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watsd

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Cast Iron Teakettle
« on: July 12, 2005, 12:43:32 PM »
If I clean the teakettles in the "soup" how do I finish them so they don't rust?
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Offline C. B. Williams

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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2005, 04:19:05 PM »
It is very difficult to season a piece of cast iron enough to keep it from rusting if heating a water based liquid in it. Remember that basically you are "steam cleaning" the inside with a water based liquid. Several seasonings are about all I know to do. The inside of the top and pot that is above the liquid is especially vulnerable to rust. And, never let a soup or water based stew sit in cast iron. That is rust city. I think with the teapot, seasoning after each use for a number of times is the best thought I have. Anyone else have any thoughts? C B
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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2005, 05:12:15 PM »
tea kettles are just a pain to clean and seasoning can be done just like the other things, but they will likely rust inside if you use them.  Can't get away from simple chemistry when talking about water, air and iron.... it always goes to oxidation..... rust

along these lines, I have a sure fire way to kept these from ever rusting!!!  In my laboratory, I have an anoxia chamber. i.e., no oxygen in there!!!  lol.
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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2005, 06:34:00 PM »
Greg: Just curious, is it filled with some inert gas? As a light bulb. C B
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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2005, 07:00:29 PM »
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Greg: Just curious, is it filled with some inert gas? As a light bulb. C B
It is a pretty interesting set up.  The gases are CO2, H2 and N2.  10% hydrogen and 5% carbon dioxide, balanced with nitrogen.  The purpose of the hydrogen is as a scrubber with the pallidium I have in the chamber.  Any oxgen that comes in is combined with the pallidium and H2 and is turned into water, H2O.
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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2005, 01:56:18 PM »
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along these lines, I have a sure fire way to kept these from ever rusting!!!  In my laboratory, I have an anoxia chamber. i.e., no oxygen in there!!!  lol.
There is an inexpensive product I've used in the past....Bloxygen....comes in a spray can.  Its used in paint containers, and different materials containers to avoid them from drying up, etc.  I suppose you'd have to spray a tea kettle inside more often unless you could seal it better, but I wonder if it would help avoid oxidation on cast iron in that situation?  [smiley=unsure.gif]

http://www.bloxygen.com/
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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2005, 03:21:31 PM »
We are not planning to use this ourselves. We have been trying to clean some of the things that will be sold so they look nice. The handle on the lid does have grooves that run up and down.

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Re: Cast Iron Teakettle
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2005, 12:58:37 AM »
The spout on that tea kettle is just like my Wood & Bishop from Bangor, ME.  Nice stuff.
Steve
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