Argued with my wife that I could clean out the rusty cast iron pan I found in the attic. I show you what came of it.

Since olden times, cast-iron dishes have been valued by housewives for its good non-stick properties, heat retention and durability.

So when I found an old cast-iron pan in the attic, I decided to please my wife with a "valuable find."

The frying pan, of course, did not impress her.. And it's understandable, because from improper storage, it was covered with a thick layer of rust.

The wife's verdict was unequivocal:"Her place is in the junkyard!".

I did not agree with this decision and a dispute arose between us.

As a result, return the pan to its normal appearance. was already a matter of principle.

What came of this, we will consider below.

To bring the frying pan back to its normal form, the first step was to wash off the "age-old" dust and dirt from it under running water.

Then decided to fight old rust deposits via improvised means.

To do this, boiled a kettle of water (1.8 liters) and poured it into two sachets of citric acid, 20 grams each.

I placed the pan in a basin, filled it with boiling solution and left for a day.

As time passed, he took the pan out of the basin and realized that in this way, it will not be possible to clean a thick layer of old rust.

Then I decided to approach the issue of restoring the pan more radically.

I took a grinder and, using petal disto, began to remove rust mechanically.

The dust was a pillar, but the effect was visible immediately. The frying pan changed before our eyes, taking on the appearance of dishes, not a piece of rusty iron.

As a result, the frying pan got its normal look, and I won the argument.