Thanks guys, I'm happy with it.
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.
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.
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.