Help me save my cast iron skillet

[sam_gordon]

Thank you everyone. I'd prefer not to scrap the skillet. DD heard me mention I'd like one and used her own money (as a teenager) to get me one for a Christmas gift. So it does have sentimental meaning. But if I can't get it "working" again, I might need to get something else.

I'm on a work trip this week, but will try the bacon when I get back.