u/chronosphere

Any time I need to do some heavy scrubbing with a chain mail scrubber (like if I have some oil residue or really hard food bits) I'll finish by scrubbing with a sponge and dish soap. No matter how long I do this, when I dry my pan on the stove and wipe it down with some oil my paper towel has copious amounts of black residue on it. Paper towel after paper towel, black residue. Infinite black residue.