Shou sugi ban handle refinish

[Walchit]

Thanks to a member here sending me some handles, I decided to do some refinishing today. Thanks again @smokeyjoe ! They were 2 from a GA grill, and in pretty decent shape. I should have done them at the same time, because they didnt come out as uniform as I would have liked. If your not worried about saving the weber lettering then you can be a little more thorough and they come out really nice.

Basically sanded off most of the old finish, filled in the lettering with black sharpie, then burned them with a torch. Then hit them with a wire brush, sanded them a little and hit them with the brush again. And applied this "barn red" stain. Waited about a minute and wiped it off. They have a blue color too, I'm about to do the one touch plus hamdles one of these days. They looked so good that I went out and scavenged the handles off of my red head too. Probably gonna become wsm handles too. My plans for the 2 from smokeyjoe are to go on the new 22" wsm. I didnt take many pics, I will try to do a better write up when I do the otp if anyone is interested.
I guess I didnt take a pic before sanding off the finish, but one was in perfect shape, one was close.

[MagnoliaTom]

Those look good! Forgive my ignorance but how do you remove the handles that are riveted on? Just drill them out? Once you do that, how do they get reattached?


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[Walchit]

I'm pretty sure if you buy your handle from grill handle.com it comes with something to replace the rivets. I havent done one yet, so I'm not sure.

I did that one while it was still on the kettle.

[Walchit]

Here is what the stain looks like if you dont burn the handles first. Just sand, fill in with sharpie, sand again, and stain. I will put poly on everything tomorrow. Shout out to @SteveMBH for sending the handles.

[Walchit]

Here is the stain and sharpie I used

[Walchit]

Gonna see how many coats of poly I can get on these things today.

[SteveMBH]

How many coats did you end up getting on?


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[Walchit]

2 lol. But they look pretty good.

[1spacemanspiff]

Looks really good, well done.

[Walchit]

I went ahead and did the c code handle, no poly though. I think I like it better without it.