Paint?

[CraigA.]

I recently came up with a BSR Red Mountain pan. It has the small pour spouts so I'm assuming it's from the transition period.
My problem is that it seems to be coated in a thick layer of paint. Feels like an oil based paint and I'm wondering if that will clean off in a lye bath.

 

[Patrick Steadham]

Try putting it in a E tank, had a corn stick pan that was painted black loosened the paint very well.

 

[CraigA.]

Sounds like good advice.

 

[RJ Ruchti]

Just finished a large pan that was painted. Had a large pancake shape floating on top of the E-tank that was paint and curd from the inside of the skillet.

 

[CraigA.]

My little pan cleaned up nicely with some scrubbing from a SS wire brush in spots.

I just can't figure why anyone would paint a cast iron pan...

 

[RJ Ruchti]

Cheap way to make bad look good. Except when they don't bother to clean the crud off the outside either.

 

[Scott J.]

Cheap way to make bad look good. Except when they don't bother to clean the crud off the outside either.

Some folks don't think too clearly.

 

[Richard Kight]

Excuse my ignorance, but what is a tank? I have a Griswold waffle iron someone painted. Thinking about bead blasting it

 

[Scott J.]

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[Scott J.]

Sand/bead blasting is generally frowned upon for collectable CI, especially CI with a smooth finish. My personal opinion is that if the object already has a rough surface, sand/bead blasting isn't really going to hurt anything. But... I could be chastised here for saying that.

 

[Doug D.]

Sand/bead blasting can change the original patina of even as-cast (unpolished) surfaces. To the experienced eye, it can make those surfaces more uniform and fine-grained looking. In other words, just wrong.

 

[Scott J.]

I remember an automobile body guy who could match the orange peel of a factory paint job. Same sort of thing, I guess.