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[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I wash mine with Dawn soap and hand dry it,

Yeah, I think the big hangup for a lot of people is that detergents used to contain lye which would react with the steel. No longer the case. Folks will seriously refuse to clean their pans which is gross AF.

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From what I can see, it’s used to balance the pH. So I assume a small amount.

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

it's fucking lye, doesn't take much

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Does this also apply to the caustic and corrosive ingredients in a soda?

It’s phosphoric acid, doesn’t make much, yet it’s safe to drink. See how fucking moronic that argument is you muppet?

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

What exactly is your argument here? I use Dawn; it doesn’t appear to affect my cast iron pan. Many people online use it to clean their cast iron with no ill effects.

I mean, they use the stuff to clean off ducks after oil spills. I suspect whatever concentration it has is not high enough to have any caustic effects.

So clearly it does take “much.”

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

React with the steel.. in the cast iron? I'm confused

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago

cast iron is basically steel, but has it's own name because it's brittle. roughly between half a percent to 3 percent carbon (among other things) is the base of many steels. "cast iron" is about 4 percent carbon and pretty much no ductility

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Steel is like 98% iron. Sorry for the mistake.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But cast iron doesn't contain steel, it contains iron and carbon

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

good lord. steel is iron and carbon, just not so much carbon it becomes brittle and called cast iron

[–] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you think carbon steel is made from?

Cast iron and steel are largely similar materials, cast iron just has the carbon precipitated out of solution instead of trapped in a crystalline structure

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But we're talking specifically about cast iron. We're not talking about carbon steel at all, hence my confusion on why it was brought up in this comment chain

[–] Jamablaya@lemmy.world -1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

Are you a bot or just fucking retarded?

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

You're taking this way too personally