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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: zavod44 on August 17, 2014, 06:15:06 PM
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So a while back Troy said he had a buddy with an old Chestnut in his barn. After some negotiations the owner decided to sell it and I was very happy to get it. It was in nice shape, it was very dirty but it could I could see the diamond in the rough. I got this well over a year ago but I finally got around to getting it back to the shape it deserved.
Here it is when I picked it up in April of 2013, dusty, dirty, handle roached....
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SHtPf4QxgHc/UWGzye-ijCI/AAAAAAAACpU/-acW5RmyZag/w933-h525-no/IMG_20130407_125821_479.jpg)
Here it was last fall in my group shot, it the second row
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dsB8xkRO6c4/Utxfe8Z6FsI/AAAAAAAAHAM/WxmsNgbYL8M/w933-h525-no/IMG_20131027_171314537_HDR.jpg)
Fast forward to last week, here it is in the refurbish stash
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KkoOBbu25hg/U-aFRVJ1rZI/AAAAAAAASHk/Gyx2_H-UbDA/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153135774.jpg)
It was covered in this crusted on crud
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oreEbAjMVJs/U-aFeiY69xI/AAAAAAAASIU/KpfixUpy6Fg/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153216588_HDR.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TQCahf0ChIs/U-aFXZesGtI/AAAAAAAASH8/vJUxQ5WZ6nU/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153158529.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hwfx8jKmnd8/U-aFiZepQHI/AAAAAAAASIg/a2MzVpC31mY/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153219974.jpg)
Inside crusted with grime and grease
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RNVBA0l6G_Q/U-aFubh5HaI/AAAAAAAASI4/-eRvwtgn8Dc/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153234766_HDR.jpg)
Lid full of grease and cob webs
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OtlERKWPfeY/U-aFyu8gIrI/AAAAAAAASJE/u8oqSPgGweQ/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153239214.jpg)
Vent wheel frozen and packed with crud
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dPlJELI-4Sk/U-aFkGd8MCI/AAAAAAAASIs/JwthFYSaGfc/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153228311.jpg)
Bottom vents frozen
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oTQUnE061VE/U-aF5ZoRbgI/AAAAAAAASJo/6G7gXIQ-At4/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153327825.jpg)
Cracked out my vintage lawn chair, vintage TV tray and my mobile grill cleaning cart. This is my usual set up for cleaning grills. I set the grill in the trash can and it keeps it stable while scrubbing. There is usually a small speaker and a coke zero as well.....
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-d3sHBnoUxU4/U-aF0gshZpI/AAAAAAAASJQ/zPqEjoBpmCI/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153250505.jpg)
Legs off
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Aday8kTxAPQ/U-aGGcGRl9I/AAAAAAAASKM/KGH1dsr6R_8/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153516351.jpg)
Set up on the trash can ready for cleaning
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NyIjmtHFNvA/U-aGPLNK1SI/AAAAAAAASKY/MeCcQcFG9fo/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153553865_HDR.jpg)
Crud crud and more crud!
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_bz37-7xxV0/U-aSAogdW6I/AAAAAAAASLM/Pts-hQI9ing/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_162606599.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-obC7uoNj6_w/U-aSgwXfWZI/AAAAAAAASMU/ux7FgyUAxU0/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_162814325.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8wwtchQ71sU/U-aSYgwaV7I/AAAAAAAASLw/S6PMUmLNwLs/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_162736572.jpg)
Triangle rusty
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_4Vg2NMxo_Q/U-e5L-vaAwI/AAAAAAAASN8/ZVVQau37Tus/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140810_132501201.jpg)
LEgs and triangle polished up
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-q3rvALM9ln0/U-fHNVfTkVI/AAAAAAAASSE/e1OjiD7OcW0/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140810_142515975.jpg)
Here she is all assembled
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5rsKEZ-W6-k/U_FPT6l15-I/AAAAAAAATMI/Onrs4Z58Av4/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193950295_HDR.jpg)
My goal with this grill was not to polish it all up like new, but take what was there and try to clean it up. If some pitting remained that was okay. I wanted to make a looker/cooker. I got most of the pitting off the bottom vents and cracked them free. I realized I didn't take pictures of them and it's now dark outside so I'll take some more tomorrow and post them. I saved the thumbscrews and the wheel caps. I must admit I used a set of donor wheels so they looked a little better. I ran out of my evaporust, so I ordered more, and I will put back the original wheels once they soak a while. So here it is in all it's glory. This is one of my favorites I own. I'll prob cook on it next week.....
