Pete in PG
TVWBB Pro
Well, this was a GOOD find, but she definitely had been ridden hard and put away wet several times. I seriously doubt anyone ever cleaned up this grill in the past 40 years. The accumulation of carbon and baked on grease was more than I'd seen. I got about 90% of it off using oven cleaner, a plastic putty knife and industrial scrubbing pads and a lot of elbow grease.
The original legs were not in the right sockets - how could that be? And, they were really fixed in place!! I used WD-40, PB Blaster and finally my propane torch and channel locks to finally work them free. The aluminum had oxidized with the sockets and frozen them in place; two of the legs were in really bad shape so I decided a new leg kit must be used.
I drilled out the dampers and Weber sent me a kit for the bottom section and I cleaned up the old Bar B Q damper up top. Like others, I used a bucket of hot water and dish detergent along with steel wool 0000 to buff up the outside.
All said and done, she looks pretty darn good and I am glad to have put her back in service.
Here she is all cleaned up!
A couple before shots....
The original legs were not in the right sockets - how could that be? And, they were really fixed in place!! I used WD-40, PB Blaster and finally my propane torch and channel locks to finally work them free. The aluminum had oxidized with the sockets and frozen them in place; two of the legs were in really bad shape so I decided a new leg kit must be used.
I drilled out the dampers and Weber sent me a kit for the bottom section and I cleaned up the old Bar B Q damper up top. Like others, I used a bucket of hot water and dish detergent along with steel wool 0000 to buff up the outside.
All said and done, she looks pretty darn good and I am glad to have put her back in service.
Here she is all cleaned up!
A couple before shots....
