Before You throw that cast iron pan out, check this video out so you can turn that Trash into Treasure. U.L.G.Y. and you aint got no albi, You Ugly what?! what?! You Ugly. if you want to cook a meal and you want it to be the bom, check out realhomecookin.com, i said real home, Real home, realhomecookin.com...i said real home, Real home, realhomecookin.com So i found a cast iron pan in at the goodwill. And this thing was looking ugly..... So I decided that I want to go ahead and restore this To sand all that gunk and all that ugliness off of it And so what I need what I need, First of all i need to get a drill and this pad here is my friend, its going to strip everything. this is the Avanti Pro quick strip disc, and so you can get that at home depot for about 6 bucks. Make sure you use goggles and a facemask And now we can get to blasting.This is going to take a lot of work as far as blasting this thing. So I'm going to fast-forward this thing for your viewing pleasure So I picked this bad boy up at the thrift store. Only for a couple bucks and I want to restore this cause i love cast iron pans. this is an 8 inch skillet. I am blasting away all the years of accumulation of rust and gunk Cast iron is a wonderful thing.Something that you definitely should have in your cooking arsenal. Cast iron evenly heats Foods, is great for searing meats, matter of fact check out the steak recipe that i did.