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cvWL018ozEw/U_FPazDIYiI/AAAAAAAATNE/tEKqaoqKsyg/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194033918_HDR.jpg)
New handle replaced with a fresh one.
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-B63uugFKK0c/U_FPWaRB89I/AAAAAAAATMg/EPT3OZLTXo4/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194008710_HDR.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DqPexCJShAs/U_FPX9IKxFI/AAAAAAAATMs/EM7A-UL7D2A/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194014413_HDR.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wojmMV47aNc/U_FPuco1byI/AAAAAAAATOM/zZR7FVYgxn0/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194241736_HDR.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Zf5xUaUrBWU/U_FPceaYw2I/AAAAAAAATNQ/Bvui0Sbcfhc/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194040587.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M89hEZ92C74/U_FP9DeDFlI/AAAAAAAATPI/BSGZtlzpivs/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194046256.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JB9dtyyhD_0/U_FP7s8x5nI/AAAAAAAATO8/5YVgKblRUiU/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194058663.jpg)
Needless to say the two inspectors showed up, Lucy and Phoebe.....
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PRm-CbRNLlU/U_FO0uZ4tJI/AAAAAAAATJc/iDRka8TRCVA/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193440477.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xLyv_LPszvc/U_FOf-xrsaI/AAAAAAAATHA/wdxV5RX_zuA/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193318153.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kWlG2cSy3wQ/U_FOqZ2CixI/AAAAAAAATII/QGMJohmRqIo/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193404422.jpg)
NO more crud
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kWlG2cSy3wQ/U_FOqZ2CixI/AAAAAAAATII/QGMJohmRqIo/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193404422.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8mVi7hALvn-jJt7fc6Nv4wI9cf-tyajDoWbUawB22GDe=w933-h525-no)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LxAVoj4-XWI/U_FPHFSQGOI/AAAAAAAATK8/ZVogPVOrrvE/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193451284.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ey7oofdHXlY/U_FPSCBD32I/AAAAAAAATL4/ONEjGvRDT1E/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193541195.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o5TBDWNW1FY/U_FO74oRq8I/AAAAAAAATKA/fhZS51OFbwA/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_193445580.jpg)
More pics when I fire it up. I'll get a few more of the inside so you can see the nice clean gray color
This was a long time coming, I'm so glad it's done and I can start to use it.......
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Got a nice tight fade on it. Very nice rescue.
Looks sweet! ;D
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Beautiful work as always Brian!! I remember this one well. I still have the barn pic saved on my laptop. I cant wait to find one of these down the line. I really like that you kept it with the "lived in" look. That's what I'm doing with one of my old reds this week.
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Love the tight fade
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Its almost got the same fade pattern as the grey Plainsman. aka white whale..
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Yea the lived in look was the goal. A little rust was okay. Like the pickers say....rusty gold....
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Wow, it looks great!!!
And that's the first pink anyone had ever seen!!
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In the setting sunlight it appears very pink....
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Wow, it looks great!!!
And that's the first pink anyone had ever seen!!
Yes it is! I remember way back when thinking it was a "really faded redhead" oh to be a pup again..
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I did want to mention I used a new cleaning method on this and it only took me about two hours to get this cleaned up....
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Looks great Zav....OK, Ill bite. Whats the new method?
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What a remarkable kettle and back story! Great job on the restore Brian and nice teamwork WKC!
Where'd you get that sweet handle? ;)
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Looks great Zav....OK, Ill bite. Whats the new method?
What G said. I average 4 hours a kettle... :o Maybe I'm going about this all wrong..
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Oh yea.....I see the mini-ranch is getting some use.
I average 4 hours a kettle
Seems the lid/bowl are usually the easy part. The legs, triangle, wheels, ash pan seem to be a good chunk of the overall time.
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Oh yea.....I see the mini-ranch is getting some use.
I average 4 hours a kettle
Seems the lid/bowl are usually the easy part. The legs, triangle, wheels, ash pan seem to be a good chunk of the overall time.
That's the truth. Especially the ash pan. With mine anyways..
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Cooker & looker....thank you.....it's nice to see the real old ones fire up..... ;D
At 1st I thought it was that one labeled "Super Awesome Vintage Kettle from a long time ago, but that's a MLH......
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Cooker & looker....thank you.....it's nice to see the real old ones fire up..... ;D
That's my favorite way to do it!
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Cleaned up nice.
