For what it's worth, if you need to get paint off of steel/iron like this it's so much easier to use a sand/bead/media blaster instead. Quick work. Your local welding shop you have one and probably wont charge much for something this small.
Definitely needed more power right off the bat for sure. wishing I had gone in with power tools right away. I did see a cool video today where the guy coated it in paint stripper and then put it in the fire after 15 mins. Seemed to crackle right off and he washed it with baking soda and water and it was as good as new. Of course he had his own fire pit in his backyard.
I can just imagine what a welding shop would charge to media blast an old pan. “Yeah you’re lookin’ at 2-3 hours, at a base rate of $160. Plus we gotta order in special media cause it’s not the type of metal we work with day to day. It’s gonna be $569, we’ll have it ready by the spring, hopefully.
I mean if that's how they're gonna be they don't need your money. Sorry you've had bad experiences. My local place would probably do it for under 50. They also run theirs on large stuff at least 5 times a month so doing 3-4 minutes on a pan is nothing to them.@@patusher77
Not sure what metal is but when i clean cast iron pans, I heat them up super hot with a torch or a fire, once it cools its easy to sand off rust or whatever may have been on it, then soap and water, then oil and heat. cool looking pan you got there.
For sure. Similar process with Cowboy Skillets normally but they are steel. This one was extra tough because of the spray paint binding with the rust. Eventually got it figured out though. Fun! These are super lightweight. Like a tin pretty much. Really good to chuck on coals on the ground. Super light to strap to your backpack. Collectors items for sure. People restore these from antique shops and resell on Etsy for like 50-75 bucks.
I made the mistake of hitting my with a sink of room temp water right out of the fire thinking the rapid shrinking would knock the century of rust off. Damn pan split in half with a comical lighting bolt pattern.
Hmm you sure that was paint and not just old seasoning and carbon build up? Hard to tell in a video cause I do know people do crazy nonsense like spraypainting a pan. Second thing: did you reseason it by baking oil onto it afterwards to make it nonstick and protect it from rust?
All you had to do was put the pan in a camp fire and in 20 minutes it would of burned off all the paint, wash it and put oil on it, done in 45 minutes.
@@brianwright8600 yep. Learned that about two days later. Two days too late haha. I have a house now though with a primitive firepit in the backyard for next time :)
Omg im 8 months late. You clean it off like cast iron. That is NOT spray paint, thats AGE, YEARS OF COOKING!!! Just a can of real YELLOW CAP EASY OFF, sprayed well, & a plastic bag well covered. Repeat as necessary. NO PAINT STRIPPER friend. After all cleaned off, soak in a vinegar & water solution & like brand new. Good luck friend.
For what it's worth, if you need to get paint off of steel/iron like this it's so much easier to use a sand/bead/media blaster instead. Quick work. Your local welding shop you have one and probably wont charge much for something this small.
Definitely needed more power right off the bat for sure. wishing I had gone in with power tools right away. I did see a cool video today where the guy coated it in paint stripper and then put it in the fire after 15 mins. Seemed to crackle right off and he washed it with baking soda and water and it was as good as new. Of course he had his own fire pit in his backyard.
I can just imagine what a welding shop would charge to media blast an old pan. “Yeah you’re lookin’ at 2-3 hours, at a base rate of $160. Plus we gotta order in special media cause it’s not the type of metal we work with day to day. It’s gonna be $569, we’ll have it ready by the spring, hopefully.
I mean if that's how they're gonna be they don't need your money. Sorry you've had bad experiences. My local place would probably do it for under 50. They also run theirs on large stuff at least 5 times a month so doing 3-4 minutes on a pan is nothing to them.@@patusher77
Not sure what metal is but when i clean cast iron pans, I heat them up super hot with a torch or a fire, once it cools its easy to sand off rust or whatever may have been on it, then soap and water, then oil and heat. cool looking pan you got there.
For sure. Similar process with Cowboy Skillets normally but they are steel. This one was extra tough because of the spray paint binding with the rust. Eventually got it figured out though. Fun! These are super lightweight. Like a tin pretty much. Really good to chuck on coals on the ground. Super light to strap to your backpack. Collectors items for sure. People restore these from antique shops and resell on Etsy for like 50-75 bucks.
I made the mistake of hitting my with a sink of room temp water right out of the fire thinking the rapid shrinking would knock the century of rust off.
Damn pan split in half with a comical lighting bolt pattern.
@@FeedMeSalt dang! haha
100% burn it off. Never put chemicals on anything you're going to be cooking on.
@@timfrye9147 Yup for sure. I have a camp trip this weekend and its going into the fire to get any last bits off
Hmm you sure that was paint and not just old seasoning and carbon build up? Hard to tell in a video cause I do know people do crazy nonsense like spraypainting a pan.
Second thing: did you reseason it by baking oil onto it afterwards to make it nonstick and protect it from rust?
All you had to do was put the pan in a camp fire and in 20 minutes it would of burned off all the paint, wash it and put oil on it, done in 45 minutes.
@@brianwright8600 yep. Learned that about two days later. Two days too late haha. I have a house now though with a primitive firepit in the backyard for next time :)
Omg im 8 months late. You clean it off like cast iron. That is NOT spray paint, thats AGE, YEARS OF COOKING!!! Just a can of real YELLOW CAP EASY OFF, sprayed well, & a plastic bag well covered. Repeat as necessary. NO PAINT STRIPPER friend. After all cleaned off, soak in a vinegar & water solution & like brand new. Good luck friend.