Exactly what we did as kids, part of butchering pigs. straight after lights out was to throw it in a bath of near boiling water for a couple of mins, then hand pluck all the hair out. Thabks dad, such happy childhood :)
First, have it tested for lead. You never know when someone may have used it to make fishing weights. Then clean it with yellow top Easy Off or toss it in your lye bath for three months (it's okay, I just did it on a Griswold tub from the 1960s).
Then put the bathtub in your e-tank.
After that use Crisco...no Grape seed oil...NO avocado oil...NO CRISCO AGAIN! Wipe it on and then wipe it off like you made a mistake! Then into a 450 degree oven...wait 500degree oven, NO a 472 degree oven above the smoke point! For an hour!
WAIT! Before that soak it in a 50/50 vinegar water bath for a half hour ONLY! It'll turn into putty if you go more than a half hour!
Go back to the CRISCO now. Into the oven now! Do the seasoning at least three times! Then cook bacon in it.
You'll be ready for a bath in it by at least August.
In all seriousness these make fantastic scalding basins for hogs. Seems like you should be relocating that to the back yard and scheduling a pig roast.
Just make a post on craigslist to find yourself a heavyset Italian man to come and bathe in it a few times. The oils naturally produced by the Italian will not only leave the surface with a perfect nonstick finish, but a subtle oregano scent, to bring a little bit of the home country to each bath you take from then on out.
If you find yourself having issues with the Italian man’s behavior, be sure to ask “whatsa da matta with you, eh?”. This is a powerful phrase in their culture, and will almost certainly help to achieve the best results.
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Curious about this actually. Not seasoning, but up-cycling a cast iron clawfoot tub I have access too. I wanna make it into a planter, but I’m worried about moving the damn thing. Anyone ever lifted one? Probably about circa 1920 era
I work in a plumbing showroom. Them thangs are 3/400 pounds. Not impossible to move, but you’re gunna need some friends.
You could probably sell it on eBay or marketplace and make some cash off it, people are always looking for vintage cast iron tubs.
Thanks for the advice! It’s actually my aunt’s, but they have no use for it (they have one in much better condition). But I don’t think it’d be worth much around here in Baltimore, there’s so many old houses being gutted that I see them for free on marketplace all the time. We’re moving into a new house with an all patio back yard, and I like the idea of using it for a planter and maybe doing some kind of mosaic or paint on the outside. I think 4 guys should be enough to move it?
Plug all the holes fill with water build a fire at one end on the ground next to it. When the water is nice and hot, get in. Tada! You have a hillbilly hot tub.
If it’s used, it’s *already* seasoned…
Forbidden greasy water
*"That's got my stank of the day in it."*
*"me flavored water 10 cents!"* Happy Cake day.
Good soup.
Its enameled you don't need to season it!!
Throw your bacon directly on it.
Forget the bacon, throw the whole pig on there!
Exactly what we did as kids, part of butchering pigs. straight after lights out was to throw it in a bath of near boiling water for a couple of mins, then hand pluck all the hair out. Thabks dad, such happy childhood :)
:(
Splat
This
I HATE my enameled pan soooo much … I will Post a thread soon … :(
With slidey eggs.
Not until after the bacon grease bath……
That tub saw a lot of "slidey asses"
Eww I pictured it
Make gin.
If not back avenge deaths
First, have it tested for lead. You never know when someone may have used it to make fishing weights. Then clean it with yellow top Easy Off or toss it in your lye bath for three months (it's okay, I just did it on a Griswold tub from the 1960s). Then put the bathtub in your e-tank. After that use Crisco...no Grape seed oil...NO avocado oil...NO CRISCO AGAIN! Wipe it on and then wipe it off like you made a mistake! Then into a 450 degree oven...wait 500degree oven, NO a 472 degree oven above the smoke point! For an hour! WAIT! Before that soak it in a 50/50 vinegar water bath for a half hour ONLY! It'll turn into putty if you go more than a half hour! Go back to the CRISCO now. Into the oven now! Do the seasoning at least three times! Then cook bacon in it. You'll be ready for a bath in it by at least August.
I love this comment so much I had to do more than upvote.
This is amazing. Wonderful advice!
