r/CastIronRestoration

I posted a photo of the bottom of this one a few weeks ago. Here are some better pictures! Any ideas as by whom and how old it might be?

I picked this Wagner magnalite roasting pan today. What’s the best way to clean it up?

Soaked this pan in 50/50 water vinegar for about 45 minutes. scrubbed, seemed to be silver in the patchy areas, cleaned w soapy water and dried and put on med heat to dry it out. Feel like the rust color returned while it was on the burner. Seems like I should soak it again for longer? Have also seen professional websites suggest 100% vinegar for up to 24hrs, that it won’t pit the cast iron in that time. Are these spots bad or could I just go ahead and season it as is?

Abandoned, deeply pitted/rusted-out cooking surface but higher up the walls has intact thick black coating. Matte and hard but flakey and can crack pieces off with my nail like enamel paint or something. Pics are just after highspeed wire-wheeling the bulk of the decades off (going to resurface entire thing for a user anyways) and the black is very jagged at the edges. Any way this is anything other than the factory coating?

Secondly, it was found in an old shack/workspace with no provenance so in expert experience; is there any way this could have been used for lead if it has this coating still?

One day in the e-tank... Brillo pad scrubbed the hard to get nooks and crannies. 2 rounds of seasoning.

Standard Manufacturing Company, 3qt bean pot. Cast in Pittsburgh PA., in roughly 1875-1900. Someone abused this poor pot by painting it and using it as a planter. Luckily, they didn't drill drainage holes. I'll get her clean back up and looking as new as I can. Excited to add this to the collection.

One plus is that the paint probably protected the pot some. Rust seems minor, and pitting minimal. Should be beautiful when it's done, but she's a bit further down the restoration lost right now.

Early 1930s, maybe 40’s Wagner Ware 1058 B cast iron skillet. No cracks. Paid $30. Seller said his mother used it until 1944 when she was given a new one as a wedding present that she used until she passed. That one he is keeping.

Got this for free at a yard sale, was in a tote with a bunch of water and other non stick pans. Not sure of the make, age etc... is worth cleaning up or just scrap it?

I have no idea what needs to be done, quite frankly. Any help is appreciated

I have scrubbed the heck out of this thing with steel wool and rubbed down with oil for a solid 30 minutes now. The white color does not go away and the pan surface is a bit uneven. Photo was taken just after a coat of oil. Any advice would be very awesome!!

I think my partner and I have been doing this wrong for years: we rinse and heat our cast irons but don’t scrub or wash them, and bits of pan have been coming off in our food for awhile. I worked on this with steel wool for a little bit, but there are weird layers of build up that don’t come off easily. Should I strip this (and other pans) all the way, or do I just need to scrub harder?

my coworker gave me this cast iron. is there still a way to restore it? thanks for the help!

Okay so I’m curious! Was this worth bringing home? I paid 9.00 for it.

Going through my late aunt's stuff and this pan was part of it. The brown/orange spots appear to be corrosion. Just need to know what to do with it.