Rather than start a new thread I am gonna tag on here.
I seasoned this first find with the bees wax after a couple healthy sanding. One sanding was dry for about 15 minutes and a second wet sanding for about 10 minutes. There was still some indications of red oxide but I had to see what the bee's wax would do and heated it hot hot hot on the stove top. I dropped in the wax cube and melted of enough to coat it inside and out. I mopped it carefully with a large ball of paper towel and left it to dry. I reheated it and remover the excess. I then let it firm up. I reheated and recoated about 2 hours later and rewiped all surfaces and again removed the excess. The next morning I couldn't stand it I fixed bacon and rolled sausage patties in it. Even the thin bacon strips did not stick. I washed it up and dried it on the fire and sprayed it with some aerosol vegatable oil and left it setting out. The next morning I threw caution to the wind and fried 3 eggs in it. Despite breaking one egg yoke while turning the egg NOTHING stuck. This first new spider now sets pretty and black at the ready in the kitchen.
I have found yet another spider skillet this weekend for $20.00 at a local antique store.
alas it also is an 11 inch althoug the handle is stamped with a big "12" (Where in the hell are the lids for these 11" skillets).
My new find was much smoother. A good wash and a very light sanding only to tooth up the surface and I reseasoned as I did above and it is pretty and black also. I have yet to use it but expect even better results.
Bragging about my feat, my neighbor dragged over two real sweet old old skillets and asked me to look at them. They were rust free but the ancient seasoning on one was flaking off badly so I offered to treat both of these as well. Being the skeptic even after seeing his pristeen looking now black revived skillets he asked me if they would cook well. So I simply took one from his hand and lit a burner on my stove blopped in a pat of butter and cracked 2 eggs into the skillet. It looked like an orgreenic skillet commercial. After the eggs firmed up , I picked up the pan and swirled it ,the eggs slid around in a little tight circle without a care.
Jerry I have thanked you 2 dozen times for the bee's wax tip. For those of you who are skeptic ( as I was ) this is a very quick almost painless seasoning method that works far beyond belief.
by dguff » Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:56 pm 
~I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left~
