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ewtI have a Le Creuset frying pan. It is small-ish (20cm diameter) and completely made of cast-iron; I got it in a charity shop for about a fiver, which is pretty good for something that costs considerably more in shops.
It has non-stick coating on it, and the coating was starting to come off which I assume is why it was in the charity shop.
I have been trying to remove the rest of the non-stick, using a variety of scouring brushes and so on. Being Le Creuset, it's not been giving up easily; I don't know what they must have done to it to get it to the state it was in when I bought it.
Today I tried sandpaper, and that seems to work best so far, but it's going to take a very long time and an awful lot of sandpaper to get anywhere with this.
I've considered some sort of electric sander, but this would be no good for the curved edges of the pan, and these make up more area than the flat bottom.
Is there a chemical thing that can do this? Should I buy a can of Brasso and give it a try, or will it not work on iron? Now I've got through some of it, is it worth leaving it wet somewhere to see if I can rust the surface a little, or will that just wreck it entirely? Is there possibly some sort of tool that can just, I don't know, blast sand at a surface until all the non-stick comes off, and does anyone have one I can borrow?
It has non-stick coating on it, and the coating was starting to come off which I assume is why it was in the charity shop.
I have been trying to remove the rest of the non-stick, using a variety of scouring brushes and so on. Being Le Creuset, it's not been giving up easily; I don't know what they must have done to it to get it to the state it was in when I bought it.
Today I tried sandpaper, and that seems to work best so far, but it's going to take a very long time and an awful lot of sandpaper to get anywhere with this.
I've considered some sort of electric sander, but this would be no good for the curved edges of the pan, and these make up more area than the flat bottom.
Is there a chemical thing that can do this? Should I buy a can of Brasso and give it a try, or will it not work on iron? Now I've got through some of it, is it worth leaving it wet somewhere to see if I can rust the surface a little, or will that just wreck it entirely? Is there possibly some sort of tool that can just, I don't know, blast sand at a surface until all the non-stick comes off, and does anyone have one I can borrow?
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Re: wire brush
Date: 2008-06-01 05:14 am (UTC)Good cast-iron frying pans that don't have non-stick on them are very difficult to get here, for reasons I do not understand. As in, I've never actually seen one in a shop...
Re: wire brush
Date: 2008-06-01 05:56 pm (UTC)http://www.nisbets.co.uk/products/ProductList.asp?TopGroupCode=C4&ParentGroupCode=S58&GroupCode=1561
Regarding getting teflon off... Well, its a sod, it really is, but thats the point. Physical methods are your best bet; sandpaper would be my choice.
Teflon is less chemically resistant than they make it out to be, but still, nothing you want to handle at home will either go for the teflon or any of the binding agents used in the coating.