Thanks everyone for your kind comments!! SlickedBack, I read about the pam treatment here on the WKC and thought I would try it. I liberally sprayed a paper towel with pam and wiped it on adding more pam as needed until it was covered. I used 0000 steel wool on the outside first. From what I have read it doesn't last forever especially if you leave it outside uncovered. I have not cooked on it yet, I imagine that will change it a bit too. If it begins to fade again I would think another application would darken it back up.