Well, My back and feet are tired... Spent all day bent over the Ranch Kettle Cleaning it up..
Background, I tried the steel wool and lacquer thinner technique.. It worked, but a whole lot of elbow grease was involved. Thats a very big grill..
So I got to thinking.. I know some of you purists are about to have a heart attach... Paint Stripper.. This is industrial grade stuff.. I tried it on a small area of an older beat up grill.. It worked..
So on to the Ranch... I would say this stuff cut the work by 75%.. It was still work.. But It got the job done. The upside down C Rust spot.. Is from the Weld for the Leg stantion.. All three legs have the same weld/rust spots.
Before any of you start thinking that the stripper caused the light and dark spots on it... I can assure you, that it didnt. I was getting the same results with steel wool and thinner....
After I was done using the stripper... I washed the entire thing down with Thinner... Then I washed it completely with Dawn Dish soap, Twice...
Then I lit a chimney of charcoal to burn off anything I might have done.
That was alot of work..
I am not done yet. I am thinking about replacing the wooden handles.. The ones I have, are cracked and about to fall apart.. The purist in me is thinking just take then off and glue them back together, sand them down and keep the originals that came with it..
Decisions..