Touching up enameled cast iron?

[Michael_in_TX]

Hey all,

I have a 22 year old enameled cast iron dutch oven. (It is one of Emeril's rebranded All-Clad line from back in the day.....hey it was a phase I had lol.)

The lid is one of those with tiny peaks on the underside such that evaporating liquid will adhere, condense, and drip back down into the dish. I've noticed that the enamel has broken off the tips of some of peaks. It's only a few, so it isn't like I have huge pieces of exposed iron.

Is there any safe material that can be "painted" on to touch this up?

Here's what the underside of the lid looks like. You can clearly see three black dots where the enamel has broken off.

[klflowers]

The lid of mine is chipped so I'll be following this

[Donw]

Nothing easy. The coating is melted glass. Some places might recommend using an FDA approved food safe epoxy to fill in the missing areas but fail to remember that most of these have temperature restrictions well below water’s boiling point.

[klflowers]

Not the answer I was hoping for lol

[Michael_in_TX]

What if I bought an Ooni? Could that melt glass?

I guess the best thing to do is make sure the lid is as dry as I can get it after washing and then dab some oil on the places where the coating has flaked off.

[jfmorris]

You know, all of that Emiril branded cookware had supposed lifetime warranties. Wonder if there is any way to collect on that for this piece?

I was looking at this last night myself after reading your initial post, and most vendors of CI cookware recommend NOT using peices that have flaking porcelain, due to the risk of it continuing to come off, and you eating it. Which would be like eating little bits of glass.

If its been like this for years, you are probably ok, but I would keep an eye on it for sure. And see if there is any way to collect on the warranty...