Re-sealing a frying pan

arkonite_babe

Hi all, I have searched on this already but can't find any help, so here goes. I have a good frying pan, it's a cast iron one I think that I bought in TK Maxx. The brand name on the bottom of it is "Roch Guss" which I have looked for on T'interweb with no success.
It has been fine up until a few weeks ago when everything started to weld to the bottom of the pan. I haven't used metal utensils in it and it was never washed in soapy water, just washed in hot water and re-oiled with veg oil.

I have tried to re-seal it with hot oil as you would season a new pan, but no joy. It still sticks! Can anyone help me out on this one or is it destined to end up in the scrap metal bin at the amenities yard? If so can anyone help me find another pan at a decent price. All the pans I looked at yesterday were really flimsy and light, which is ok but I found a heavier pan works better on my solid ring hob.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

wogglemaker

I seasoned my cast iron griddle by heating to very hot then rubbing salt and oil in well with paper towel.

hope this helps

arkonite_babe

I have already tried that with no effect, everything still sticks unless you want to use a gallon of oil, which I don't!

geordie_lass_2

Can you put the pan into the oven, ie: no plastic handles etc? If so then rub the inside with lard and put it into a preheated oven, 140 degrees C, and bake it for a couple of hours, that should do it.

ariba10

And if you do manage to fix it.

Don't wash it again.

greenbee

I've had mine for years... every so often I scrub it thoroughly, dry it out and re-season it. It seems to work OK.

There may be some rust under the seasoning. Have you scrubbed all the gunge off the surface and cleaned it thoroughly so that there is no oil left? It needs to be back to clean, bare metal before you re-season. Best thing to use is wire wool...

So... scrub with wire wool, wipe out and repeat until all the bits have gone. Then heat, pour in a thick coating of sunflower/rapeseed oil. Heat for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat. Add salt to form a thick paste, and scrub with paper towels. Wash off with soapy water (yes, you can use this on cast iron!), dry (if there are rust marks on the towel, repeat the salt treatment), heat over a low heat to ensure it is competely dry, and seal while hot with a thin layer of oil.

I wash my cast iron griddle in soapy water after each use, then dry, heat and wipe with oil once I know it is definitely dry. If it starts misbehaving, I scrub it to check for rust and re-season.

Nick-Follett

Sorry arkonite babe, and I know this will be very annoying for you, but I have one of these pans and they're actually die-cast aluminium with a triple coated layer of PTFE, I think. Basically they aren't cast iron! But if anyone knows how to fix an eroded non-stick finish, then that would be seriously useful. I agree, they're really nice pans aren't they.

Nick

RachelW1987

The only way I know is by heating the pan up really high then putting oil in but if that hasnt worked then i'm stumped

Rikki

Once you season a pan you never wash it with washing up liquid. You just wash with hot water dry thoroughly and re-season.