Turn off the heat.
  • Allow the pan to cool naturally in the oven.

Turn off the heat.

Allow the pan to cool naturally in the oven.

Step 9

  • Your pan is now seasoned.
  • You may repeat steps 5-8 up to 6 times for higher quality results.

Your pan is now seasoned.

You may repeat steps 5-8 up to 6 times for higher quality results.

You’re all done!

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