Could Not Resist


 
Steve Hoch said:
That depends, you might be right of course. If I can't find another like new control panel I would probably cook on it. I'm also still looking for a skyline which I may leave as a durawood. We'll see what comes my way.
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I know the feeling, Steve. It's what I call a blast from the past that conjures up memories of perhaps a better time, a wedding gift or some such. Good memories persist, bad memories fade, or so it seems...let's all remember the good times!

It's a comfort just to look at something like this and not have to worry about using it and wearing it out.
 
THyde said:
Here's another update. I am FINALLY getting around to refinishing the slats for the tables and the lower shelf. I sanded all of the old material off, I had at one time sprayed automotive clear coat on them, then put non-spar polyurethane, and then spar polyurethane. It's all been sanded off:

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I'm also staining and spar-ring the two oak handles I got from somebody on here, I can't remember who anymore, but those have been waiting a while to get finished and put on. While I'm at it, I'm also refinishing the wooden handle for the Char-Gon, which is such a great grill cleaning tool. Here is the wood stained with Minwax Dark Walnut stain, and with one coat of Helmsman spar polyurethane. I'm going to put a few more coats of poly on everything, so this will take a few more days:

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Further proof that if you hang around the barber shop long enough, you're gonna get a haircut.

Looking good there, Tim! Once you start down that rabbit hole, it's hard to know when to stop. Thanks for sharing the gorgeous pics!
 
Oh, I've been in the rabbit hole for a while now!

Question for those who have used it: POR-15

The z bars for these tables are intact, but there is a bunch of surface rust around some of the screw holes. I had, years ago, sanded them down and painted them but the rust is a-coming for them. They're intact, and even the screw holes are still OK. My thinking is to sand them down and then hit them with POR-15, then repaint, to make them last as long as I can.

Who has used POR-15? Should I put a coat of it over the entire z bar, or try to treat only the rust areas? I haven't used it yet, I have had a tin of it for a while but like I said I've never used it. I'm thinking, sand down as good as I can especially in the rusted areas, then paint it on. Once it dries, can you sand it?

Anybody who has used that stuff before, I'd be grateful to hear how it behaves, lays down, how long do you leave it to dry before you can sand / paint, I really don't know what I'm getting into here.

Thanks!
 
I've used Rust Encapsulator, but my arid environment is not much of a test of how well it works. I'd like to say, and I think you have a scientific approach to this as I do, that rust gets into the "pores" or molecular structure and painting over it is one way to seal the area against the moisture in the air. A better approach might be to first neutralize or convert the rust with something like Ospho (phosphoric acid), which has been around since 1947. Some paints have a rust converter in them as well. Project Farm did a review on these paints but overlooked Ospho for some reason.

 
2 best products I have ever come across and used. Eastwood Rust Encapsulator #1 and Por15 a VERY close #2. Anything else (and yes I have tried them) is like peeing into a fan for a warm shower
 
Well I’m now spray painting over the POR because I don’t believe it is a top coat. I just coated the side that will face down, one more coat on that side then flip, sand and coat the top. The POR seems pretty stuck on the areas that had rust so I am optimistic. Also the stuff seems sandable. So far so good.
 
Now just converting the side burner from propane to NG, so we can deep fry outside. I'm going to get into the valve and orifice stuff soon enough, and also I need some kind of adapter to hook the hose to the manifold.
 
Steve, that Handle looks awesome! Thank you again, it's finally all the same kind of wood, all treated at the same time! Now my frame looks like it wants attention. And cook box. And end caps. And logo. Not to mention the disaster that is the manifold!
 
THyde said:
Steve, that Handle looks awesome! Thank you again, it's finally all the same kind of wood, all treated at the same time! Now my frame looks like it wants attention. And cook box. And end caps. And logo. Not to mention the disaster that is the manifold!
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We'll see how long it takes before you tear the whole grill down to redo everything!
 
Bruce said:
I would think you could get a piece of hose and find the adapters you need and make your own
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There is a hose already on it but it is from a propane grill, and for some reason the hookup nut is female. I just need some gas line adapter(s) and some pipe dope.

Edit: couple adapters later and that side burner is working now. I’ll be happy to deep fry something on that instead of inside the house!
 
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Yes, that is one really nice looking restore+. (y)(y)

I like what I assume is red oak and how you stained it. The grain looks so good, and it looks perfect with that hood.
 
Tim, you were right to top coat over the POR 15 as it is meant to be top coated if exposed to UV rays. Lots of people don’t and it peels off over time if it is in direct sunlight. They then blame it on the POR 15 but it is because it was not top coated.
 
I like to post up on my very old thread because this grill was a real rescue. Picked it up for $25 7 years ago, and it is living its best life! There are some ups and downs, the oak was maybe not the very best choice, but now that it is completely dried out I think it should stay pretty much the shape it is now. After getting POR on those Z bars, and seeing the incredible results, I think I will take the grill all the way down again soon and hit the frame with POR. While I'm at that I may just hit the cookbox and end caps with a top coat. And with RC grates, this machine is a true pleasure to cook on. In the last week I have made a rotisserie chicken, burgers / dogs and three pizzas on a piece of marble I had left over from our new bathroom's shower seat that works wonders as a pizza stone. The marble is easily half an inch thick, and it really does take about 40 minutes to get it up to 500 degrees, but I digress. I guess I just like to show an old Genesis that has been redone far after the initial cleanup, which was seven years ago. Now, it is in better shape than ever. So for those with keepers, I will say the first crack is the hardest, after that you already know what you're doing and can do such fine tuning as spending a week on z bars. Fun stuff!

Edit: We also had pork loins
 
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