Dans un moment de folie, Robert Klute
> écrivit:

> On 29 Sep 2003 19:25:14 GMT, Michel Boucher >
> wrote:
>
>>Dans un moment de folie, "Bob Myers"
> écrivit:
>>
>>> I've been
>>> thinking that coarse steel wool or even sandblasting could get
>>> the accumlated rust and crud off, and then treating it like new,
>>> unseasoned cast iron would be the way to go. Any thoughts on
>>> this?
>>
>>Use a bit of vegetable oil and a cloth to see how deep the rust
>>is. It might just be a small sheen. If it hasn't damaged the
>>metal, you can remove it with a bit of scraping. If it has
>>damaged the surface, I'd just keep them as decorations.
>
> To state the obvious - if the pits are on the outside or inner
> walls, and not DEEP, it doesn't matter. If they are on the inner
> base and not too deep, then try using a disk sander attached to a
> drill to work out the pits. Start with a fairly course carbide
> disk and work down the grits. Course, at some point the cost of
> the brushes, disks, etc. will start to exceed the cost of a new
> set. So be cognizant of the sentimental value the pots and pans
> hold for you.

Not to forget that they will still be heirlooms hanging on the wall.

--

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important
reason. It begins here because for a century-and-a-half
now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and
enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance
has come an era of peace in the Pacific.

George Bush, 18 Feb 2002, Tokyo