Monmouth00
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Hello Everyone,
My father gifted me his 15 gallon aluminum stock pot that he used for slow cooking on his old wood burning stove.
I’m about to move from extract to all grain with a BIAB setup. I’d like to use this stock pot instead of buying a new one, but it’s pretty badly pitted after having sat unused for many years.
Is it worth trying to salvage it? I put in a lot of elbow grease with baking powder and water first, then barkeeper’s friend, then boiled with vinegar and cream of tartar mixed in water. All of that still didn’t remove all the badly oxidized stuff. The pictures are what I was left with.
So, do I keep scrubbing and boiling until by arms fall off, or do you think I’m good to go with what I’ve got? Or, sack it, and just pony up for a new kettle?
My father gifted me his 15 gallon aluminum stock pot that he used for slow cooking on his old wood burning stove.
I’m about to move from extract to all grain with a BIAB setup. I’d like to use this stock pot instead of buying a new one, but it’s pretty badly pitted after having sat unused for many years.
Is it worth trying to salvage it? I put in a lot of elbow grease with baking powder and water first, then barkeeper’s friend, then boiled with vinegar and cream of tartar mixed in water. All of that still didn’t remove all the badly oxidized stuff. The pictures are what I was left with.
So, do I keep scrubbing and boiling until by arms fall off, or do you think I’m good to go with what I’ve got? Or, sack it, and just pony up for a new kettle?