Fancy cast iron skillets

[Fly320s]

Think rubbing compound to polish paint.

Thank you, Charby, for the reasonable response. 

[K Frame]

Sorry, thought you were being facetious.

No. valve grinding compound is designed to polish metal but not leave any residue. It is usually silicon carbide, which has a very high melting point. I don't think you could generate enough frictional heat to melt it into the surface of cast iron.

[AmbulanceDriver]

Sorry, thought you were being facetious.

No. valve grinding compound is designed to polish metal but not leave any residue. It is usually silicon carbide, which has a very high melting point. I don't think you could generate enough frictional heat to melt it into the surface of cast iron.

Challenge accepted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSlJ03SKMHQ

 

Sorry, couldn't help but be a smartaleck

[French G.]

I have a no marking skillet that I use a lot and it is very smooth. Got it free, sitting in a barn for thirty years, scrubbed the rust out and started seasoning it. I still use it,  it sadly it is not the pan it once was, threw it on the stove to dry it, forgot stove was on. I passed by an hour later to get coffee and the pan was orange. Warped it good. I may try to straighten it just for fun.

[K Frame]

Challenge accepted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSlJ03SKMHQ

 

Sorry, couldn't help but be a smartaleck

I didn't see any silicon carbide based grinding compound in use in that video, so.... no.

[charby]

I have a no marking skillet that I use a lot and it is very smooth. Got it free, sitting in a barn for thirty years, scrubbed the rust out and started seasoning it. I still use it,  it sadly it is not the pan it once was, threw it on the stove to dry it, forgot stove was on. I passed by an hour later to get coffee and the pan was orange. Warped it good. I may try to straighten it just for fun.

How hot does your oven get?

[French G.]

Not as hot as my coal forge or torch. Probably take the whole thing orange and then ease some water on the high spot of the underside. Might even work. Maybe a light whack or too while it is orange, but cast doesn't like hammers. Or just get more pans.

[K Frame]

I think you'd get better results not by hitting it, but by pressing it in an arbor press.

[Fly320s]

Sorry, thought you were being facetious.

No problem.  Normally, you'd be right, but this time I was serious.  I'll try not to let it happen again.

[castle key]

http://www.felionstudios.com/state-pans/

Cast iron pans in the shape of the states!

[KD5NRH]

I could almost see the Yetti thing, almost. I used to spend 7-10 days at a time on the Colorado River down by Yuma in the summer. I would put a block of ice with cubed ice packed around it in 3-4 coolers, tape it shut and then wrap with a blanket.

A friend used to get some styrofoam boxes from his job.  They were about 3' cubes, with walls 6" thick.  He never did manage to get one of the outer shells, but we tested one out with ice and beer for a long weekend in 114F weather, and it worked fine.  We did schedule opening a bit, though; get everybody's next round at once rather than opening it several times per round.

[Hawkmoon]

http://www.felionstudios.com/state-pans/

Cast iron pans in the shape of the states!

What the hell can you cook in Delaware -- or Rhode Island?

[Ben]

So probably the best states to buy are those that have panhandles?

[230RN]

Colorado?   Boring. 

[K Frame]

At least you could get bacon, or a couple of burgers, in Pennsylvania.

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[KD5NRH]

Colorado?   Boring. 

It's a griddle for people who don't want to cook as much as Texas.

Maryland, OTOH...too much trouble to clean.

[230RN]

Hawaii?   Ready to assemble.