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camperpaul
Jun 06, 2013Explorer
robsouth wrote:
I don't get the "don't wash it" thing. :h
As can be seen in this photomicrograph of cast iron, it is porous; the seasoning process seals those pores.
It takes up to two years to complete this process. Wash it once with soap or detergent and you have to start over.
![](http://pwatlas.mt.umist.ac.uk/internetmicroscope/lib/micrographs/demi5-v-50um.jpg)
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