Originally Posted by local_dirt
Originally Posted by sse
Those look great. I'm dyin to know how you keep them so nice and clean, inside and out, and free of grit...


sse, It's not too hard. I basically follow Pan Man's recommendations, with a couple wrinkles of my own. I use bacon grease to season them and I also use copper scrubbies and a little mild dish soap with very little water to clean. If anything is caked on, I use a spoon as gently as possible to scrape it out. Then I pat them dry and ALWAYS re-season with bacon grease.

I was also very selective when I bought them. So, I wasn't dealing with crap to start with.

Word of caution: DO NOT buy from the "collector", "collectibles" websites. Their prices are ridiculously inflated. I've also found it not to a good idea to waste a lot of time chasing anything out of Kalifornussia. Owners there seem to think their pieces are gold encrusted.

If you're patient, you can find everything you need at a good price using ebay or craigslist. Here are a few examples of that.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-GRI..._DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4468dbac
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Griswold-7-..._DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d24b16a20
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Griswold-6-..._DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d2494e8a9
http://www.ebay.com/itm/9-Griswold-..._DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58b585f1c0

Pan Man info:
http://www.panman.com/

http://www.panman.com/cleaning.html

http://www.panman.com/booksforsale.html

http://www.griswoldfamily.org/griswold_things.htm


Thanks, great stuff...

Truth be told, I've never paid that kind of $$ for CI. However, I may sell it for that kind of $$...LOL

Last edited by sse; 09/26/14.
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