rusty BBQ plate
Submitted: Thursday, Sep 29, 2022 at 21:51
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Member - Wooly
I dug my cooking gear out of the shed today and found my BBQ plate has now got some surface rust on it.
It's a good quality steel one that was shiny and smooth when I last saw it.
The rust is bad enough to have scarred the surface of the steel a little.
What's the best way to get rid of the rust and make it good to
cook on again?
Thanks for any good advice.
Reply By: Frank P (NSW) - Thursday, Sep 29, 2022 at 22:37
Thursday, Sep 29, 2022 at 22:37
Depends how fussy you are, I guess.
At a National Park fireplace/BBQ that is all rust we don't do so much of what follows. Just heat it up, scrub with oil and newspaper, a water rinse so it sizzles dry, oil and
cook.
For my own plate maybe an angle grinder and a flap disk to get rid of embedded rust, then wash and re-season as you would a new plate.
If the rust is just surface rust, not embedded scale, maybe a wire brush (not necessarily powered), wash, heat it and scrub with cooking oil and newspaper until there is no stain on the paper. Then wash again and re-season.
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Reply By: Gbc.. - Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 07:14
Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 07:14
In the
camp oven tips I’ve read they mix molasses with water 1:10 and leave it soak for a week. Job done. The results look good.
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Follow Up By: qldcamper - Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 13:13
Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 13:13
That works
well,
I just soaked a bunch of steel antenna clamps for a fortnight and they come out spotless, nuts freed up on the threads and all.
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Follow Up By: GarryR - Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 14:54
Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 14:54
Yep the molasses or (trade name Mola fus) is great, I have put gears and all sorts of rusty things in a tub of molasses and they come out almost like new, but it does take some time.
We also use molasses at 10:1 on all the fruit trees to increase the microbial contents in the soil.
A friend of
mine submerged a whole small lathe ( 750mm long) into molasses tub, and once again it came out like new, but took time.
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Follow Up By: qldcamper - Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 16:07
Friday, Sep 30, 2022 at 16:07
If only it would work on the baked on build up from years of " ill clean it next time " .
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Reply By: Member - Darwin Dave - Saturday, Oct 01, 2022 at 08:13
Saturday, Oct 01, 2022 at 08:13
If it is not a paper thin plate heat it up hot then throw half a bucket of water on it, let it cool a bit, oil it and start cooking us
old truck drivers travel light.
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