Rusty Carbon Steel Skillet Restoration | Made In Cookware

When I got my first carbon steel pan, I used way too much oil to season it, and it became a sticky mess. So I needed to strip it down and start over. Not having this video available, I used SANDPAPER to scrape it clean, and it worked great. Note: Made In (and seemingly everyone else online) says you can't ruin carbon steel (or cast iron), so I took them at their word and broke out the sandpaper. Once I finished scraping it clean, it looked just like the strip-down pan in this video (completely steel in color). Then I started over with the seasoning process on the stove, using (as Steve says in his seasoning instruction video), "a comically-small amount of oil." I used Made In's seasoning wax. That stuff works awesome, and one container lasts a VERY long time (years). After seasoning it on the stove three times, it was back to perfect. Steve: I love all of your videos - they are so practical and helpful. Thanks and please keep them coming!

Barkeepers friend worked for me to get rust out as well

Real talk - this is my pan that I asked for help repairing. It was a huge error on my part. It was super fun to watch Steve walk me through how to repair it and what I did wrong in the first place! You have to use a comically small amount of oil! Thanks Steve and made in for bringing my pan back to life.

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Fantastic! Resurrected my old carbon steel French pans. They are back in action. Thanks

Super helpful to know you can strip Carbon to the bare metal! Thanks Steve!

The only set of videos I've seen that make seasoning a carbon pan successful. I used this video to strip a pan I did using other videos. This time it will be re-seasoned the correct way. It sounds goofy, but watching eggs slide easily around the pan is a great experience!

Whoooaaaa, incredible! Is it bad I want to leave my pan out just to restore it like this?…

Really loving these videos! It's amazing how much abuse these pans can take and still recover - I would've probably binned this one, thinking it was ruined!

I loved this video. My set of cookware is still absolutely beautiful after a year of use, Thanks Steve,I now know what to do if rust ever occurs.

Thanks, Steve! Gonna try this method on my skillet but also a few rusty tools I have laying around.

This guy is too cool. I have 2 Made In carbon skillets and I love them. Thank you. It's a great video.

Just stripped. my seasoning after watching your video because the "other manufacturers" video on the pan I bought totally gave me an improper seasoning. So I watched your video last night here; took the first seasoning off. And Im about to re-season the pan using your method. Thanks for the concise and easy to use videos. It makes this process a lot easier for everyday people like myself!

fellow carbon steel lover here! love these tips and tricks

I love my Made In steel pan, and this video is great. Thanks for the information!

Just bought my first carbon steel pan and these videos are so helpful /// more Steve !!

Super helpful, thank you!

Informative video, and I love how you took a moment to put us in think mode about the process you just did. A reflection is always a good teaching tool. Greatly appreciated. ❤

Step by step tutorial. Easy yo follow. Thank you so much.

Can't believe you got it down to the bare metal, that looks incredible!