Alan T
TVWBB Member
So this will serve as a "work in progress" thread. I was able to source a decent (but VERY dirty) Genesis 1000 red lid from a really nice guy in State College, PA (about 2 1/2 drive from where I live in Pittsburgh)
Here's the "before" shot of the lid:
And "after" with 0000 steel wool and simple green:
I deconstructed my 1100 this past weekend, and sourced what was salvageable from the other 1100 from the guy in State College. The cart was totally rusted out... so much so that when you lifted the lid, the entire firebox swayed and felt like it was going to go crashing through the cart. I saved the firebox, some of the wooden grates, wheels, control panel and other miscellaneous, bolts, screws, etc. The grates and flavorizer bars were toast. Going to look into getting the firebox and end caps for the lid media blasted to have a blank canvas to paint. I'll try using simple green to degrease the firebox and see how well that works first. If that proves to be futile, then I'll go the blasting route. Thoughts?
Here's the "before" shot of the lid:
And "after" with 0000 steel wool and simple green:
I deconstructed my 1100 this past weekend, and sourced what was salvageable from the other 1100 from the guy in State College. The cart was totally rusted out... so much so that when you lifted the lid, the entire firebox swayed and felt like it was going to go crashing through the cart. I saved the firebox, some of the wooden grates, wheels, control panel and other miscellaneous, bolts, screws, etc. The grates and flavorizer bars were toast. Going to look into getting the firebox and end caps for the lid media blasted to have a blank canvas to paint. I'll try using simple green to degrease the firebox and see how well that works first. If that proves to be futile, then I'll go the blasting route. Thoughts?