I guess it's time to build a mini...

[SixZeroFour]

Great looking mini Nate!

And way to raise your cute little helpers the right way... on a weber!

[addicted-to-smoke]

I agree, yours is also snazzy, @Tommy B ... how'd you add the blue color and graphic?

[Tommy B]

I agree, yours is also snazzy, @Tommy B ... how'd you add the blue color and graphic?

The painting process takes a long time but I liked how mine turned out. One of my middle school teachers/football coach started a t-shirt business, Tumbleweed Texstyles. They had this awesome TX BBQ shirt with the logo I painted on my mini. I asked nicely and he sent me the art work and allowed me to turn it into a decal to paint on my mini. I used high heat header paint from autozone. I followed the directions on the can which say to spray 3 coats and allow 24 hours to dry. So I sprayed 3 coats of primer, waited 24 hours and sanded. Sprayed 3 coats of white, waited 24 hours and sanded. I put the the shape of Texas decal over the white then sprayed 3 coats of red, waited 24 hours and sanded. Then I put the BBQ letters on sprayed the whole pot blue with 3 coats and sanded. I waited 48 hours and carefully removed the decals. I let it sit another day and then sprayed with 3 coats of clear coat. As the directions say I cured the paint job in the oven and I was done. It has held up pretty well. There is a couple of nicks here and there from use but hey its a smoker its not supposed to be perfect. A couple scratches and gunk mean its well used! If you have any specific questions let me know.