CLEANING and OILING the POT???

Mudroot

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IzzAT how some folks have such snappy lookin pots?
Mine are all grungy after a few years.

You can really clean and OIL the pots?

What kinda oil?
o_O
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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.
 

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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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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.
Queue up the "nut sack" jokes...
 

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Queue up the "nut sack" jokes...
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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Should you use Pine Oil for pines?
Eucalyptus oil for.....
Olive oil for....
Maple syrup for....
 

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Wait a minute... How are you guys pronouncing "patina"? I feel 12 yo once again.
 

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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.
 

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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.


Probably because the sock takes it closer to "scrubbing pad."
It sounds good to me.
 

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Wait a minute... How are you guys pronouncing "patina"? I feel 12 yo once again.
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...
 

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Silicon spray is the best, the easiest and the cheapest.

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
 

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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.
 

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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...
And we all know how much you like looking at dirty pots!
 

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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.
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...
 

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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.

You've been doing it wrong. Didn't you even read my post. You need to take a hammer and smash... :confused:

I learned the smashing walnuts in a sock method from Boon.

Thanks. I think I read it in Jonas' blog so that would make sense.
 
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