Varekais' Ranch Kettle... part 1, the clean up

[varekai]

Finally got the Ranch back together, I LOVE IT!!  frame came out awesome at a great price (1 of my SS performers might be next), all the hardware was replaced with SS, whitewalls from Uncle Al are in the mail, dampers are still needing to be finished. Overall, I've had a blast. AGAIN, you guys are great motivators!! Now to chose which kettle is the next to get some attention.. I'm thinking the Cheif!!

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[Darko]

Wow! That looks great.

[Travis]

That looks incredible! Great job man!!


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[varekai]

Thanks Guys, It was a blast cleaning it up! 

[Neil_VT00]

Wow, amazing transformation on this one.  The powder coating looks great.

[LiquidOcelot]

what did you use to clean it with? did you buff and Polish it or just wipe clean?

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[varekai]

@LiquidOcelot , I just used dawn dish soap and 0000 steel wool to clean the outside of lid and bowl. The inside of the bowl I used a razor blade, well, several razor blades. Inside lid, just a light wire brushing to remove the flaking stuff. The frame I had powder coated, so they sand blasted it. The bail, axle and lower dampers 400 wet/dry sand paper, steel wool and Mothers mag and aluminum polish. Whitewalls from Uncle Al. I'm making a jig so I can make my own maple handles... This was a lot of fun! The grates were in really good condition, Thank Goodness, thems is expensive to replace, LOL