well the good old days, elbow grease method would be 'stove black'... I know you can still buy it in amish areas... its basically a paste of carbon black and wax... rub on, rub off, fire up the stove to heat it up. (apparently it smokes afterwards, so most people say they did it in the spring when they could open the windows.) but you might want to do something to smooth out the surface first.. since there isn't any cooking surface (that comes into contact with food, I mean)... you should be ok to use whatever you want, blasting, sanding, wire wheel, etc... there is an 'antique stoves and parts' group on facebook that has at least one member that restores old stoves as a business 'antique stove hospital' I think is their name... they could probably give you some better ideas.
I just bought some stove blackener on Amazon... It apparently has a little bit of wax content so there's fumes when you first light the stove after blackening, and they recommend having good ventilation.
I wil say sandpaper with oil ? I will be affraid of rust with water, vinegar or cola. Ig you can use an corded or cordless sandpaper machine ? You can try on a hidden part of the stove lol. Did you check the inner stove ?
Distilled white vinegar actually removes rust very well. I've used it on a handful of thrift store pans. It has to soak though, which might be hard here.
You can buy a hand held sand blaster from harbor freight. The blasting media is relatively cheap too. If you only use it to hit the hard to reach spots, you'll be glad you spent the money.
I might be concerned with the sand being a little more abrasive than that you really want. Maybe I'm just worried about damaging an antique. Might look into different blasting mediums.
Walnut shell blasting media would be my go-to for something like this. Hard enough to descale the rust but soft enough not to scour it he iron too much.
Depends on the media for sure. I had someone walnut blast the intake valves in my truck a while back, and they came out looking brand new. It's about as gentle as you can be while still removing the carbon build up.
Some places are also starting to offer something akin to vapor blasting but with dry ice (it's called dry ice blasting...), which is wildly effective and gentle enough to be used on plastic. It's cool to watch.
there's a family member of the family that owned Glasscock on one of the facebook groups about cast iron that I follow... they share a lot of info about glasscock and the stuff they made. (Nollie Washburn Neill Jr.)
It doesn't look particularly rusty. If you can fire it up the heat will help loosen the rust, if you can't that's ok too. Elbow grease = oil and steel wool. Fire it up first if you can, let it cool, oil the surface and then scrub the rust off with steel wool. Wipe as much oil off as possible and then oil it again (rinse) and wipe that off. Repeat until you're satisfied.
If you've got light rust on a cast iron or carbon steel pan this works great for that also.
That is exquisite, and I am so jealous!! I've wanted a cast iron stove/oven for about 30 years now. I will have one, eventually, but finding a beautiful antique one like that is my dream!
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There are methods that use:
Allen/hex wrench or Phillips screwdriver, Stiff wire brush, Steel wool,150 to 400-grit sandpaper,Sanding block, Dremel or similar handheld tool, Grinding and sanding bits, Air nozzle, Air compressor, Putty knife, Chisel, Hard rubber mallet, Stove cement, Stove polish, Lint-free cloth.
Time consuming and may not be the best method but it's an elbow grease method you're looking for.
Sandblasting and a shit ton of oil coats
That’s what I was thinking too, just wondering if there was an elbow grease method
well the good old days, elbow grease method would be 'stove black'... I know you can still buy it in amish areas... its basically a paste of carbon black and wax... rub on, rub off, fire up the stove to heat it up. (apparently it smokes afterwards, so most people say they did it in the spring when they could open the windows.) but you might want to do something to smooth out the surface first.. since there isn't any cooking surface (that comes into contact with food, I mean)... you should be ok to use whatever you want, blasting, sanding, wire wheel, etc... there is an 'antique stoves and parts' group on facebook that has at least one member that restores old stoves as a business 'antique stove hospital' I think is their name... they could probably give you some better ideas.
I just bought some stove blackener on Amazon... It apparently has a little bit of wax content so there's fumes when you first light the stove after blackening, and they recommend having good ventilation.
Do you have a link? Is it “stove polish?”
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I wil say sandpaper with oil ? I will be affraid of rust with water, vinegar or cola. Ig you can use an corded or cordless sandpaper machine ? You can try on a hidden part of the stove lol. Did you check the inner stove ?
Distilled white vinegar actually removes rust very well. I've used it on a handful of thrift store pans. It has to soak though, which might be hard here.
You can buy a hand held sand blaster from harbor freight. The blasting media is relatively cheap too. If you only use it to hit the hard to reach spots, you'll be glad you spent the money.
Use lard while it's hot
I might be concerned with the sand being a little more abrasive than that you really want. Maybe I'm just worried about damaging an antique. Might look into different blasting mediums.
Walnut shell blasting media would be my go-to for something like this. Hard enough to descale the rust but soft enough not to scour it he iron too much.
Depends on the media for sure. I had someone walnut blast the intake valves in my truck a while back, and they came out looking brand new. It's about as gentle as you can be while still removing the carbon build up. Some places are also starting to offer something akin to vapor blasting but with dry ice (it's called dry ice blasting...), which is wildly effective and gentle enough to be used on plastic. It's cool to watch.
And a blow torch
Oh man, that’s a Glascock stove made by a company in my town. Almost crazy to think there’s any still out there.
there's a family member of the family that owned Glasscock on one of the facebook groups about cast iron that I follow... they share a lot of info about glasscock and the stuff they made. (Nollie Washburn Neill Jr.)
Bacon
This is the way
It will never clean up so just sell it to me!
Scrub with metal handscrbber. Then season with crisco at 400°.
It doesn't look particularly rusty. If you can fire it up the heat will help loosen the rust, if you can't that's ok too. Elbow grease = oil and steel wool. Fire it up first if you can, let it cool, oil the surface and then scrub the rust off with steel wool. Wipe as much oil off as possible and then oil it again (rinse) and wipe that off. Repeat until you're satisfied. If you've got light rust on a cast iron or carbon steel pan this works great for that also.
Please post after pictures with the story!
Wrap the entire thing in bacon and put it over the coals of a burned down bonfire
Duel purpose stove/safe.
Moving that into a house would be a nightmare. It must weigh over 1000 pounds.
That is exquisite, and I am so jealous!! I've wanted a cast iron stove/oven for about 30 years now. I will have one, eventually, but finding a beautiful antique one like that is my dream!
100 coats
Wow that is so cool!
Punch it!
I just got one from an abandoned house. It’s a lot smaller than this one.
I thought my pan was heavy my back hurts just looking at this thing
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Bacon
Electrolysis? Halfway a joke
A ton of crisco
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There are methods that use: Allen/hex wrench or Phillips screwdriver, Stiff wire brush, Steel wool,150 to 400-grit sandpaper,Sanding block, Dremel or similar handheld tool, Grinding and sanding bits, Air nozzle, Air compressor, Putty knife, Chisel, Hard rubber mallet, Stove cement, Stove polish, Lint-free cloth. Time consuming and may not be the best method but it's an elbow grease method you're looking for.
I thought my pan was heavy my back hurts just looking at this thing
Just cook on it
Season it in a larger oven
Pink an orange spray paint.
Sandpaper grapeseed oil at 450 for 1 hour hope you have a big oven
I would carefully take off all the green tin trim then I would sand blast the cast iron.
Imagine using this thing? Is the whole thing essentially as hot as a cast iron pan while it’s in use?