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You do some fine work, Brian! She's a beauty. :D 8)
My goal with this grill was not to polish it all up like new, but take what was there and try to clean it up. If some pitting remained that was okay. I wanted to make a looker/cooker.
This is what I like to do, too.
Sure, I make an effort, but, in the end, it's gonna be my crud build up that makes the flavour ... with a little of the past to help it along. ;) ;)
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Wow very nice, i like it!
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Great job Brian. Looks really nice.
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As always, stand up Re-furb Brian. Please share the new procedure, sure lots of us would like to cut down
the cleaning process by two hours.
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Oh my god Brian, Thanks for sharing that sweet rescue. The estate is a "top two" for me. Well done.
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Normally I just spray everything with oven cleaner and it turns 30 years of crusted baked on grease, into 30 years of muck. So my wife was watching QVC, and they were selling this sponge that when you soak it in cold water it gets very dense. I was skeptical because you all know how tough it is to just scrub off that crud. However these sponges just kind of scrub it off with out the horrible muck. Once I got 90% of it off with this sponge then I hit it with a little oven cleaner, and it was all but done. At that point I use an xacto chisel blade and lightly scrapped the remainder off..... as for the legs and triangle I spent 20 min on those. I just use 0000 steel wool, goo gone and a sunshine cloth. They polish up literally in minutes. The triangle just got 0000 steel wool. It was the fastest cleanup ever and my skin and lungs weren't burning from oven cleaner.
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I particularly love this shot:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cvWL018ozEw/U_FPazDIYiI/AAAAAAAATNE/tEKqaoqKsyg/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140817_194033918_HDR.jpg)
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The colors and fade on this kettle are stunning - it reminds me of when I was a kid and would dump out a bag of marbles and that one really cool cat's eye always stood out... yeah, this is it!
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It's one I think I could never part with
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It's one I think I could never part with
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Because it came from me ?
Aw you're too kind. :P
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It's a good one
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Okay I promised a few more.... so here is the bottom Vents polished up not gleaming but they work and they look correct for it's age
Before
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oTQUnE061VE/U-aF5ZoRbgI/AAAAAAAASJo/6G7gXIQ-At4/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140809_153327825.jpg)
After
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u45X14jd6ac/U_KWwsiEBQI/AAAAAAAATVM/lK6Z3Iztj9k/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140818_191319911.jpg)
Working
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vodhhBzS51o/U_KWvFZV8XI/AAAAAAAATVA/7xQzKv_ZLiU/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140818_191311897_HDR.jpg)
Here was a goon one I couldn't pass up, the sun was gleaming off and it looked so nice
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UVzwgRZrmBQ/U_KXNLndqiI/AAAAAAAATVk/01hTHiYQyJk/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140818_191519102_HDR.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ysy73sFAyvQ/U_KXKbKH2nI/AAAAAAAATVY/aex0vXSWlxs/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140818_191513564_HDR.jpg)
Vintage cover on and ready for bed
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lTEc0DVe8CQ/U_KXg-QErYI/AAAAAAAATV4/Yz4XAfp73uM/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140818_191608622.jpg)
OH and I must mention, I may have a little bit of a shoe fettish, I just picked up these vintage repro Adidas, I love them....
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zglVFwGSEZ0/U_KXiEy5vFI/AAAAAAAATWQ/IfWhUHxO0Mc/w933-h525-no/IMG_20140818_191639409.jpg)
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Great pics Brian! Especially the sun shining on it.
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That is one sweet kettle!
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Looks swell, Brian. Thanks for sharing.
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The colors and fade on this kettle are stunning - it reminds me of when I was a kid and would dump out a bag of marbles and that one really cool cat's eye always stood out... yeah, this is it!
Yes! That's where I've seen that before! Good call.
Great clean-up, Z. Great kettle kollection!
Thanks for the pics.
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I found this picture of this same kettle it was dragged from the barn. Just thought it was interesting.
(http://meatninja.com/foundinbarn2.jpg)
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I found this picture of this same kettle it was dragged from the barn. Just thought it was interesting.
(http://meatninja.com/foundinbarn2.jpg)
Holy shit.
I remember exactly how that conversation went too.
friend: "Hey, I found an old grill in my barn"
me: "Yeah? What color"
friend: "Pink...?"
me: "You mean red? Maybe a faded red?"
friend: "No, its pink"
me: "No... its not"
Glad I was wrong on that one!
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Thats serious dust......
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Great job on the cleanup Brian. It looks great. One of the colors on my list that I don't have yet!