Hm, you're right, thanks for pointing this out. There was no contraction in what I meant, but I didn't express what I meant correctly. They don't conflict if t

Hm, you're right, thanks for pointing this out. There was no contraction in what I meant, but I didn't express what I meant correctly. They don't conflict if the seasoning is already damaged (during cooking) before cleaning it. Cleaning with soap would not repair it at all (thus, reseasoning is required), whereas if you don't use soap, the pan is reseasoned in the same step as drying it on the stove. Part of the problem was that I was overloading the word "reseasoning" to also refer to doing it in an explicit step (ie, the wiping on/off of oil) as well as the effect of rebuilding the layer of seasoning. I've edited my post to hopefully be more clear.