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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
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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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
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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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
JKleisli 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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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
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 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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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
"JKleisli" wrote in message
... 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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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
"Jay" wrote in message et... "JKleisli" wrote in message ... 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!!!! No, those guys live (if you can call it that) to get into endless online ****ing contests that are, for the most part, wholly unrelated to barbecue. |
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Fixing up an cast aluminum grill . . . .
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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