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Cake day: July 15th, 2023

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  • So … I use avacado oil since that’s what cook with. (High smoke temp, no funky flavors.)

    My seasoning process depends on- if I’ve scrubbed the old seasoning off, then it’s in the oven at about 300f, (smoke point is about 400,) I wipe on a small dab of oil on both sides it takes a teaspoon or less for the inside, (most gets into the cotton cloth…)

    And I let it sit for a while. When it’s not tacky, I add another wipe. And do that until I’m not around anymore. 2-3 wipes,every half hour to hour will get you back to a factory seasoning.

    You technically don’t need to heat it at all- oil polynerizes at room temp, just a lot more slowly. So unless it’s my egg pan, I recommend getting to “factory +” and then just giving a light wipe after use until eggs slide around like magic.

    The smoke point of the seasoning is higher than the raw oil, but saturated oils (butter, bacon grease… coconut oil…) are so low that you break down your seasoning from getting too hot easily. (Olive oil is also out for the same reason.)

    As a side note… you can get those diner-style sauce bottles pretty cheaply and have a conveniently sized squirt nozzle for said oils.


  • I tried this and found I couldn’t get the seasoning to take. (It’ll failed the deglaze-with-water test.)

    It seasoned up nicely, no doubt, but then tossing water into a leidenfrost-hot pan removed it. (Actually? I think I was doing asparagus, the water was to steam after a quick fry.)

    Your mileage may vary, though. Just make sure to have a proper filter mask on ( not the cheap dental masks)

    You do not want the filings in your lungs.

    And a strong magnet near will reduce the iron dust moving about the shop. Put it in a doggie poo bag for easy cleaning.











  • It’s been modded, which is always a crapshoot. It could be a stellar printer, or they’re lying, or they think it prints amazballs, but has really low standards. Or it could be even more amazing and their standards are just straight up OCD.

    From what they say, the mods are fairly common for creality printers.

    It’s also super common to mod your printers, especially lower-end brands like reality.

    I would suggest asking if they could do a test print- and give them the filament to do it with. Something like a Benchy won’t take too long, or too much filament. Also if it comes out nice ask for what they used as print settings.

    If it prints well, 150 is a spectacular deal.

    That said, I wouldn’t suggest entering non a used printer. Too many things to go wrong. (I’d also suggest avoiding the lowest end of printers.)