Griswold Slant "Erie" 739 #9 Griddle Restoration
http://imgur.com/a/7WYmK
The above picture story shows what you can do with the proper techniques and some time to scrub.
48 hours in a lye bath, being scrubbed with stainless steel wool about every 12 hours.
Scrubbing again and 1 hour in water/vinegar bath
Then 36 hours total in the electrolysis tank. One scrubbing at about 20 hours to see how it was doing. These pictures are of a bare metal pan, no seasoning. After I took the pics, I oiled it with canola oil to prevent flash rust. I will season it probably this weekend.
The Griswold griddle pictured above was really a mess. I got it from a lady who was convinced that that pan was worth $50.00 on it's own, let alone the other three pans she had. I got it and the other three pans for $45.00. As it turns out, this fairly rare griddle is going to be worth....diddly/squat to a collector. It's warped. And I don't mean a little warped. It's four credit cards of thickness from 12-6 and two credits cards of thickness from 9-3 warped. Bad news.
I also suspect that the pan is fire damaged. Too much heat can change the iron and then it becomes very hard to season. If you look at the orange-pink areas on the bottom in the "before" pictures, you can see it. In the after pictures, the iron is actually a different color in those areas than the rest of the pan. The electrolysis process stripped it to bare metal, there is no reason it should be a different color.
I also think that some asshole used the "throw it into a fire!" method of cleaning. From the severe warp and fire damage, I'd say hey threw a cold pan into a hot fire and then left it there way to long in an ignorant effort to clean it some time in the past.
I know I promised a tutorial on seasoning, that's coming soon. I had this ready and I thought I'd share.
The above picture story shows what you can do with the proper techniques and some time to scrub.
48 hours in a lye bath, being scrubbed with stainless steel wool about every 12 hours.
Scrubbing again and 1 hour in water/vinegar bath
Then 36 hours total in the electrolysis tank. One scrubbing at about 20 hours to see how it was doing. These pictures are of a bare metal pan, no seasoning. After I took the pics, I oiled it with canola oil to prevent flash rust. I will season it probably this weekend.
The Griswold griddle pictured above was really a mess. I got it from a lady who was convinced that that pan was worth $50.00 on it's own, let alone the other three pans she had. I got it and the other three pans for $45.00. As it turns out, this fairly rare griddle is going to be worth....diddly/squat to a collector. It's warped. And I don't mean a little warped. It's four credit cards of thickness from 12-6 and two credits cards of thickness from 9-3 warped. Bad news.
I also suspect that the pan is fire damaged. Too much heat can change the iron and then it becomes very hard to season. If you look at the orange-pink areas on the bottom in the "before" pictures, you can see it. In the after pictures, the iron is actually a different color in those areas than the rest of the pan. The electrolysis process stripped it to bare metal, there is no reason it should be a different color.
I also think that some asshole used the "throw it into a fire!" method of cleaning. From the severe warp and fire damage, I'd say hey threw a cold pan into a hot fire and then left it there way to long in an ignorant effort to clean it some time in the past.
I know I promised a tutorial on seasoning, that's coming soon. I had this ready and I thought I'd share.
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