JasonMansfield
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I guess I'll join the ranks. A buddy got a free Genesis 2000 redhead for free and dropped it off in my driveway. It matches my redhead kettle. What a nice guy. Now my entire summer is going to be spent finding time to restore this ol' gas grill. I feel a little bad for when I will give up my Stok gas grill - it's been reliable and held together pretty well over the past 8 years or so. Someone will get a decent freebie. I'm sure once I fire the Genesis up, I'll forget all about the Stok.
Overall, the grill is in decent shape - not the worst, but certainly not the best. It will take quite a bit of work. I don't aspire to making it perfect like many of you do. But I do want it to be respectable and last me a very long time. Even though I plan on keeping it out in the weather uncovered, I'm expecting it to be fine since the "weather" in the California Bay Area is pretty darn mild.
So far I have sanded down, stained, and mostly sealed the wood. I still have a couple more sprays of Spar to go and might need to pick up another can. Sheesh, that's a lot of wood slats!!! I ended up staining them a little darker than I wanted, but I think it works out because it will hide all the remaining sins.
I expect to do a bit of welding. I need a new crossmember where they typically rust out. I might just go ahead and weld up the other pieces - not like I'm going to ever take this apart and if it helps reduce potential for future rust, then I'm game. I also have some other metal work to do while I have the naval jelly and welder out (on the truck and equipment for homebrewing).
And I expect there will be quite a bit of cleaning - hopefully not more tedious than all that sanding!
I need new z-brackets for under the firebox for the drip tray. I hear RCPlaneBuyer may have them (in addition to the flavorizor bars I'll probably need as well). Luckily I'm only a couple towns away from him, so I'm hoping I can just pick them up and avoid shipping.
With all my lurking on this board and reading everyone's experiences, I'm hoping to not hit any huge snags or make some terrible mistakes.
One thing I haven't read in any of these threads, or maybe I missed it - what's the deal with the casters on the other pair of legs? Most seem to have it. Mine doesn't. Were they original? Seems if I were to add them, the grill wouldn't sit level. I don't feel I need them, but do want to honor originality a little.
Thanks for reading my novel. We'll see how this goes!
Overall, the grill is in decent shape - not the worst, but certainly not the best. It will take quite a bit of work. I don't aspire to making it perfect like many of you do. But I do want it to be respectable and last me a very long time. Even though I plan on keeping it out in the weather uncovered, I'm expecting it to be fine since the "weather" in the California Bay Area is pretty darn mild.
So far I have sanded down, stained, and mostly sealed the wood. I still have a couple more sprays of Spar to go and might need to pick up another can. Sheesh, that's a lot of wood slats!!! I ended up staining them a little darker than I wanted, but I think it works out because it will hide all the remaining sins.
I expect to do a bit of welding. I need a new crossmember where they typically rust out. I might just go ahead and weld up the other pieces - not like I'm going to ever take this apart and if it helps reduce potential for future rust, then I'm game. I also have some other metal work to do while I have the naval jelly and welder out (on the truck and equipment for homebrewing).
And I expect there will be quite a bit of cleaning - hopefully not more tedious than all that sanding!
I need new z-brackets for under the firebox for the drip tray. I hear RCPlaneBuyer may have them (in addition to the flavorizor bars I'll probably need as well). Luckily I'm only a couple towns away from him, so I'm hoping I can just pick them up and avoid shipping.
With all my lurking on this board and reading everyone's experiences, I'm hoping to not hit any huge snags or make some terrible mistakes.
One thing I haven't read in any of these threads, or maybe I missed it - what's the deal with the casters on the other pair of legs? Most seem to have it. Mine doesn't. Were they original? Seems if I were to add them, the grill wouldn't sit level. I don't feel I need them, but do want to honor originality a little.
Thanks for reading my novel. We'll see how this goes!
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