Of course. It's iron. If it hasn't rusted through, the rust can be stripped and the griddle recovered. With that much rust, electrolysis is recommended but you'd need a rather large container and sacrificial anode.
I have a cast iron flat top for my grill but as you can see, it’s pretty rusted. It’s still heavy and solid, but the surface is rusty. Can it be used again?
Of course. It's iron. If it hasn't rusted through, the rust can be stripped and the griddle recovered. With that much rust, electrolysis is recommended but you'd need a rather large container and sacrificial anode.
Just cook on it
Yikes!!
You could grab a grinder or a sander and get that rust off. It’s gonna be a long job, but unless there is a hole, she’ll hunt.
It’s cast-iron. Surface rust can be removed. It can be re-seasoned. We have the technology.
A 50/50 vinegar mixture with water, and some elbow grease can take care of that real quick. Season afterwards.
This
lots of vinegar. wire brush. and re-season.
Laser ablation... works fantastic...
Only if you give up....it's iron, just resurface it and it's like new.
Wow looks really rough. Why would you let her get to this point?? Just buy a new one. Just go to somebody’s house that has a place to cook and they take care of their sh.t.
Thank heavens for the trolls, amiright?!
It has a great future as a map. Even knowing it is rusted metal, I still can’t unsee the map.
I hadn’t noticed, but, yeah, now I see it too.
That’s beautiful - I’d frame it if it were mine.
Rule of thumb: if it’s in two or more pieces, and it’s supposed to be only one, it’s ruined. Otherwise, no.
I recovered similar. It was a cast iron gridle about that size and it was near impossible for me to find a plastic bin or the like big enough to use some methods. I'm in a relatively unique microclimate that is just the right amount of moisture to cause rust like mad or grow mold, etc (feel free to look at a former post of mine about boots). The bottom of my mine I used a grinder with... well crap I cant remember the exact one(s), essentially just removing the surface rust, then I wiped it clean and hit it with a wide blow torch to sorta blue it but its the bottom, I'm less concerned as long as it'll transfer the heat without really weird spots or corrode out. The top was different than yours. It did have the drain/clean hole but it already had the 3 splash and drip guards around it so I took advantage. I tilted it just enough along with a few makeshift solutions to plug the hole and block the drip side (ie tape and other ish) to apply acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and water to cover the surface. I happened to have the horticultural version of vinegar so I'm not going to give ratios here, it all matters. It was already rusted all to heck so this was more about continuing it in a way that I could then scrape off and resurface but, it turned out way better than I expected. Now that I know more, it makes sense as to why. I rinsed it off, did it one more time. Other than some pitting it looked pretty good. I then (same tilting but now under the burners), I boiled water in it for quite some time. This all sounds way more laborious than it really was but I'll tell you right now, after a round of seasoning, its great. It is a pain though with something this large unless you're just gonna grind it down and then that has its own issues.