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- Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Japanese black cast iron tetsubin kettle turned grey from overheating
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Re: Japanese black cast iron tetsubin kettle turned grey from overheating
I must add that I tried the method to immerge the teapot in a boiling tea and it worked well also to get these result ! and today I can confirm that the normal use on the gas fire improve the aspect day after day. So again Thank you, my wife is going to manage to find something else to complain, no ...
- Thu Jan 19, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Japanese black cast iron tetsubin kettle turned grey from overheating
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Re: Japanese black cast iron teapot turned grey
The look didn't come back perfect but enough that my wife didn't realize there was a change :D nice. any pics of how it turned out? Hi pedant unfortunatly the lighting conditions was different : https://zupimages.net/up/23/03/2w66.jpg https://zupimages.net/up/23/03/xaft.jpg https://zupimages.net/up...
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 7:25 am
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Japanese black cast iron tetsubin kettle turned grey from overheating
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Re: Japanese black cast iron teapot turned grey
I wanted to thank you for all your advice. I must admit that I tried several methods in a bit of a mess but finally I managed to correct the outside appearance, especially by continuing to rub with a melamine sponge to remove most of the rust, then wiping the bottom with a cloth with a little olive ...
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 4:19 am
- Forum: Announcements & Guides
- Topic: Introduce Yourself
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Re: Introduce Yourself
Hello to all :) So to introduce myself, I live in Paris and I work at home. I would say that I am not at all an expert in tea, but it's true that I drink a lot of it throughout the day, most of the time earl grey. but also a lot of japanese teas because my wife is japanese. sencha, ojicha, oolong, m...
- Thu Jan 12, 2023 4:13 am
- Forum: Repair & Cleaning
- Topic: Japanese black cast iron tetsubin kettle turned grey from overheating
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Japanese black cast iron tetsubin kettle turned grey from overheating
Hello, I have a problem with my Japanese black cast iron teapot kettle, recently I forgot it more than 1 hour on the fire of the gas stove. it has oxidized and become rusty underneath. :o I read on a web site specialized on japanese waxes that you have to soak it in a mixture of 50% water and 50% vi...