Lodge skillet fastest & best way to smooth cast iron skillet #smoothcastironlodgeskillet

Lodge skillet fastest and best way to sand, grind, smooth a new cast iron skillet. One day I grabbed my wife, camera, a drop cloth and my tools and made this video in about ten minutes in one take. Never thought it would get this many hits since most of my videos generally suck, are about problems with old houses and buildings and get very few views.

Observations on some of my nasty critics, being a "YouTube star" and my new found fame....LMAO. Some people will tell you to NOT smooth the cast iron skillet at all because " YOU'LL RUIN IT! " Hmmmm....my skillets are fine after several years of daily use. But if you don't want to smooth YOUR skillet, no problem, it's your life, your skillet, please do what you want.

YouTube commenters are funny, and sometimes nasty and I can't please everyone. One guy posted a comment that I should take my video down because I wasn't wearing fire-proof welding gloves in the video and was "endangering the public" ??? Does anyone see any sparks in my video? Another guy said I shouldn't be wearing gloves at all (it's always a guy). Well, I always wear gloves when I am working and if you look close... the finger tips are cut out of the gloves so I can pull the trigger on the drill just fine.....or pick my nose, or load my nail gun, or even thread a needle! Do whatever works for YOU folks, wear gloves or not....hell, wear a thong, or an evening gown, do it on the ground, on the roof, or in a tree the world is your oyster. One guy accused me of wearing a wig? No, that's my real hair.

Another guy (it's always a dude) had a problem with me wearing a Yale tee shirt (unless I graduated from Yale) and said that I am actually quite stupid (he could tell). I didn't graduate from Yale but I do have a Masters Degree in Teaching. I have an additional certification in Construction Education and taught high school tool safety and construction trades where we built a real house from the ground up. I have worked on hundreds of houses, inspected thousands of buildings...."so there"....just in case my qualifications in tool handling matters to anyone. I own and run Belle Isle Engineering when I'm not playing with skillets in my yard. Again, you can't please everyone, so I don't even try and if I deleted your nasty comment, get over it and don't bug me.

Some say DON'T WASH your cast iron skillet because you will remove the seasoning. I have come to the conclusion that "seasoning" is nothing more than a layer of cooked on grease and old food. My mom is from rural Kentucky and cast iron is all she ever used. She always washes them with steel wool, drys them and puts on a thin coat of oil just to keep them from rusting. She's been using the same skillets for 50 years and they are fine so I do what my mom does, wash, dry, oil. But again do what you think is best.

If anyone wants my autograph, I charge $10,000 for that...kidding again, I actually charge $1.98. Watch for me on the red carpet at the Oscars this year, I'll be the one holding a cast iron skillet in one hand and Angelina Jolie in the other. Remember, use the Avanti Pro Quick Strip disk and a good corded drill with good RPMs, not battery type, not enough RPMs for this. Happy cooking folks!!!!

Видео Lodge skillet fastest & best way to smooth cast iron skillet #smoothcastironlodgeskillet канала Matt Fletcher