Quote Originally Posted by MW76 View Post
I did some work on these pans today. Scrubbed them a bit, then into the oven on self clean for about 2 hours, then scrubbed them some more. They are almost there.. still turning a little red when they dry but i think they cleaned up really well.
They look good! I wouldn't work on them any further, just start applying some cooking oil to them with an old rag, the rust will end up carbonized in the seasoning process.

Note: Years ago my youngest brother drug home an old cast iron pan and I don't know what was on the surfaces,it looked like hardened tar. He decided to use the self cleaning oven to 'bake it off'. Well after the smoke got so thick that neither he nor mom could breath he decided to just take it out of the oven and let it cool off outside.

THEN he called me and asked me how to clean it up. I had him set it on an old piece of concrete and build a fire in it and keep the fire going for a couple of hours. Then after it had cooled to use some coarse steel wool on it then start the seasoning process.

Last I knew he was still using that pan.