I have a Lodge Logic Dutch oven that I took camping last summer and lazily left outside for almost an entire year.
Were preparing for this summers camping trip, and I go and grab it, and this is what I find:
So I'm like 'Dammit Jim!' This thing was covered in rust, inside and out.
So I decided I needed to clean it up, and this is how I did it.
I took a crab pot big enough to hold the dutch oven. I put the oven in the pot without the lid on. I poured in one jug of white vinegar. I then added enough water to cover the pot by a couple inches. I then put the lid on the oven, and poured enough water more, to cover the entire lid.
I let the oven soak for 2 days.
After two days, I pulled the oven out, and wiped it dry with a rag.
Be sure to use a rag here you can toss, as it's going to get rust ALL OVER IT. This is kinda messy.
After the pot is dry, I then took a drill with these two attachments:
I then proceeded to clean the shit out of the oven. I found the second brush worked best, although the first did come in handy at times.
It wasn't terribly hard at all, and took maybe 1 1/2 hours.
Heres the final result:
As you can see, it cleaned up rather nice.
Next I washed it with hot soapy water.
Dry it COMPLETELY.
Now to season it.
Rub it down in grease or oil, whichever you normally use, I used vegetable oil.
I baked it face down on a cookie sheet on 250 degrees for 4 hours.
This obviously either wasnt hot enough, or long enough, as the pot was really sticky to the touch when I took it out and cooled it down.
So I heated the oven back up to 350 and baked it another 45 minutes.
Checked it out after it cooled, and its perfect.
LIKE NEW!
Were preparing for this summers camping trip, and I go and grab it, and this is what I find:
So I'm like 'Dammit Jim!' This thing was covered in rust, inside and out.
So I decided I needed to clean it up, and this is how I did it.
I took a crab pot big enough to hold the dutch oven. I put the oven in the pot without the lid on. I poured in one jug of white vinegar. I then added enough water to cover the pot by a couple inches. I then put the lid on the oven, and poured enough water more, to cover the entire lid.
I let the oven soak for 2 days.
After two days, I pulled the oven out, and wiped it dry with a rag.
Be sure to use a rag here you can toss, as it's going to get rust ALL OVER IT. This is kinda messy.
After the pot is dry, I then took a drill with these two attachments:
I then proceeded to clean the shit out of the oven. I found the second brush worked best, although the first did come in handy at times.
It wasn't terribly hard at all, and took maybe 1 1/2 hours.
Heres the final result:
As you can see, it cleaned up rather nice.
Next I washed it with hot soapy water.
Dry it COMPLETELY.
Now to season it.
Rub it down in grease or oil, whichever you normally use, I used vegetable oil.
I baked it face down on a cookie sheet on 250 degrees for 4 hours.
This obviously either wasnt hot enough, or long enough, as the pot was really sticky to the touch when I took it out and cooled it down.
So I heated the oven back up to 350 and baked it another 45 minutes.
Checked it out after it cooled, and its perfect.
LIKE NEW!
