I agree, things improved when I liberally used soap, scrubbers, and sharp flat metal spatulas to scrape things clean. But I also haven’t seen any flaking of th

I agree, things improved when I liberally used soap, scrubbers, and sharp flat metal spatulas to scrape things clean. But I also haven’t seen any flaking of the flax base seasoning like others have. With previous pans I have accidentally scrubbed down to bare metal. Maybe I was just starting with thrift store pans that had been too heavily babied, and the process of cooking off the layers of carbonized food and old seasoning and starting over helped regardless of which oil I used.