You all may know this.
I had waited until I had 7 pans cleaned so I could season them all at the same time. The cotton rag that I had used to apply the flax oil was drenched by the time I was done. I just bunched up the rag and left it in my cast iron spoon rest.
I did not understand why I smelled smoke. All the pans had been wiped very dry with other cotton rags. Turned on all the exhaust fans but my eyes were still burning even after eye drops. I finally saw a stream of smoke coming from my bunched up oil drenched rag. Even though the spoon rest was not hot, the rag was starting to spontaneously combust. They theorize that this is what happened to Tutankhamun with the linseed soaked rags used in during mummification.
Learned something new.
I had waited until I had 7 pans cleaned so I could season them all at the same time. The cotton rag that I had used to apply the flax oil was drenched by the time I was done. I just bunched up the rag and left it in my cast iron spoon rest.
I did not understand why I smelled smoke. All the pans had been wiped very dry with other cotton rags. Turned on all the exhaust fans but my eyes were still burning even after eye drops. I finally saw a stream of smoke coming from my bunched up oil drenched rag. Even though the spoon rest was not hot, the rag was starting to spontaneously combust. They theorize that this is what happened to Tutankhamun with the linseed soaked rags used in during mummification.
Learned something new.
