My heavy metal wok was turning a nice even black color after several heatings with oil (which is what you want it to do). I believe this process is called "curing" the metal. One day, my housekeeper decided she would really clean it and scraped most of what took months to achieve. Some parts are left but in other parts there is bare metal and it often rusts. I haven't been able to get it back to how it was. I know this is a weird topic, but does anyone have any ideas?
If it's anything like curing a cast iron pan, this should help:
http://housewares.about.com/od/cookware/f/curingcastiron.htm
You simply need to re-cure it. I do mine in the oven as it doesn't have any wooden handles on it. Put oil in the wok making sure you spread it around and remove the excess. Put the wok in the oven at 350 degrees for about an hour. Remember to keep an eye on it. You don't want to get alot of smoke in the house. Be careful taking it out of the oven. VERY HOT.
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If you have rust, recuring won't help. You don't want rust in your food, my suggestion would be to get a new wok. Anytime any pan has teflon that is flaking off or any rust you want to get rid of the pan because you don't want that stuff in your food.
Sorry I don't have better news for you!
If it's like a cast iron, like the ladies said below, you can recure it. I just make sure to tell everyone NOT to put my cast irons in the dishwasher. Hand wash & dry on the stove.
start over on the curing and tell her that it has to be hand washed and never scrapped with anything that, the dark finish is what keeps the foods from sticking to the pan.
To season a metal pan- cast iron, iron, etc. coat it with shortening and place in a 350 oven for one hour. Let cool slightly and pour out excess fat. Cool further and rub remaining fat in with a soft cloth or paper towel. Make sure you do not use dish soap or abrasives when cleaning.
Nothing bothers me more when my guys take the seasoning off my cast iron.
oh no, that happened to me too! Only for me it was the big skillet. My mom scrubbed it clean and then I had to re-cure it, and like you said, it takes months for it to really get good and cured.
