Removing paint from cast iron

[epags]

I just picked up a cast iron tortilla maker at a yard sale. Someone painted it with silver paint (inside and out).
I would like to get it back to the original cast iron....I know I can use parchment paper or wax paper to keep the dough from the surfaces of the press....but I don't want paint chips in my cooking area.
I tried some 'Goof Off" and it is lifting some of the old paint.....just looking for ideas from the cast iron cooks.

 

[436]

I just picked up a cast iron tortilla maker at a yard sale. Someone painted it with silver paint (inside and out).
I would like to get it back to the original cast iron....I know I can use parchment paper or wax paper to keep the dough from the surfaces of the press....but I don't want paint chips in my cooking area.
I tried some 'Goof Off" and it is lifting some of the old paint.....just looking for ideas from the cast iron cooks.

Sandblast and re-season. Cheers

 

[epags]

PS....I only paid 50 cents for it and they cost about $20 new. So the sky is the limit on restoring it. The sky is about $10 plus my time.

 

[Chadp82]

Hot fire and burn it off in the coals?

 

[26Reload]

Hang it from a fence and shoot it.....buy another......

 

[Critter Picker]

I hate to sound stupid,but I know (don't ask how) that brake fluid does a fine job of removing paint. Just don't know how to remove brake fluid. Maybe acetone.

 

[huntinghuasna]

X2 for sandblast!

 

[Bucklowery]

Build a big hot fire around it. It will remove paint and make new your cast iron to be reseasoned

Thanks

Buck

 

[RB II]

Oven cleaner (lots of it), a black plastic bag and a week in the sun will bake it down to clean. Cheap and easy way to "recondition" cast iron.