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Cooking & Baking

no_hypocrisy

(54,960 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2014, 09:56 PM Oct 2014

I inherited a genuine iron Chinese wok. [View all]

Unfortunately it's been in the basement for more than a decade and has some significant rust inside.

What's the best way to remove the rust? Baking soda? Scouring pad without soap? Fine sand paper?

Thanks in advance.

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I inherited a genuine iron Chinese wok. [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2014 OP

wow, that is so cool NJCher Oct 2014 #1

Couldn't have advised better. My Cast iron wok is one of my most cherished pieces of cookware. OffWithTheirHeads Oct 2014 #2

If there's a lot of rust, I'd use a wire brush on an electric drill Warpy Oct 2014 #3

Good advice above. JayhawkSD Oct 2014 #4

Anthony Bourdain did a show from China last night on CNN. His meal was lamp_shade Oct 2014 #5