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Preserve the iron
Choose methods that respect the casting, its markings, dimensions, texture, and intended future.
About Rundstrom
The long view changes how you treat an object.
Kerri founded Rundstrom Restorations around a simple fascination: sound cast iron can survive generations, return remarkably close to its earlier beauty, and keep going.
Restoration, direct sales, and education belong together here. The work preserves individual pieces while creating better evidence for owners, cooks, buyers, and collectors.
The Rundstrom point of view
“Good iron carries its history forward.”
Preserve the original casting and the evidence it carries.
Describe condition and uncertainty in plain language.
Make every restoration useful to the next owner and the next learner.
Why this business exists
A restoration bench and a better reference shelf.
Kerri found plenty of information about common skillets, Dutch ovens, major manufacturers, and famous logos. The trail became much thinner around tea kettles, corn and muffin pans, griddles, lids, and unfamiliar specialty forms.
Rundstrom does both jobs together: preserve individual pieces with care, and leave behind the photographs and explanations that make the next piece easier to understand.
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Tell the whole truth
A successful transformation can coexist with pitting, movement, uncertain attribution, or another honest limitation.
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Pass knowledge forward
Treat every piece as a chance to produce a clearer photograph, better comparison, or more useful explanation.
From the workshop