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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
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| JKleisli 2006-03-29, 10:21 am |
| Hi, I am fixing up an old gas grill that came with my house. I already
painted the outside and replaced the burners and its great so far. But on
the inside of the grill covers, besides the grease, there was a black
coating they had on them that was peeling. So I took a sander to them and
the inside is down to bare alimunum. Is it alright to leave it that way or
should they be treated some how? I'm hesistant to paint them just because
the high heat paint I used on the outside says it shouldn't be used on
surface that comes in direct contact with flame (although the covers might
not get that much contact with flame I suppose). Any advice would be
appreciated.
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| hallerb@aol.com 2006-03-29, 11:21 am |
| Just leave as bare alunimum.
I disassembled my gass grill and put the parts in my self cleanuing
oven. It came out looking brand new
and so easy
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| >I disassembled my gas grill and put the parts in my self cleaning
>oven. It came out looking brand new
Good idea, I'll have to remember that.
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| JKleisli <jkl@jkl.com> wrote:
>Hi, I am fixing up an old gas grill that came with my house. I already
>painted the outside and replaced the burners and its great so far. But on
>the inside of the grill covers, besides the grease, there was a black
>coating they had on them that was peeling. So I took a sander to them and
>the inside is down to bare alimunum. Is it alright to leave it that way or
>should they be treated some how? I'm hesistant to paint them just because
>the high heat paint I used on the outside says it shouldn't be used on
>surface that comes in direct contact with flame (although the covers might
>not get that much contact with flame I suppose). Any advice would be
>appreciated.
I seem to recall that Weber has indicated that this peeling black
coating on the inside cover was burnt grease / smoke. And could be
cleaned, but sanding down to bare metal was not necessary.
-Mike
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| JKleisli 2006-03-29, 2:21 pm |
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> I seem to recall that Weber has indicated that this peeling black
> coating on the inside cover was burnt grease / smoke. And could be
> cleaned, but sanding down to bare metal was not necessary.
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> -Mike
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There was a bit of rust too and I think the original owners (it hasn't been
used in eight years) might have put something on there that was pealing.
You're probably right though, I think I would have been better off just
scraping it and using some oven cleaner and leaving it alone. Otherwise the
grill looks and works great though. The covers are pretty high and away
from the flames so I'm tempted to paint it but I'll probably just keep an
eye on the aluminum and make sure it doesn't pit/rust or whatever in the
future unless I get another good idea.
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| "JKleisli" <jkl@jkl.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am fixing up an old gas grill that came with my house. I already
> painted the outside and replaced the burners and its great so far. But on
> the inside of the grill covers, besides the grease, there was a black
> coating they had on them that was peeling. So I took a sander to them and
> the inside is down to bare alimunum. Is it alright to leave it that way or
> should they be treated some how? I'm hesistant to paint them just because
> the high heat paint I used on the outside says it shouldn't be used on
> surface that comes in direct contact with flame (although the covers might
> not get that much contact with flame I suppose). Any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
Ask this question over on alt.food.barbecue and you'll get the definitive
answer. Those guys LIVE grills of all types!!!!
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| u_s_s 2006-03-30, 12:21 pm |
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"Jay" <jay.britton@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:fOKdnUPFK9pakrbZnZ2dnUVZ_sOdnZ2d@centurytel.net...
> "JKleisli" <jkl@jkl.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns97955DAB488C2Anoyanoycom@69.28.186.158...
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> Ask this question over on alt.food.barbecue and you'll get the definitive
> answer. Those guys LIVE grills of all types!!!!
No, those guys live (if you can call it that) to get into endless online
pissing contests that are, for the most part, wholly unrelated to barbecue.
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| hallerb@aol.com 2006-03-30, 1:21 pm |
| alunimum rusts by converting itself to whuite dust. so thats what to
look for. I was told this white dust is its natural state before being
mined.
years ago at the henry ford museum I saw lots of edisons inventions
turning to white powder and asked a curator. since then they added a
sophiscted heating and AC system to slow this.
Its primarily a problem in warm moist summer conditions
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