Weird spots

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JeffreyL

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I picked up what I believe to be an unmarked Wagner #8, all of the unmarked I've seen either had a size and said skillet on the bottom, or had that with the addition of made in the USA, this has nothing on the bottom except a letter A on the underside of the handle and a dot in the flat spot where the handle meets the pan. I picked it up because it's flat and appeared to just have some surface rust. I run it through the etank and when I took it out there's this really weird spots like the skillet sat on its side with something in t for a while, sometimes I look at it and it seems like pitting and the metal is removed, however when I run my fingers over it the weird portions feel raised, like if they came off I would get down to the smooth pan surface. I hit it with 0000 steel wool and I couldn't tell if it got better. Anyone have any clues? The good thing is I don't have a lot invested but I sure would like to salvage it since it sits flat and the rest of the surface is nice and smooth. It is now back in the etank
Before https://imgur.com/a/KxiWa
After etank and steel wool https://imgur.com/a/JIA0m
 
It looks like corrosion to me. Some skillets I have stripped have had that. Is it a little rough to the touch?
Kyle
 
Not to bad but it is noticeable, when I blow up the picture it definitely looks like pitting and corrosion, but when feeling it with fingers it feels like it's raised higher than the rest of the surface making me think there was hope for removal
 
I have 2 pans like that, oddly enough both Wagner's. Its like pitting just in patches. In my case the stuff sticking up was actually the stuff that was corroded around if that makes sense. I thought I could get it off too until I realized it was eaten away and the raise parts were really where it was not as corroded. It is tough to season over but after the fourth or fifth round it started to take. Still a great user. Maybe for the grill or camping. Bummer though. Nothing worse than getting it out of the tank to discover a flaw. Good luck with the rest of the restore.
Kyle
 
I wondered if like you said, the raised portion was the original un-corroded portion, but the lower portions are smooth like the rest of the skillet and the raised portion is rougher.
 
After looking this is my wild *** guess. let's suppose the home chefs roommate was making lemonade and juicing a bunch of lemons, and near the end he ended up spilling some of raw juice and whipped it up with dry dish rag. Now since the stove was where the pan was resting was closer than the sink he just tossed it in the skillet next the side.

Then after the end of the weekend the house chef returns home to find lemon juice eating his skillet. ?

Normally this could be believable, but in my case with my roommate it would not be close to believable if you knew him. He wouldn't have bothered to wipe up anything or put a 1/4 that much effort into lemonade or anything around the house:-|
 
I guess I'll take it back out and scrub it all up, hit it all with steel wool again and try to season it, can't hurt anything
 
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