"D.M. Procida" wrote in
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Dave wrote:

As it was quite an expensive one, I took off the handle and coated the
pan with a thin film of ground nut oil and put it in the oven at the
maximum temperature. The result of this was I had a new non-stick pan
again :-)

How exactly does this work?

Daniele
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The surface becomes largely carbon and is quite rugged, it's similar to the
"black" which forms on baking trays etc which are constantly used in the
oven. However it's not nearly as good a non-stick surface as a genuine
teflon coating.