Originally Posted by
DougGuy
Absolutely NOT! This will shine the pan in a mottled way that destroys any collector value it may have. Collectors flat out CRINGE at the unmistakeable results of wire wheel/wire brush. Look in some of the cast iron groups on Facebook, google proper methods to clean cast iron, google a site called "cast iron collector" and read the pages of how to clean and restore cast iron. You can bring it right down to the 100 year old surface just like it left the foundry without ANY power tools or any media blasting, etc. There are right ways to clean and restore cast iron, and then there is....... BUBBA!!!! :shock: