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Not even close. It takes less than 5 minutes. High heat oil in the pan on the stove, get it to just smoking, dump the oil, add a lot of salt, scrub, brush out the salt, done. There’s a ton of info if you google, better explanations than I just gave
The “seasoning” is a little different than cast iron. With cast iron, you’re applying the oil and baking it creating a strong durable polymer coating from oil.
The explanation for the process for stainless steel sounds dubious. It sounds neat that heating the pan causes the SS molecules to expand and the oil molecules fills the gap but (aside from the chemistry and science) simply washing with soap and water will free it? More likely, you’re creating a thin but weak polymer coating.