"Go Bag" for Weber Restoration?

[PaulD]

Let's say you had to throw your tools / materials / cleaning & lubing supplies into a bag and go rescue/restore a Weber gasser. What would you toss into your bag?

Details:
Buddy has a Weber that we want to fix up and get working again. It's more convenient for me to drive my materials over to his place than it is to get the barbecue over here. What materials would you bring? I'm thinking along the lines of:

Ammonia & trash bags (to clean the grill grates)
Anti-seize
White lithium grease for the controls
screwdrivers and wrenches

What else?

 

[THyde]

It depends on how fixed up you plan on getting it. Definitely some steel wool, maybe an angle grinder with wire cup brush, a drill, again it depends on your plan.

 

[Bruce]

Simple green, cloths, spare parts if you have them such as nuts and bolts and fasteners, etc... Even a spare set of flavo bars, burner tubes, igniter and cooking greats if you have them. Oh, don't forget your paints either.

 

[Jon Tofte]

Angle grinder with wire cup brush, 0000 steel wool, Simple Green, 7/16 ratchet wrench, high heat black spray paint (I am starting to really like the new Krylon products I have been trying), some rags and microfiber towels and my supply boxes:

 

[THyde]

I just repainted my end caps with the Krylon high heat, the 1200 degree stuff. I like it a LOT.

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Jon, your tackle boxes are scaring the crap out of poor Paul

 

[Kevin Coulombe]

I used several different Krylon products on my restore, I had problems with one can that gummed up quickly, I called the number on the bottle and they offered to overnight me a replacement or send a check. The can started working the next day.

 

[THyde]

It goes without saying that your buddy is supplying the beer. Otherwise we need to redo this entire list.

 

[Bruce]

Jon, I have a "tackle box" like yours as well. Problem is that it way over capacity and has become a big pile of small grill parts. I need a couple more.

 

[Jon Tofte]

I just repainted my end caps with the Krylon high heat, the 1200 degree stuff. I like it a LOT.

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Jon, your tackle boxes are scaring the crap out of poor Paul

If you think that is bad, you should have seen when I worked from ziploc bags stuffed in boxes! That WAS scary. It takes a CPA a little longer than some of you guys who know tools well to figure this stuff out. By the way, if you were wondering, CPA stands for Cut Paste & Assemble!

 

[Jon Tofte]

Jon, I have a "tackle box" like yours as well. Problem is that it way over capacity and has become a big pile of small grill parts. I need a couple more.

I need a shop -or at least a barn. I would set up a staged assembly line with a disassembly area, sanding and rust removal station, a mini paint booth, and then a line with parts all lined up on the walls and tools and tackle boxes at hands reach.

It sounds great, but it is just a pipe dream. Right now, I work in my yard, on my little deck, down at our maintenance shop occasionally (it is NOT set up for grill restorations), and pretty much wherever I can find a spot. With the hot Florida sun, frequent rain and bugs flying around it doesn’t work too well at times... So I will dream - and then keep doing the best I can.

 

[Bruce]

Jon, you and I think a lot a like.