Old CI Baking Molds

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Pat_A

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Picked these up today, not sure what they would be used for ? The form in the pan is semi-cylindrical and both have gate marks on the bottom, so both are more than likely pre-turn-of-the 20th Century. Any ideas ?

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Jeff S. said:
They are French Roll bread pans. Good for making cornbread too.
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Thanks Jeff ! Now I have to figure out how to clean these up as they have much more than a light coat of surface rust. I'm thinking probably electrolysis.

What would be a fair asking price once I restore them ?
 
Having just done a couple of corn stick / gem pans with 'unusual' shapes... skillets are a piece of cake when it comes to cleaning, rubbing with steel wool... all those curves and corners make it a much more labor intensive process. They are very cool pieces and I would also have bought them... but your hands will be sore when you're done with them.

griswold corn bread pan (954) that I just did this weekend... and it was in pretty good shape to start with...
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D_Madden : Very nice end result (of course I did not see the "before" pictures). I would imagine your Griswold marked pans are much more desirable than my no-name roll pans from a collecting point-of-view. I'll try the steel wool, but may have to cheat and break out the dremel drill if it gets too tough with the elbow grease method.
 
the 954 is a pretty common pan... but this one was in pretty good condition and cleaned up really well.

I would start with the usual lye soak / easy off for the black gunk and vinegar soak for the rusty bits... and electrolysis to finish them off... but I always use a little stainless steel wire brush and steel wool after the electrolysis.. and I considered using a dremel but the dremel is kind of limited when you get into all those curves, like where the bottom meets the sidewall... it just doesn't get in there and move in the right directions... so I ended up doing a lot of steel wool hand work.

this was the other pan I was working on... it also wasn't in bad condition to start with... a little surface rust, some old seasoning... but there were stubborn bits... and all those little swirls!!! I just seasoned it last night (that was a bit of an adventure as well... all those little crevices... getting oil in... and back out so it didn't puddle) and don't yet have pics... but here's how it looked when I bought it. https://imgur.com/a/eAtJr
 
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