Instructions:

1. Run your wok under hot water and scrub the wok all over using a scouring pad. Make sure to wear rubber gloves to protect your hands.
2. Add hot soapy water and wash your wok.
3. Rinse the wok and place on a burner.
4. Turn your burner on high until wok is completely dry.
5. You’ll notice smoke and a bluish “rainbow”, you want to burn off the blue film on all sides of the wok.
6. Tilt your wok at an angle so you can burn off all the blue film/residual oils. Continue until smoke disappears and wok has changed from metal to dark.
7. Once your wok is done burning off, take your wok off the burner and add hot water to it.
8. Scrub your wok using the scouring pad. Make sure to use rubber gloves for safety!
9. Return your wok to the burner. Turn your heat to high and let the water evaporate.
10. When your wok is completely dry. Take it off the heat, add a small amount of vegetable oil, avocado oil, or peanut oil.
11. Since the wok will be hot, use glove or tongs to hold the paper towel. Coat the wok with the oil using a paper towel.
12. Place your wok back on the burner and turn your heat on high.
13. Your wok will be smoking hot! You want to burn off the oil on all sides.
14. When all the smoke has burned off, repeat steps 7-13 about 2-3 more times.
15. Finish off by adding another thin layer of oil.

Your wok should turn from metal to a matte dark finish.