Just be sure to put a label on the back stating it should not be used and contains lead. You never know who may attempt to use it someday for whatever reason. Also, in case something happens to you and someone cleans out your place, they will know its deadly and should discard it instead of keeping it.
Melt some PET water/soda bottles (e.g. with a heat gun) so the plastic drips on to the bottom side and scratch out a huge ass warning into it with a hobby knife (or any knife, really… It’s just PET). Also write another warning with a sharpie in multiple locations.
Why this method? Because that plastic will stick pretty good to the bottom of a cast iron pan—making anyone thinking of using it think twice, “How TF am I going to get that off without making a gross burning plastic stink?” Or a fool will try and quickly get annoyed that it won’t sit flat on their stovetop and it’ll be too far away from an induction heater to work. Make the plastic nice and uneven 👍
Also, if you’re just hanging it up on the wall no one will see the bottom so it won’t uglify your pretty hanging pan.
Melting a water bottle with a heat gun happens pretty fast and the iron pan will absorb the heat in the plastic quickly too. So the whole process will take less than a minute. Then scratching out a warning label will take a few minutes 😁
Just be sure to put a label on the back stating it should not be used and contains lead. You never know who may attempt to use it someday for whatever reason. Also, in case something happens to you and someone cleans out your place, they will know its deadly and should discard it instead of keeping it.
Why not break it and throw it away?
The norm where I’m from is to drill a hole in the bottom so it becomes useless.
The best idea ive read.
Until someone fills the hole with a little lead. Good as new!
Sounds like a job for a paint pen.
Melt some PET water/soda bottles (e.g. with a heat gun) so the plastic drips on to the bottom side and scratch out a huge ass warning into it with a hobby knife (or any knife, really… It’s just PET). Also write another warning with a sharpie in multiple locations.
Why this method? Because that plastic will stick pretty good to the bottom of a cast iron pan—making anyone thinking of using it think twice, “How TF am I going to get that off without making a gross burning plastic stink?” Or a fool will try and quickly get annoyed that it won’t sit flat on their stovetop and it’ll be too far away from an induction heater to work. Make the plastic nice and uneven 👍
Also, if you’re just hanging it up on the wall no one will see the bottom so it won’t uglify your pretty hanging pan.
Melting a water bottle with a heat gun happens pretty fast and the iron pan will absorb the heat in the plastic quickly too. So the whole process will take less than a minute. Then scratching out a warning label will take a few minutes 😁
I mean… A hammer works pretty well, too.
Make it an art piece.
Broken Dreams, 2025