Yellow Kettle restore finished?...newbie problems. (Pic heavy)

[glrasmussen]

Great job! Your efforts paid off.

[Lowbrass]

Thanks for the compliments guys, it felt really great to be finished and finally show off some pictures.  I think I will get this thing clean and then try OoPezoO and/or Jeff's advice on the battle scars when it warms up in the spring.  Right now it feels like I just crossed the finish line in a marathon only to be told I false started and will have to do the first half over.  I'll get a picture of the grill now that that it has cooled off so you can see how bad the oil burned.

I actually purchased VHT Flame Proof yellow paint and sprayed the areas under the vents and the battle scar on the bowl (see picture with slide aside) but it was SO much lighter, it didn't really match at all.  Looked like it would be better for maybe a Homer.  If following Jeff's advice, think I should just go ahead and repaint with my yellow or do the black paint like Jeff recommends?

[Jocool]

That's a nice looking grill. Good work.

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[Jeff]

Thanks for the compliments guys, it felt really great to be finished and finally show off some pictures.  I think I will get this thing clean and then try OoPezoO and/or Jeff's advice on the battle scars when it warms up in the spring.  Right now it feels like I just crossed the finish line in a marathon only to be told I false started and will have to do the first half over.  I'll get a picture of the grill now that that it has cooled off so you can see how bad the oil burned.

I actually purchased VHT Flame Proof yellow paint and sprayed the areas under the vents and the battle scar on the bowl (see picture with slide aside) but it was SO much lighter, it didn't really match at all.  Looked like it would be better for maybe a Homer.  If following Jeff's advice, think I should just go ahead and repaint with my yellow or do the black paint like Jeff recommends?

I've got a couple yellow grills I've worked with on the chips.  There is NO yellow paint that I've found to be an exact match.  I've tried about 10 different ones.  As far as any high temp yellows...none exist for that shade that are close unfortunately.

[gunner]

Great job! That is an awesome grill and great restore....

[Weber MD]

Gotta love when an old grill comes back to life - great restore LB.

[Lowbrass]

Well here is the grill - post "burn-off" although it was probably more of a "burn-on".  I don't think this will be too much a problem to get cleaned up, some of it was wiping off with my finger alone.  Pretty wicked looking but I can't wait to get it back to where I had it.

[MartyG]

Where's that "ugly kettle" thread when you need it...

[Lowbrass]

Where's that "ugly kettle" thread when you need it...

Won't need it anymore after this weekend! 

[MaxBobcat]

First set of pics look great low brass.  Nice ashpan too, I gotta get one for my yeller.   

[Lowbrass]

First set of pics look great low brass.  Nice ashpan too, I gotta get one for my yeller.   

Thanks MaxBobcat, I about lost it when I saw that canola running down the side.  All that hard work for nothing it seemed like.  Can't wait to get it back to its brief glory!

[saxart]

Lowbrass-
If that were mine, I would just spray it down with a degreaser, and let it soak for awhile, then follow up with a steel-wool scrub.  You'll have it looking great in no time.

[zavod44]

So you sprayed it with Canola?  Is that what burned all over it?

[Lowbrass]

Yeah, canola.  I guess I figured it would bake on and basically clear coat the thing, like I said, newbie mistake.  Unfortunately, when I hit it with some Simple Green Grill Cleaner tonight it didn't really want to come off.  I packed it up and put it away for the winter.  It is supposed to get really cold here in St. Louis tonight and I was trying to beat the weather.  Hopefully degreaser or oven cleaner will do the trick in the late winter/early spring, otherwise this is going to require as much elbow grease if not more than getting the original black paint off.

[G$]

Lowbrass, I'd tackle it sooner than later, weather be damned.  get some easy off on there and let it sit a day.  I am not a fan of using pam and etc on kettles.