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Re:Chemistry of Cast-Iron Seasoning (2010) by war1025 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:55PM (#25718926)
> Is there solid evidence that this is actually possible, as opposed to creating a layer on top of it?

I doubt that's actually what happens, but if you think of it that way, you'll end up with the right result.

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Re:Chemistry of Cast-Iron Seasoning (2010) by ethbr0 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:10PM (#25719104)
"Soak into" is probably an engineering approximation converted to lay language.

What we're really talking about is surface-gap-filling.

So yes, "into" at some level of magnification. "Onto" at another.

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Re:Chemistry of Cast-Iron Seasoning (2010) by BikiniPrince on Sunday January 10, 2021 @03:31PM (#25719348)
Indeed! I was avoiding describing the surfaces at high detail .
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