Janin Hendry
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for those that do not read intros, I am Janin Hendry. Winner of some cast iron at an auction. Below is what I won. and I am going to post piece-by-piece the restoration of each. It will take a while. I work and am very busy around this. I do love cast iron though, so to do each piece justice I want to take the time to clean them right. I am starting with the more simple pieces first as while I know electrolysis is the ultimate way to clean difficult pieces, I have weird space to work with and spoken for funds for set up.
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Here is the first piece I have touched: The first two pictures are it stripped in a lye-vinegar bath and the second two are it cleaned and seasoned.
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Identifying marks include the raised outer edge on the bottom, the size of "3", which from reading on this forum fits the correct slot in antique stoves and a Y Followed by what I think is a decimal point of sorts, which can indicate the the mold used. There is also an 11, under the Y which I don't really understand. Anything else anyone sees? Any guesses about any of it?
![1717954152986.jpeg 1717954152986.jpeg](https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/data/attachments/8/8283-6544a81737d8b39d461c8a68cbaec2d5.jpg)
![1717954178130.jpeg 1717954178130.jpeg](https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/data/attachments/8/8284-fcaf18442718d48ee6190dd4972d2e39.jpg)
Here is the first piece I have touched: The first two pictures are it stripped in a lye-vinegar bath and the second two are it cleaned and seasoned.
![1717954315920.jpeg 1717954315920.jpeg](https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/data/attachments/8/8285-c69034999a3dc2a7fbc5209547c2518b.jpg)
![1717954350196.jpeg 1717954350196.jpeg](https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/data/attachments/8/8286-1cc723019c2bc513211fd792b2e4c39e.jpg)
![1717954367565.jpeg 1717954367565.jpeg](https://www.castironcollector.com/forum/data/attachments/8/8287-e52fc7d412c24c5bab1cf2c2dcb2b384.jpg)
Identifying marks include the raised outer edge on the bottom, the size of "3", which from reading on this forum fits the correct slot in antique stoves and a Y Followed by what I think is a decimal point of sorts, which can indicate the the mold used. There is also an 11, under the Y which I don't really understand. Anything else anyone sees? Any guesses about any of it?