Genesis knobs and switches


 
Steve Hoch

Steve Hoch

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I took a break from my various projects around the house to do something I enjoy doing so I started going through my grill parts and decided to clean up these knobs and igniter switches. These are twenty -five year old plus parts and you can imagine how dirty they were. This is super easy to do and only required about five minutes of actual work. Dump the parts in a container of hot water, dish soap, and bleach. Let them soak for an hour or so and dump them out. Just give everything a quick scrub, rinse, and dry. IMG_20230810_105636186.jpg
 
Basically my method as well. But I just use bleach. Some Dawn might be a good idea for me next time but really don't know that I need it.
 
For how a suddle bleach, I use full strength.
Just a couple hours soaking is plenty.
 
I must be doing something wrong when I clean my grill knobs. For they seldom clean from the bottom and the still look dingy at times. Thus, the reason I always end up dying them black.
 
I would always pressure wash the knobs while doing the whole grill and call it a day. But they were always still “a little bit dirty”, plus sometimes the pressure washer would damage the plastic.

I decided to try Bruce’s “submerge in straight bleach for a few hours” method.

It’s basically a miracle. I just kept the same bleach in a small glass dish and put the knobs in, after a few hours, took them out, rubbed with a Smiley Face Sponge, ran under the faucet, and dunked the next batch of knobs in the bleach to soak.

Here’s an example of some “before and after”

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One of my dream goals is to work on my accumulated old used parts and restore a bunch of each kind, as Josh has shown here and some others have posted about. Having an inventory of prepped small parts ready to go would really streamline restorations. Alas, until I get to retire in a year and a half, it is not likely I will get very far.

I have quite a few old control knobs that I think will need Bruce's method vs. basic cleaning. If you have parts nice enough that you can do them without bleach, though, I think that is a good thing.
 
Jon Tofte said:
One of my dream goals is to work on my accumulated old used parts and restore a bunch of each kind, as Josh has shown here and some others have posted about. Having an inventory of prepped small parts ready to go would really streamline restorations. Alas, until I get to retire in a year and a half, it is not likely I will get very far.

I have quite a few old control knobs that I think will need Bruce's method vs. basic cleaning. If you have parts nice enough that you can do them without bleach, though, I think that is a good thing.
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I wish I lived close to you. I would come over and give you a hand cleaning up some of those smaller parts. I really enjoy the little side projects of these Restorations.
 
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