Does seasoning really go rancid after a while?

[John Greeney]

Hello, quick follow on question... if I season a pan for "keeps" with mineral oil, and decide to use it again later, what steps would I have to take?
Thanks!

[Cheryl Watson]

John some folks recommend just a scrub down with hot water and dish washing detergent before seasoning.

Since I am fully equipped with working lye baths, I would put the piece in the lye bath for 24 hours or so, scrub down, and then season.

[John Greeney]

Thanks!

[Mark R. Smith]

I have been reading all I can on cleaning and seasoning. I was using the Easy Off cleaning method but have started to advance to Lye bath and electro unit. Question I have multiple items in the lye bath and they will stay there until they go into the electrolysis bath. The pieces will go there one at a time. After electrolysis I want to hold them for a short time until I have enough to put many pieces in the oven for seasoning. Maybe this will be for a week. Could I spray them with a cooking oil like PAM or grape seed instead of mineral oilto prevent rust till they go into the seasoning process?

[Lewis Downey]

Mark, I am relatively new to this also and have been cleaning CI with medium intensity for a few months. My plan is to have a secondary lye bath filled with clear clean solution  for holding pieces that are perfectly clean and waiting to be seasoned.

Gary is able to simply store clean CI on a shelf until it is ready to season. I have one piece that worked out that exact way, it has been sitting on a cabinet for several weeks without showing any rust. Generally I get some kind of rust right away. Sometimes I get rust in the oven, even if the oven was preheated with the door open. 

[Cheryl Watson]

Sometimes it just depends on the climate where you live, and the time of year (humidity). 

Storing in the lye bath after derusting is the best option in humid conditions.  Just means another vigorous scrub down before seasoning.

[Mark R. Smith]

The problem is I have many more pieces to go into my lye bath if I put the others back in my lye bath might runneth over.

My wife is enabling my cast iron buying.

[Cheryl Watson]

Multiple lye baths.... ?
 ;) ;)

[Brian Vick]

Re: Does seasoning really go rancid after a while?
Reply #27 - Today at 1:09pm Mark & Quote Quote
Multiple lye baths.... ?

You showin off Cheryl????????? ;)
OB ;D

[Mark R. Smith]

Would love to get multiple lye baths but no room.

[Cheryl Watson]

You showin off Cheryl????????? OB 

You bet!  Took me 3 years to get them barrels in here and set up!   ;D

Waiting for everything to thaw out.. except the Heated Lye Bath..

[C. B. Williams]

Seasoning going rancid? I think there might be a slight confusion here between seasoning and a coating. Seasoning in nothing but carbonized oil, and carbon doesn't go rancid. Now, a coating you might add to that seasoning (depending on what it is) could go rancid. Just my opinion.