This redhead is the 1st kettle I bought off CL. With the vent code pat. 3538906 and engraved weber logo I believe it may be dated at 1976. Anyway it the lid was pretty rough, handle was bent up and bolted on with lots of damage to the coating. I decided to have a buddy try and weld the handle back on which resulted in even more damage :'(. So I decided to prep and paint the entire kettle :o. VHT flame proof primer rated at 1800 degrees and VHT caliper paint rated at 900 degrees were used. The ratings are good only if the paint is cured properly by heating it up which wasn't hard in a kettle. So a chimney was fired up and the kettle heated up between coats and after final coat for a total of 4 times. Here are some before and after pics. Hopefully, I'm not banned for life and just issued a suspension. Thanks to Brian for the great looking handle and Stu for the ash pan
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Looks fine to me Jeff! It looks crimson. I'd love to hear about how the paint holds up.
That looks outstanding! Very nice work, indeed. :D
You rescued a kettle, and brought it back to life. That's what it is all about. 8)
Excellent job !
I don't know about everyone, but I love the white color in that primer. Would've looked just fine in the white color too. The red also looks outstanding. How did you smooth out the handle area?
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Hell yeah.....that turned out great. Did you do any prep to the porcelain coating before you painted it?
It looks great, nice rescue. 8)
I have mixed feelings about it. It looks good, but since it was already red touching it up might have been okay. You could have also went with another color entirely like yellow. Having painted a few in the past I have found that the paint will eventually start peeling if you use it. Something about the retraction and heat. Please do a few cooks on it and report back. I'm guessing the main problem is the paint closest to the charcoal will burn, but that not a problem. Again, I think it looks pretty good and nice handle fix.
Jeff it's your kettle so do what makes you feel good, not what pleases anyone else. Looks great to me, nice rescue and restore!
Yeah, I'd like to hear more also how you prepped the kettle prior to the white primer, then what kind of paint you used, and how many coats. It sure looks like a new grill now. I hope it holds up well for you, but with past attempts by others, the paint never held up very well. I'm hoping your hard work will be successful in the long run! Follow up please!
Thanks guys, I'm happy with it.
Quote from: crumbsnatcher on April 27, 2014, 07:27:42 AM
I don't know about everyone, but I love the white color in that primer. Would've looked just fine in the white color too. The red also looks outstanding. How did you smooth out the handle area?
I did consider leaving it white but I figured it would be a dingy brown after a few cooks. The paint is not going to clean up anything like the original coating does. Heck maybe I would have a brownie after a few years :). The handles were first TIG welded on and then MIG on top of that to build it up. Took a lot of grinding 1st with an angle grinder and finishing with a dremel.
Quote from: OoPEZoO on April 27, 2014, 07:29:57 AM
Hell yeah.....that turned out great. Did you do any prep to the porcelain coating before you painted it?
Thanks, I cleaned it with oven cleaner twice just to make sure there was no grease on it. I tried to hand sand it but honestly the coating is so tough I don't think sanding it did much. Grinding the coating was actually much tougher than I thought it would be.
Quote from: Duke on April 27, 2014, 08:12:10 AM
I have mixed feelings about it. It looks good, but since it was already red touching it up might have been okay. You could have also went with another color entirely like yellow. Having painted a few in the past I have found that the paint will eventually start peeling if you use it. Something about the retraction and heat. Please do a few cooks on it and report back. I'm guessing the main problem is the paint closest to the charcoal will burn, but that not a problem. Again, I think it looks pretty good and nice handle fix.
Thanks, I'm hoping curing the paint between each coat will help save it from peeling. I plan on cooking on it regularly so we'll find out if VHTs claims of heat tolerances are true.
Rescue. Great job!
I like!
Nice work! I will be interested to see the results on the paint. Please keep us posted.
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Did you grind off the original finish from the entire grill? 8)
i think it looks great! Get it hot and keep us updated on how it holds up!!
Quote from: 5280Jeff on April 27, 2014, 07:02:00 AM
vent code K and engraved weber logo I believe it may be dated at 1976.
????????
please explain
Jeff wrote; Thanks, I'm hoping curing the paint between each coat will help save it from peeling. I plan on cooking on it regularly so we'll find out if VHTs claims of heat tolerances are true.
It will handle the heat, but it's the direct flame that's going to burn it. Make sure you use baskets and keep the charcoal off of the bowl.
Quote from: Heyjude on April 27, 2014, 07:23:36 PM
Did you grind off the original finish from the entire grill? 8)
No just the areas most affected by the welding.
Quote from: Golly on April 28, 2014, 02:07:53 AM
Quote from: 5280Jeff on April 27, 2014, 07:02:00 AM
vent code K and engraved weber logo I believe it may be dated at 1976.
????????
please explain
Nice catch, you are correct, the redhead has the pat. 3538906 on the vent. I also had a brownie that was a K code I was working on at the same time. Too much weber in my head I guess :-[. I'll edit the original post. Thanks!
Quote from: Duke on April 28, 2014, 06:32:33 AM
Jeff wrote; Thanks, I'm hoping curing the paint between each coat will help save it from peeling. I plan on cooking on it regularly so we'll find out if VHTs claims of heat tolerances are true.
It will handle the heat, but it's the direct flame that's going to burn it. Make sure you use baskets and keep the charcoal off of the bowl.
Wood fired kettle pizza is definitely out then!
Have a total of 3 cooks on rattle can red. It's now sporting a black paint burn where the charcoal basket was placed. I did have the basket very close to the edge to make room for a rotisserie and rib-o-lator. Oh well, it's still a great cooker!
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Thanks for sharing the update.. Its still a great cooker! That's what it's all about.
Just rotate it so you have the black band all the way around it,so you will have a two tone! ;D
Quote from: 1911Ron on May 06, 2014, 09:46:11 AM
Just rotate it so you have the black band all the way around it,so you will have a two tone! ;D
brilliant!
Too bad , but you fixed the handle issue and saved her from the scrapper . Just like a car, in what's under the hood that matters , preferably a steak ! :) great job man .
Esto Perpetua
Quote from: Troy on May 06, 2014, 10:01:29 AM
Quote from: 1911Ron on May 06, 2014, 09:46:11 AM
Just rotate it so you have the black band all the way around it,so you will have a two tone! ;D
brilliant!
Outstanding Idea!!
Awesome save.
That's a killer restore!
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Thats a nice grill...i too like the white primer as well.
The high heat will only add character and improve it. There's something nostalgic about a well used kettle. Here's, "Just a picture I love".
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Jeez, Duke. So true.
The saturated green of the grass contrasted against whatever stories that lid could tell ...
Quote from: Duke on May 19, 2014, 08:42:54 PM
The high heat will only add character and improve it. There's something nostalgic about a well used kettle. Here's, "Just a picture I love".
(http://i1368.photobucket.com/albums/ag163/drywalldirect/983958_984924935378_1982891688_n_zpscf40497e.jpg) (http://s1368.photobucket.com/user/drywalldirect/media/983958_984924935378_1982891688_n_zpscf40497e.jpg.html)
Indeed! I actually have a major soft spot for the Kettles with character. They can still shine and they scream "FAITHFUL COOKER AND DAMN PROUD OF IT!" 8)