This sage Smokey Joe has cleaned up really well, but the legs are not very pretty.
I had decided to paint them, either flat or satin black - but I am hesitant.
What do you all think? From what I can tell in the old catalogs, it seems they were originally black.
Is there any reason I should not paint them?
The last picture shows what they looked like before I cleaned them. Not much difference. :-\
Nice little kettle..... whether you paint them or not, that rust will need to come off. I've had good results with a dremmel and small wire wheel, although if you keep it outside the rust will return. I'd make the call on painting after you get them as rust free as possible. $.02
the originals were painted, like a flat black
Okay I'll try the Dremel then. Thanks.
That's what this one looks like, but I couldn't tell if the black was flat, or just old.
Soak the legs in Evapo rust.
Then paint them.
No need to dremel them.
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I tried evaporust on a triangle and a set of grates and it did nothing for me. Apparently it works for some.... Pricey, but worth a shot I guess.
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Quote from: bamakettles on September 12, 2022, 03:17:45 PM
I tried evaporust on a triangle and a set of grates and it did nothing for me. Apparently it works for some.... Pricey, but worth a shot I guess.
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Did you immerse the triangle and grates completely? I usually mechanically remove some of the bad rust then soak at least 24 hours using a hot water heater drip pan.
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I don't believe these were originally painted as delivered from Weber. I have a couple of New Old Stock Off-Set SJ's and the finish appears to be similar to a black oxide coating or "bluing" as it's referred to on a barrel of a gun. I would post a pic of it, but a pic just looks like black paint in a photo, but does not appear to be paint in real life.
Having said this, I don't know where this leaves someone if they are truly looking to do a "correct" restoration on the legs of these cookers.
BTW, that is a VERY nice SJ!
Good info, Saxart, thanks for your input.
I'd like to make the legs look nicer, but don't want to ruin any potential value, even though I plan to keep it.
Sometime ago, I had wrapped the legs with EvapoRust soaked paper towels, but I didn't leave it anywhere near as long as recommended by Michael. I will revisit that.
And thank you!
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Quote from: bamakettles on September 12, 2022, 03:17:45 PM
I tried evaporust on a triangle and a set of grates and it did nothing for me. Apparently it works for some.... Pricey, but worth a shot I guess.
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Did you immerse the triangle and grates completely? I usually mechanically remove some of the bad rust then soak at least 24 hours using a hot water heater drip pan.
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I bought a water heater overflow pan and connection to cap the drain hole along with a $25 bottle of Evaporust. Then I put a rusty triangle, cooking grate, charcoal grate and SS ash sweeps, handle, thumbscrew and center nut assembly in for about 2 days. After not seeing much difference in the grates and triangle I removed them and put the rest in a smaller container and continued to soak for maybe a week. The sweeps came out ok but the other parts were basically black. IDK, maybe user error - but I thought it would do more for the triangle and grates. I ended up using a soft metal dremel grinding brush on the triangle and it worked great and has on many others I've restored. I think I threw the grates in the trash.
Mine were fugly when I started working on mine. I think I went Satin or semi gloss. Here's a few pics.