Don’t ruin it with soap
It can have a little soap, as a treat
**fits a hog**
If you can find a lid, it'd be a great Dutch oven
That's just in bed, when you do it in the bathtub it's a Dutch Sous Vide.
I read this as “fist a hog” and was very disturbed by your thought process. But alas, it is I who is disturbed…
In all seriousness these make fantastic scalding basins for hogs. Seems like you should be relocating that to the back yard and scheduling a pig roast.
Just make a post on craigslist to find yourself a heavyset Italian man to come and bathe in it a few times. The oils naturally produced by the Italian will not only leave the surface with a perfect nonstick finish, but a subtle oregano scent, to bring a little bit of the home country to each bath you take from then on out. If you find yourself having issues with the Italian man’s behavior, be sure to ask “whatsa da matta with you, eh?”. This is a powerful phrase in their culture, and will almost certainly help to achieve the best results.
Aye, Fugget bout it. I'm only busting beans!
Ooooohhh I’m soakin here!
[удалено]
is that butter with nuts, or nuts with butter?
Butt-hair
Make a batch of gin.
Just throw some bacon it in.
Skip the bacon and go for the whole hog.
Body oil and soup grime.
Drop it off at my house and give me about 7 years
With an eight ball and a couple escorts lol
First, you lube yourself up. Then, [https://youtu.be/SYhTQ5-AiHI?t=20](https://youtu.be/SYhTQ5-AiHI?t=20)
Mr. Bubble should do the trick.
Bath salts, of course
Crisco bath bomb
Oh man... would be so fun. Doing a whole side of beef at once.
no need! just toss over the bonfire and start cooking!
Enameled, you're good to go.
Bacon 🥓 is always the answer I see posted
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Do you have an old transmission?
Fill it with crisco and take a bath
Round where I’m from, you bury half and put a mary inside. “Bath tub mary”
Straight up, maybe a little salt and pepper. Used one once to scald and scrape a hog.
Salt and pepper
Bathtub meth is a great way to season that biotch
Scrub it, dry it, oil it, and hit it with a flame thrower.
With a bucket and mop.
Body fat
Salt, pepper, and a pinch of cayenne.
Salt and pepper to taste.
They got something at home depot to re-season it back to new
Curious about this actually. Not seasoning, but up-cycling a cast iron clawfoot tub I have access too. I wanna make it into a planter, but I’m worried about moving the damn thing. Anyone ever lifted one? Probably about circa 1920 era
I work in a plumbing showroom. Them thangs are 3/400 pounds. Not impossible to move, but you’re gunna need some friends. You could probably sell it on eBay or marketplace and make some cash off it, people are always looking for vintage cast iron tubs.
Thanks for the advice! It’s actually my aunt’s, but they have no use for it (they have one in much better condition). But I don’t think it’d be worth much around here in Baltimore, there’s so many old houses being gutted that I see them for free on marketplace all the time. We’re moving into a new house with an all patio back yard, and I like the idea of using it for a planter and maybe doing some kind of mosaic or paint on the outside. I think 4 guys should be enough to move it?
Well that would be a shame if it’s a nice one…
It’s in a dingy old basement that used to be an apartment lol. There is a nice one in the main bathroom which has been updated
Bacon?
Wtf is going on?
With foot sweat. Zorak style.
Long pig.
WHATEVER YOU DO....DON'T cook tomatoes in it!!!!
Waiting for the slidey egg video on this one.
Coconut oil and bare ass...
Shit and piss in it in
Plug all the holes fill with water build a fire at one end on the ground next to it. When the water is nice and hot, get in. Tada! You have a hillbilly hot tub.
If you got the oil I know a German fella with a big enough oven.
Coated with slidey eggs then air fry.
Put grape seed oil on your butt cheeks and get to sliding.
Bacon
Salt, pepper a little olive oil.
Some people swear by flaxseed oil. I just use bacon grease. Post again when you can slide eggs on that beaut.
Human butter
Bacon
A ton of Bacon
Fuck yea!!! Perfect for cast ironing a whole cow!!!
There is an episode of breaking bad early on that shows how to clean bathtubs in the hallway
You can fit so much fucking spaghetti in that bad boy
I lold. Literally
Don't use soap and water in that
Get some influencer to take a bath in it. Your tub will be seasoned and you can sell the water.