I have to admit that I do love my cast iron skillets when my grandmother gave me some she told me to wash it real good just with hot water wipe off the excess water then put some grease on the bottom and sides and heat in the oven on 350 for about an hour which will help season it
To clean the rust off either some vinegar and a s/steel pad or some lemon juice and salt once the rust is gone you can heat and rub down with olive oil or try rubbing the skillet with a cut potatoe this helps to prevent further rusting if rust starts reappering rub down with the potato again does work not a permanent fix need to redo periodically.A really good product that works very well is lanoline over here we have a product called lanogard is excellent very good prevent rust on barbeque burners motermower exhausts and great on cast iron makes it go almost black i collect vintage mowers over 12months no rust on the mower exhaust even though subject to extreme heat apparently the lanoline penetrates deep into the pores of the steel keeping rust out.Crc make a lanoline based product called lanocote havent used that though.The lanogard is a non solvent based so eco friendly.
I even put my iron skillets in the dishwasher, which is a BIG no-no, and they are all right after I spray them with no-stick and heat them up. If the skillet is really bad, wash well, smear with vegetable oil or a solid shortening, and bake in an oven for a couple of hours on a low heat. I always use a no-stick spray for just about everything I cook and have very few problems.
I found a rusty, cast-iron skillet in the free box at a garage sale. I came home and scrubbed it with a brillo pad, rinsed it, dried it, and rubbed plain vegetable oil all over it, then wiped it clean with a paper towel. I heated it in the oven, when it cooled down, I oiled and wiped it again. I have had it for three years now and it has never rusted.
When mine would get rust I scrubbed it with dish soap and an S.O.S. Pad. Then rinsed it well.. my mom would always put it on a HOT stove burner to dry. When it gets good and dry it wont rust. At least ours didnt. Good luck. (wear mitts when handleing the hot pan please)
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