New member! Been lurking for a while! Just bought my daughter her first small gumbo pot! It’s a vintage Magnalite 5qt! These puppies last forever!UnholyWardenG t1_ivm51w0 wrote
Reply to comment by Komplexx in New member! Been lurking for a while! Just bought my daughter her first small gumbo pot! It’s a vintage Magnalite 5qt! These puppies last forever! by cindy_lou_who_1982
Yes, but it takes ages, and could potentially alter the structural integrity of the pot, depending on how bad the pitting is.
I wet sand the area with varying grits to level the surface , then polish. Give it a good scub with hot water and soap and it's good to go. If it's deeply pitted, i.e. more that 1/8th the total thickness of the parent metal, then unfortunately it can't be polished out.
My 5qt Magnalite took me about 6-7 hours using a mix of hand sanding and a drill with sanding disks. Looks fantastic now. 👌
Komplexx t1_ivm59nz wrote
It's not very pitted like that. Looks almost surface only. I'll get a picture at some point
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