Just cheat at the beginning
When I bought my first CI pan (Field Co.), I followed the instructions to season after every cook using their oil (Organic sunflower oil, grapeseed oil, and beeswax). I basically rubbed it on, wiped off with paper towel, then heated pan on top of stove until I saw smoke. Shut off and let cool down. But during the early stages of seasoning, every time I tried to fry eggs, they stuck like super glue! Then I used PAM spray-on cooking oil (this is the cheating part) and the eggs just slipped off - no problem. When I wasn't frying eggs, I'd use Crisco. I mainly stuck (no pun intended) with cooking scrambled eggs, because if they did stick, no problem - not like I was going to break the yoke. After each cook, I'd just heat the pan up with the remaining Crisco until it started to smoke, then turn off stove and wipe it down. After a while, I noticed the scrambled eggs started sliding around - this is when I knew I could fry my favorite - over medium eggs! The pan finally reached a point where eggs just slipped off when using Crisco. After a few more months of cooking went by, then vegetable oil worked! The pan was so nice that my nephew's wife said she loved it, so I gave it to her and started over with another CI pan. Same thing, I used PAM for my over medium eggs, and Crisco for everything else until it go slippery - then PAM went back to the pantry. I love cooking with CI because I can't brown my eggs in a Teflon pan like I can with CI.
When I bought my first CI pan (Field Co.), I followed the instructions to season after every cook using their oil (Organic sunflower oil, grapeseed oil, and beeswax). I basically rubbed it on, wiped off with paper towel, then heated pan on top of stove until I saw smoke. Shut off and let cool down. But during the early stages of seasoning, every time I tried to fry eggs, they stuck like super glue! Then I used PAM spray-on cooking oil (this is the cheating part) and the eggs just slipped off - no problem. When I wasn't frying eggs, I'd use Crisco. I mainly stuck (no pun intended) with cooking scrambled eggs, because if they did stick, no problem - not like I was going to break the yoke. After each cook, I'd just heat the pan up with the remaining Crisco until it started to smoke, then turn off stove and wipe it down. After a while, I noticed the scrambled eggs started sliding around - this is when I knew I could fry my favorite - over medium eggs! The pan finally reached a point where eggs just slipped off when using Crisco. After a few more months of cooking went by, then vegetable oil worked! The pan was so nice that my nephew's wife said she loved it, so I gave it to her and started over with another CI pan. Same thing, I used PAM for my over medium eggs, and Crisco for everything else until it go slippery - then PAM went back to the pantry. I love cooking with CI because I can't brown my eggs in a Teflon pan like I can with CI.