Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
In earlier thread, I posted pictures of a hood that had been painted flat black that I was going to trash. I tried a little 0000 steel wool and Simple Green and discovered that this grill was originally what I consider to be a beautiful shade of maroon. My picture was taken outside in fairly bright Florida sunlight:
I think because of the sunlight the color looked washed out and lead to questions about whether this hood was maroon or the standard red.
Now that I have the maroon inner part of the hood redone, here are a couple side-by-side pictures of it and my only true "red-head" part. These were taken inside with much softer lighting:
The inside lighting shows that the maroon is actually fairly dark. I know many on this forum would put the true red at the top of the list. I certainly like them (and appreciate their historic merit). Personally, though, my favorite has always been the black lids. This maroon one, however, kind of bridges a gap in a way. What was once headed to the trash may well have to stay at home for me to use! My wife will be thrilled
Speaking of redhead grill lids, what do you all think of my attempt to make a color version of the metal Weber logo?
As you can see, this one still needs some touching up, but I really like how the red kettle on the logo goes with the hood. (I think it would also look good with black, but NOT with the maroon.) I am going to try and make another version with the sanded down metal color for the letters and surround and only paint the kettle red. That would be a lot easier and probably would last longer, too. Let me know what you think. Hope to do another thread when I have logo versions done to get your feedback.
I think because of the sunlight the color looked washed out and lead to questions about whether this hood was maroon or the standard red.
Now that I have the maroon inner part of the hood redone, here are a couple side-by-side pictures of it and my only true "red-head" part. These were taken inside with much softer lighting:
The inside lighting shows that the maroon is actually fairly dark. I know many on this forum would put the true red at the top of the list. I certainly like them (and appreciate their historic merit). Personally, though, my favorite has always been the black lids. This maroon one, however, kind of bridges a gap in a way. What was once headed to the trash may well have to stay at home for me to use! My wife will be thrilled
Speaking of redhead grill lids, what do you all think of my attempt to make a color version of the metal Weber logo?
As you can see, this one still needs some touching up, but I really like how the red kettle on the logo goes with the hood. (I think it would also look good with black, but NOT with the maroon.) I am going to try and make another version with the sanded down metal color for the letters and surround and only paint the kettle red. That would be a lot easier and probably would last longer, too. Let me know what you think. Hope to do another thread when I have logo versions done to get your feedback.