well hello folks it's Mike here I just
want to welcome you back to Mr cast iron
and today I've got a question actually
I've had this question before I just
haven't ever addressed it uh in one of
my videos I've made comments in the uh
uh you know on the question on another
particular video but you know the
question keep coming up and the question
is should you polish cast iron and of
course you guys know that I have my
favorite Skillet here this this is a
number eight Three Notch Lodge and as
you can see uh how slick it is on the
inside I hope the camera will catch that
and so a lot of people want that uh for
their cast iron but new cast iron that
you get like this little uh number
three uh Lodge cast iron skillet from
Cracker Barrel as you can see the finish
that Lodge puts on them now is more kind
of like uh an orange uh the texture of
your cast iron these days are kind of
dimpled like this like an orange is it
kind of reminds you of an orange and
years ago uh manufacturers Machin cast
iron real slick like this and it was
done at the factory and so uh you know
they they look really nice but nowadays
people are asking whether you should
take a grinder or a sander
and smooth out your cast iron matter of
fact I had a nephew that come over to
the house the other day and he asked me
that very question he said Uncle Mike
should I sand my cast iron and my answer
to him was I don't recommend that now I
know there's uh this is a controversial
subject and we uh we tend to try to
address controversial subjects on here
because people get mixed you know
answers uh here on YouTube and I mean
you certainly can if you want to uh if
you were to polish or sand your cast
iron I recommend not using a machine to
do that a grinder or a sander if you're
going to do that you know you probably
should do the sanding of your cast iron
by hand and just you know if you have a
bur or something on here you may just
lightly sand that down but I don't
recommend Machining uh or grinding on
your cast iron of course it's yours you
bought it you can certainly do whatever
you want to do I'm just offering my
opinion and my advice I wouldn't do it
I've had cast iron that you just cannot
get uh it would not hold seasoning you
can't get it to adhere to the cast iron
and for various reasons like that and I
believe that that's why manufacturers
these days make it you know where it's
kind of textured uh you know in in like
an orange is kind of uh rough and
dimpled up like this right here so as
you are heating it up and you apply your
oil to the cast iron this has something
to grab to the oil can grab to those
dimples and you know it can polymerize
easier uh and to to the cast iron
skillet to make it a little more um
nonstick if you will it'll give you that
polymerized finish that we're looking
for like just right here and so you know
that's just my opinion let me know what
you guys think about that do use sand or
grind or polish your cast iron do you
recommend it uh have you ever done it
and had problems uh getting your
seasoning to stick to your cast iron
after you had done so so anyway we
appreciate you guys youall have a great
day and I it's Mike over here at Mr
castar we'll see you later take care
byebye