Genesis Platinum B/C

[Samuel]

Picked up a free one today.
She is looking pretty dirty, what do yall think will she clean up?

 

[LMichaels]

Looks like you will need some cabinet repair but looks like it's "all there". Free not a bad haul!

 

[Samuel]

Looks like you will need some cabinet repair but looks like it's "all there". Free not a bad haul!

I have the wire rack to open cart her.

 

[Cody Bratton]

That will clean up beautifully! Get yourself some barkeepers friend, bleach and dawn dish soap, and you will have a beauty on your hands.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Great pick up for free! That should be pretty easy to make nice again.

 

[LMichaels]

Doesn't even look like it has the dropsies

 

[Bruce]

Yah Larry. it does have the dropsies. At least on the right side anyway. But that is just an inconvenience. That is a great find and YES, that will clean up just fine.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Yah Larry. it does have the dropsies. At least on the right side anyway. But that is just an inconvenience. That is a great find and YES, that will clean up just fine.

I discovered something from working on those grills that I neglected to mention before. What tends to drop is the frame extension that those tables are attached to, and I've fixed it quite easily. Simply loosen the nut on the frame extension, lift the extension up and keep tension on it while retightening the bolt. It may not solve every problem, but it's made a big difference on the ones I've come across like that.

 

[Bruce]

On those SS grills, the weld on the brackets tends to break. It requires more than a simple tightening.

 

[Steve Hoch]

On those SS grills, the weld on the brackets tends to break. It requires more than a simple tightening.

Oh, ok. I didn't realize that the tables were held on differently on that model.

 

[Bruce]

Steve, there are essentially identical structural wise to regular Silver/Gold grills. The frame extension have a bracket in them to hold them in the extension tube. For some reason, the welds on the SS grills seem to fail on that bracket where the regular steel frames don't normally have that problem.

 

[Steve Hoch]

Steve, there are essentially identical structural wise to regular Silver/Gold grills. The frame extension have a bracket in them to hold them in the extension tube. For some reason, the welds on the SS grills seem to fail on that bracket where the regular steel frames don't normally have that problem.

Ok, now I get it. Well, if the weld isn't broken, doing what I suggested does succeed in evening the gap between the table and the frame upright.

 

[Samuel]

I washed the top left shelf with dawn and hot water to gauge how to approach the shelves. It still has a stain to it. Do you all sand platinum shelves to get them pearly white or is it just because I did not use bleach?

 

[Bruce]

I use bleach. Sanding those would be a rough job.

 

[Samuel]

How long do you let them soak in dawn and bleach Bruce?

 

[Steve Hoch]

How long do you let them soak in dawn and bleach Bruce?

Until they are clean. A green 3M scrubby comes in handy too.

 

[Bruce]

On tables, I spray the bleach on and let it sit a while and spray it again, and do this several times and they get after it with a green scrubby.
I use pool bleach which is 2-3 times stronger than household bleach. I put it in a spray bottle.

On knobs and igniters and small stuff, I just let them soak in the straight bleach for a half hour and then clean them up. I don't mix it with Dawn, but I am sure that wouldn't hurt at worst and would maybe help some.

 

[Samuel]

Thanks for the added info on the knobs. I washed those too and they did not come out to my satisfaction either. I wondered if the bleach would discolor them, but I could not remember how I once cleaned my platinum daily. Here is current pic of the knobs after a once over with dawn. I still need to remove the ignitor.

 

[LMichaels]

Wear gloves in case you didn't know

 

[Bruce]

THose knobs should come out looking new.