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Genesis Platinum B/C


 
Bruce said:
That might be able to be dyed to a gray, but I would want to try for a shade or two darker than the original gray.
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Bruce, I imagine it's still important to get the parts as clean as possible before you dye them? I would think the dye wouldn't take as well or the part might look splotchy if there were still grease stains present.
 
Yes, you need to have them clean as far as any topical gunk. Definitely grease. If already tried to clean them with bleach and Dawn or similar cleaning agents, then that should be good enough. But, yes, it will cover the stains if you dye it as dark or darker than the stains themselves.
 
Bruce,
Interesting that you have always dyed black. I have always had to go the route of finding the OEM black ones off of Genesis Silver B's, C's and Spriit B's.

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Yes, I could do red, dk blue, etc. But it takes a lot of dye to make a batch big enough to do end handles and especially lid handles. Knobs and igniter buttons are no big deal. But, since I do this mostly for flip grills, I don't want to get too crazy. Some people might think all that color is cool, but I try to stay more conservative and I think black is not only a great alternative to the gray, I think it is probably preferential in many cases.

Painting is always an option as well. But I just like the durability factor of dying the parts vs painting.
 
Samuel said:
Yes, although gray interests me. I have yet to find a steel pan big enough to do the job.
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I had that problem as well Samuel. I started out using a big stock pot and then I had to dye one end of the handles, and then turn it over and do the other end. So, I tore into a scrap SS restaurant table and fabbed it into a large, long rectangular container and welded up the seems. Now I can lay lid handles and end handles down flat and do 9-10 lid handles at once.

Here is the pan that I created for dying parts.

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These are all the parts I did last fall when we met down at @LMichaels house.
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Bruce,
I am impressed how clean you got that bucket of handles so clean. Do you just use the bleach spray on method you showed me on the platinum shelves too.
 
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Samuel. I have to admit that all I did on those parts was hit them with a pressure washer. I don't think I even scrubbed them at all. The pressure washer is very efficient, but not worth dragging out for just a few knobs and a handle every time.
 
The dawn and bleach/water soak is impressive. The dye is for sure the way to go!
Bruce said:
No, you really can't go backwards from what I understand. You have to start with a lighter colored piece and dye it darker.
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I phrased that question very stupidly. I meant getting them back to gray after the sun bleaching. Not from black to gray. I do agree that the black ends and handles are probably preferred by most purchasers. But I think the gray end pieces (in good condition), look better than black - when they match nicely with the tables.

Maybe you’ve tried this Bruce, but I wonder if you sanded the thermoset with 80 grit if they’d take the dye. Or if it would only penetrate the area of the scratches and wreck the table.
 
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