It seems black and green Performers are pretty popular around here, cause that's what shows up the most on Craigslist around me. ::)
In my daily hunt for flippers and or upgraders, I found this one that was on my way somewhere that day.
A couple of pics from the CL ad...
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After going over every part of this grill, I decided that it was going home with me. It was incredibly dirty, but other than that, it was in very good condition, with almost no rust. The seller and I agreed on a price and it was quickly in the 4Runner!
A few weeks later and it was ready to start cookin. Aside from the lid handle, a
@zavod44 birdseye maple, everything is original. Well, I did upgrade some of the hardware to stainless steel too. Here it is all gussied up!
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I will be keeping this one and will mostly use it for my Kettle Pizza and Rotisserie. I did a pizza cook last night to break it in. ;D
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The jewel in the rough...
That's pretty! Nice restore!
Like night and day, beautiful grill and great job on the clean up!
That cleaned up great!
Seriously, did you wax it? I've never seen a shine on a green like that, or possibly any kettle. Amazing. I cleaned the crap outta the green SS I recently refurbed and it got nowhere near that glow.
Thanks guys, I really enjoy finding a good fixer upper!
Quote from: addicted-to-smoke on April 04, 2016, 06:35:17 PMSeriously, did you wax it?
No wax.
I mostly used Dawn dish detergent, 0000 steel wool, razor blades and a green/yellow kitchen sponge. The aluminum parts were a bit more work.
I mean is there anything more satisfying?????
My lord that's beautiful!
Gorgeous!! I still think that is my favorite color..
Very nice. Love the evening shot with the pizza cookin
Really nice job. Looks fantastic!