So here, is my new acquisition. I came over to the dark side, charcoal. I decided to go with the gas assist performer to make things a bit easy on me. its probably more than I need, but if I make it harder on myself by having to use the chimney every time and no ash catch I can picture myself using it less frequently.
I unfortunately/fortunately got excited to get a blue one when I saw that they made them. so I really did jump on one of the first ones I saw and in my mind, paid too much for something a little rough. Hopefully the rehab isn't too bad, and the end product is nice. I think the bowl is in good shape, its everything else that isn't. This has a date code of 2012 i think, so I was surprised that this thing is like 4 years old.
Things to address
-needs a good clean out and cleaning
-Bottom of the legs are rusted.
-wire shelf at the bottom is rusted at the joints.
-table has 3 of the 4 screws popped through. hanging on by a thread.
-1 of the levers on the ash catch is rusted.
-grates are rusty
Fixing Plan/What should I do?
On the legs, I was thinking of sanding just the tips, taking the wheels off and the plastic connectors off and painting the bottoms black/ dark gray to match the plastic.
I am unsure how to fix the bottom shelf. Should I just be taking a wire brush to the joints to get out the rust and spray with paint? I don't want the paint to flake. I want a nice finished product on the whole grill.
Grates I was going to use baking soda or barkeepers friend. Eventually I want to get stainless grates but id like to have this thing up and running and feel nice and together before buying them, same with the cover.
Hoping that I can get the table warrantied by Weber and probably buy a new handle for the ash catch.
In reading the warranty that is currently out there (not sure what was in effect in 2012-13), the bowl is covered for 10 years, plastic for 5 years and everything else for 2. So I'm assuming none of the other issues could have warranty coverage.
Let me know your thoughts. I'm excited to try it, but feel like I need to take care of a few things before thinking of firing it up.
I unfortunately/fortunately got excited to get a blue one when I saw that they made them. so I really did jump on one of the first ones I saw and in my mind, paid too much for something a little rough. Hopefully the rehab isn't too bad, and the end product is nice. I think the bowl is in good shape, its everything else that isn't. This has a date code of 2012 i think, so I was surprised that this thing is like 4 years old.
Things to address
-needs a good clean out and cleaning
-Bottom of the legs are rusted.
-wire shelf at the bottom is rusted at the joints.
-table has 3 of the 4 screws popped through. hanging on by a thread.
-1 of the levers on the ash catch is rusted.
-grates are rusty
Fixing Plan/What should I do?
On the legs, I was thinking of sanding just the tips, taking the wheels off and the plastic connectors off and painting the bottoms black/ dark gray to match the plastic.
I am unsure how to fix the bottom shelf. Should I just be taking a wire brush to the joints to get out the rust and spray with paint? I don't want the paint to flake. I want a nice finished product on the whole grill.
Grates I was going to use baking soda or barkeepers friend. Eventually I want to get stainless grates but id like to have this thing up and running and feel nice and together before buying them, same with the cover.
Hoping that I can get the table warrantied by Weber and probably buy a new handle for the ash catch.
In reading the warranty that is currently out there (not sure what was in effect in 2012-13), the bowl is covered for 10 years, plastic for 5 years and everything else for 2. So I'm assuming none of the other issues could have warranty coverage.
Let me know your thoughts. I'm excited to try it, but feel like I need to take care of a few things before thinking of firing it up.
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