I have a dilemma. A few months back I obtained a blue OTG online with the plan to clean it and flip it.
The paint has a few rough spots like many colored kettles do.
It has been listed online for quite a while with a few nibbles but no bites and the peak selling season has come and gone.
I also have been dying to custom paint a kettle for a project i've had in mind for a year or two. The project would not be blue.
Is it a sin against all things weber to paint over a colored kettle? I hoped to sell this one find a rough black kettle to use as the base for my project but it simply hasn't worked out that way.
Am I wasting my time and energy trying to sell the rough blue and find a black when I can paint what I have without further effort?
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How many posts have you seen about someone
Getting a Weber that has been repainted and the time
They spent restoring it? I would keep it blue
Dude, it's your cooker! You don't need anybody's permission or validation to try a new project. Give it a go - in the very worst case what's going to happen? You're out a few bucks and a little time? What do you stand to gain in the best case? A 100% custom kettle like nobody else has? Sounds like a manageable risk to me...
Wellllll, I say spend $20 and find a black OTS for your project.
Yes, repainting a color- especially one no longer used- is a mortal sin. :)
Find a Black. The paint is gonna likely change where it gets the hottest so be prepared to have it do this by having whats underneath Black not Blue.
1) Cardinal sin
Definition : "A serious error of judgment"
2) Put the blue up for auction and move on
/thread
Where is it listed? Have you tried listing it here? I agree with DarrenC, but if we're mine, I would totally go the black route.
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Tapatalk makes this too difficult. See below.
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/member-sales-trades/my-blue-for-your-black-local-trade-long-island/
Quote from: TexasOnion on July 30, 2016, 04:50:26 PM
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/member-sales-trades/my-blue-for-your-black-local-trade-long-island/
thanks onion, by the way your gas assist kettle is still one of the coolest mods I've seen.
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I remember it now. I have a black ots sitting around, but I bet shipping cost wouldn't be worthwhile for a trade.
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Its your grill do with it what you want. Me personally, I wouldn't paint that one, it looks like its in good condition. I would hold off till a cheap black one came along. The grilling season will end soon and several black ones will be available.
I just picked up my first Red, she has a few battle scars, but she is Red and she is going to cook some real good food as soon as I finish the restore.
the grilling season ends? who knew.....
Quote from: huntergreen on July 31, 2016, 09:06:28 AM
the grilling season ends? who knew.....
For civilians it does :)
Be grateful. Without their seasonal buying habits. there would be no seasonal close out and clearance sales that many of us get to capitalize on.
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The blue was sold as is. Now to find a donor black kettle to paint.
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