Colored WSM question

[bladz]

I powder coated one a couple years back, but haven't cooked on it for fear of the paint turning black, or that flat color. I have a 22" WSM, or my kettle for smoking, so it's just a looker now


I posted these pics a while back.


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[swamprb]

I powder coated one a couple years back, but haven't cooked on it for fear of the paint turning black, or that flat color. I have a 22" WSM, or my kettle for smoking, so it's just a looker now


I posted these pics a while back.


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It does look good!

My teammate has 2 Hunsaker Vortex Drum Smokers that are powdercoated. The black one is starting to fade a little bit, and the RED one is brand new, so I'll be monitoring its worthiness.

I've gone back and forth on powdercoating any of my drum smoker builds. @bladz did you sandblast the outside or just powdercoat over the porcelain finish?

[bladz]

It's powder coated over porcelain. I could have anything that would fit in the oven, coated at my previous employer. My thinking then was if it didn't last I could just bring it in and have it redone.  Different employer, no powder coating. Blue it is. 

[Maineac]

so it's just a looker now

And a wicked nice one indeed.  Thank you for posting this. 

[Craig]

Thanks everyone for the mentions! Much appreciated! Oh, how I do love my blue WSM! Sadly, you won't see any more new pictures of it on the official site, as it attracts a lot of attention to a product they don't make . I didn't even realize it was in the overhead shot until @Kneab posted it. I have always suggested colors would be a big hit and while it won't be on the Weber blog anytime soon, I promise it will make appearances on mine from time to time!

Cheers!
Mike

@AnotherPintPlease

I don't have a problem if you show the blue WSM off...... In fact, more please!? Great to hear from you.

[AnotherPintPlease]

Thanks everyone for the mentions! Much appreciated! Oh, how I do love my blue WSM! Sadly, you won't see any more new pictures of it on the official site, as it attracts a lot of attention to a product they don't make . I didn't even realize it was in the overhead shot until @Kneab posted it. I have always suggested colors would be a big hit and while it won't be on the Weber blog anytime soon, I promise it will make appearances on mine from time to time!

Cheers!
Mike

@AnotherPintPlease

I don't have a problem if you show the blue WSM off...... In fact, more please!? Great to hear from you.

Haha! Thanks, Craig!!

[Rub]

Actually there are a few powder coated ones out there, just not porcelain coated.  Years back TVWBB had a couple powder coated 18's for a promotion detailed here:

Red

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/littleredbullet.html

TwoToneBlue

http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/twotonebluebullet.html

I recall seeing pics of the Red 18" WSM from the guy that won it after using it in FBA comps and it got that kind of orange brown fade on the finish - kinda like Troy's and my RED Cajun Bandit Conversions get from repeated usage.  NOTE the price breakdown of the powder coating and mods on the links!

The 2 tone blue is alive and well in FL