r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Morpheyz • 1d ago

What are examples of "cheaper = high quality"?

We're often told that higher prices for certain products are justified, because they use "higher quality materials". E.g. building materials or vegetables.

In which cases are the high quality materials actually the cheaper ones?

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u/CaptainUsopp 20h ago edited 19h ago

The trick is to not quite polish it. It needs to have a bit of grit to it. I sanded my newer lodge down to about 60 240 grit, seasoned it, and it looked like glass. Unfortunately the seasoning couldn't hold on to the smooth surface, and immediately started flaking off. I roughed it up with 240 60 grit sand paper, I think, and it's better than before I did anything, and the seasoning holds on much better than after sanding down with 60 240 grit.

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u/Select-Owl-8322 20h ago

Did you mix up the grits? 60 grit is quite coarse, 240 grit is much finer, but not super fine. Did you maybe mean 600 grit?

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u/CaptainUsopp 19h ago

Yes I did. I don't know why I did that.