My Wagner chicken fryer - before and after e-tank

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SpurgeonH

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I'm starting a new thread on this one, because .... well, because I'm so dang proud of how this turned out! I was worried about what it was going to look like under the rust.

Anyway, to remind you of what it looked like yesterday ...

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Since it looked like rust was the biggest problem, I skipped the lye bath and went straight to the e-tank. I took it out a minute ago ... figuring I would clean it up to see how it was coming, and then put it back in the bucket. Here's what it looks like after scrubbing it with Dawn and a Chore Boy. The bottom required a little more elbow grease than the inside, but still very minimal (I'm too old, and my elbow is to dry, to give it more than minimal elbow grease) ...

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There seems to be some gunk caked in the lettering, so I now have it in the lye. I'll take it out in an hour and see if that helped. I tried just using Dawn and SS Brush, but it seems to be packed in there tight.

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Question: my lye bucket is a shade too small for the fryer. About inch of the handle sticks out of the liquid. Will that cause a problem? I just realized the time and I'm thinking about leaving it in there overnight.
 
If you read the section "Stripping & Cleaning" under C.I. Restoration there are several things you can do to clean the WW logo. Go down to finishing tools and the paragraph gives good details for suggestive cleaning. I have found the Bamboo Skewers work extremely well along with just a touch of oven cleaner applied. Use proper protection and you will be fine. There's probably a lot of carbon embedded in the logo and I doubt the lye bath will remove it completely. A little patience and sharp skewers along with a small hand held wire brush will get the job done.
 
Excellent results, Spurgeon! Glad it came out so well--thanks for sharing. This is encouraging to anyone looking at a rusted and encrusted pan. They are daunting, and cleaning results vary, of course, but yours is a happy outcome. Any idea what you'll cook in it when it's all done? Something yummy, I bet.
 
Thanks for the tip about the bamboo skewers. It worked like a champ!

Thanks, Sharon! I'm not sure what to cook in it. I need to find a lid first, maybe?
 
You can use it as a regular lidless skillet, use it for high-splatter stuff as the higher sides will contain it better.

Take some pork chops, coat them in seasoned flour, and fry them in 1/4" of oil. They'll be some of the juiciest pork chops you've had.
 
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