CLEANING and OILING the POT???
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Dav4
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Any kind will do. I've used veggie oil, WD-40, and mineral oil. Cleaning and oiling the pots on a regular basis will keep the pots looking good while preventing calcium deposits and will also help patina to develop.
jk_lewis
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Of course, some of us have a "display pot" for our best trees and an "on-the-shelf pot" for the rest of the time.
Walter Pall
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Silicon spray is the best, the easiest and the cheapest.
thumblessprimate1
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Might Hoppe's gun oil work? I love the smell Yee haw! After cleaning the Sig Sauer I could head over to the pots.
jeanluc83
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I read somewhere that you can put a couple of walnuts in an old sock and smash them up with a hammer. The sock with the smashed up walnut can then be used to clean / oil the pot.
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Queue up the "nut sack" jokes...
lordy
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wait--that's a joke? You mean I've been rubbing my crotch with pots for all this time for nothing? I thought patina came from...well, never mind.
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If your crotch is oily, I bet it'll work
....and good patina on your pot is all that matters
thumblessprimate1
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Wait a minute... How are you guys pronouncing "patina"? I feel 12 yo once again.
Jeanluc,
I learned the smashing walnuts in a sock method from Boon. It actually works better than using cooking walnut oil for some reason. I think because less gets applied, so the pot doesn't look "wet". It just brings out the color.
Do it about a week before the show.
I learned the smashing walnuts in a sock method from Boon. It actually works better than using cooking walnut oil for some reason. I think because less gets applied, so the pot doesn't look "wet". It just brings out the color.
Do it about a week before the show.
Smoke
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I remember when I was twelve and went to my first by boy/girl dance. There was a girl named Patina. ....wow, memories. I can't look at a dirty pot without thinking about that night...
GrimLore
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That works perfect, 2.00USD in the camping section of WalMart. If the pot has heavy white deposits on it soak it in Vinegar overnight, wipe and rinse with a rough cloth and dry it before the Silicone.
Grimmy
This is a reply to the post about the sock being used as a scouring pad:
Not really. Using nuts rather than liquid oil means less goes on.
Using liquid walnut oil, and I've done it, usually puts too much on. Which gives it a "wet" look. Rather than a deep full bodied color, with a bit of matt brightness. Which using the pounded walnut meats in the sock does.
Not really. Using nuts rather than liquid oil means less goes on.
Using liquid walnut oil, and I've done it, usually puts too much on. Which gives it a "wet" look. Rather than a deep full bodied color, with a bit of matt brightness. Which using the pounded walnut meats in the sock does.
And we all know how much you like looking at dirty pots!
Eric Group
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Just to recap: You been "rubbing pots on your nuts to GET OFF the patina"?
Buncha sickos on this site... Come on people, let's try to keep this PG 13 at least ok? Some of the pot cleaning tactics are very NC17...
jeanluc83
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You've been doing it wrong. Didn't you even read my post. You need to take a hammer and smash...
Thanks. I think I read it in Jonas' blog so that would make sense.
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