When I clean a CI pan down to bare metal I notice a very distinct smell, like it must be the smell of bare iron. Does iron have a smell? I also notice that when I wash a bare iron pan it has a constant black "discharge". Is iron so soft that washing removes enough iron that it makes the water black?
When I oil a pan and heat it and then wipe it out I also get a black residue on the paper towel. Is this soot? Is it from the cooked oil? Am I not getting my pans properly clean?
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