Glad you liked the photos fellas.
LB rod 55 wrote:Buttons looks happy as,even poking her tongue at the camera
Yeah mate she had a ball and didn't mind the caravan life at all. She especially liked the lamb roast.
bigbob wrote: somehow looks cold though. Was it? And did you throw a line in at the dam?
Yeah Bob it was cold for us Queenslanders. The days weren't bad so long as you were out of the wind but the nights we certainly rugged up. We prefer that than being too hot though.
Nah mate no fishing for me. We saw quite a lot of locals giving it a try in both boats and from land yet we never saw or heard of a fish being caught.
Red Fin and Silver Pearch etc are in there though.
wal wrote:old camp oven is cool, how did you go about removing rust and re seasoning ? I have a cheapie I was given a while back that I wouldn't mind re birthing.
Wal, the first thing you have to do is get rid of any old oil that maybe on the oven. A good scrub with dishwashing detergent or simply burn it off buy placing it in your barbecue if it is one with a lid. Once you have done that give it a bit of a clean off with a wire brush, either by hand or one you can put in a drill etc. The latter is better and easier.
If the rust is only on thin (surface rust) a good clean with the wire brush maybe all it needs followed up by a good wash with hot water and a stainless steel scourer (this would be followed by the season method described below). If it is deeper I do the following and in fact it is my preferred method regardless.
After cleaning as above I place the oven in a molasses bath. I have cut one of those blue plastic 44 gal drums to use for this purpose. I do a mix of 5 water to 1 molasses but I have access to free molasses. Some fellas use a 20:1 mix. It isn't critical. Place your oven in this brew and make sure the oven is completely covered. After a couple of days you should see bubbles starting as the process of rust removal is well on the way. I think the molasses fermenting is what does the cleaning. Anyway after about three days I check the oven and give it a bit of a wire brush and hose off which removes any loose rust. I then place it back in the brew for another day. I have found four days to be enough so far but if your brew is weaker it may take longer. The extra time won't damage your oven.
After taking the oven out of the brew I use the garden hose and hand wire brushes to clean the oven off. I also then give the oven a really good scrubbing with a stainless steel scourer and things just go a horrible black and then I just hose it off. Repeat this process until you are happy that there is no rust remaining and the oven is a very clean grey colour like this.
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A word of warning; do not let the oven dry at all while you cleaning it or it will immediately get surface rust on it. I place my ovens under water so no air can get to them while I get the lid cleaned up.
When you are ready wipe the camp oven and lid dry and place them on your lit barbecue and close the lid. Keep a close eye on them and as soon as they show no signs of moisture open the lid and give them a wipe over with your choice of cooking oil. I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. They only need a light coat. I apply it with a piece of folded paper towel. You will probably need to wear gloves as the oven will be rather hot.
You must get the oil on ASAP as light surface rust with form the moment the metal is dry. I have found no matter how quick I am I will get a very very light rust the second the metal is dry. This doesn't hurt so long as you get oil on it as soon as you possibly can. Once the oil is on place your oven upside down (so no oil will pool inside) on the barbecue and close the lid. Hit the the barby up to approx 225 - 250 degrees C for an hour. The oven will smoke a bit but will stop. I would repeat this process a couple more times. I just let the oven cool down enough so I can handle it to re-oil it between coats. After you have done this just give the oven a very light wipe over with Olive oil and it is ready for use.
This oiling and heating process seasons the oven by forming a shiny black non stick surface. This surface will build up more with use. After use I never scrub my ovens out with soapy water. I place some clean water in them and put the lid on and heat them over the fire and let the water boil for a few minutes. I then simply wipe them out with paper towel and they are clean. I then just give them a quick bit of heat over the fire to dry any moisture and finish off by giving them a wipe over with a paper towel and Olive oil. This coating only needs to be very light and it will stop the oven from rusting while in storage.
- This was the oven in the above post before I cleaned it.
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I hope that helps. If you have any further questions just give a holler in a PM if you wish.
Jeff
Thanks for sharing.
