Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
My good friend Joel (Benz here at SRP) has used cast iron all of his life and has some really nice vintage pieces. When he either finds one that needs work or one of his has the excessive build up that happens after decades of use he sends them to a guy who Soda Blasts them. He tell me that they look like they just left the forge.

Then he starts re-seasoning the piece and he swears by bacon grease and frying potatoes--

Just another option---
Well, well, I have a soda blaster and a couple hundred pounds of soda that i'm going to use to remove the paint from a Corvette.