Cast iron is porus,the grease soaks in .That black residue is basically carbon .You never give them the soap treatment .A little salt on a rag maybe .
FWIW I have my grandmothers skillet which was her grandmothers and likely about 140-150 years old.The sad part with a ceramic top stove can't...
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