GREEN LID-RED LID? OTHER LIDS SOON


 
Those are some beautiful end caps done by Josh.
I just want to lend my thoughts from a strictly rehabbing prospective. If you are going to wire brush the end caps, you can skip over the areas that I highlighted in the photo below. Once the lid is mounted, you will not see that area at all. It is not a huge area and won't save a whole lot of time, but not having to do the corners and creases does save some real effort. If you are doing them for a keeper or a real special restore, I can understand the thoroughness and attention to detail that Josh always exhibits. But, I mostly skip that area when i grind a set of end caps when I do a rehab.

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When the majority of the powder coating is still intact do any of you all just wire-wheel the surface and paint atop of it. I began to wire-wheel mine and noticed the power coating was difficult to come off I surface wheeled it and it looks like the powder coating would provide a good surface coat to paint atop of.
 
Samuel said:
When the majority of the powder coating is still intact do any of you all just wire-wheel the surface and paint atop of it. I began to wire-wheel mine and noticed the power coating was difficult to come off I surface wheeled it and it looks like the powder coating would provide a good surface coat to paint atop of.
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My green 1000LX barn find was in near perfect condition with a couple of small dings. I just roughed up those areas a little bit and painted over the original lid end caps and cookbox after a good cleaning. Turned out great and that way I was also able to maintain factory texture. I think if I had to do larger spots then it would have to be all or nothing because you would notice the difference from one spot to another in reference to the original factory texture.

Some of them are definitely more stubborn to come clean of original paint than others. I'm on my fourth lid end cap today
 
Samuel said:
When the majority of the powder coating is still intact do any of you all just wire-wheel the surface and paint atop of it. I began to wire-wheel mine and noticed the power coating was difficult to come off I surface wheeled it and it looks like the powder coating would provide a good surface coat to paint atop of.
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If most of the original finish is still there I have painted over it to good results. In that case I will sand, not wire wheel the end caps. If there is any paint missing, you have to be sure to sand around those areas a little more aggressively or the new paint will not blend in with the old and it won't look too good. In any case, multiple coats will be needed. I usually start by spraying a very light coat over any areas down to the bare metal and letting it dry completely first. So bottom line is it can be done and it can look great as long as you do the proper prep.
 
Oh, and the last time I did end caps that way I power washed them first. I figured most of the paint would come off that way, and when it didn't I figured it was safe to do them that way. If you already wire wheeled them make sure you don't have a million wire wheel marks or you'll see those too.
 
Steve Hoch said:
Oh, and the last time I did end caps that way I power washed them first. I figured most of the paint would come off that way, and when it didn't I figured it was safe to do them that way. If you already wire wheeled them make sure you don't have a million wire wheel marks or you'll see those too.
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That's a good point. I don't ever think to say it but you could definitely screw up your grill if you don't use common sense and pay attention to what you're doing with your wire wheel. I don't think anyone's just going to hold it down in one spot and dig into the aluminum but you never know. Always keep your wire wheel moving so you can see what you're doing.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
That's a good point. I don't ever think to say it but you could definitely screw up your grill if you don't use common sense and pay attention to what you're doing with your wire wheel. I don't think anyone's just going to hold it down in one spot and dig into the aluminum but you never know. Always keep your wire wheel moving so you can see what you're doing.
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If the paint isn't coming off I could see being a little too aggressive with the power tools. It is kind of funny how sometimes the paint practically falls off and other times it hangs on for dear life. Same thing on cook boxes. I really do wish I could find reasonable sandblasting and powder coating in my area.
 
Steve Hoch said:
If the paint isn't coming off I could see being a little too aggressive with the power tools. It is kind of funny how sometimes the paint practically falls off and other times it hangs on for dear life. Same thing on cook boxes. I really do wish I could find reasonable sandblasting and powder coating in my area.
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As far as sandblasting and powder coating. I think it would be really nice but part of me also takes pride in doing as much of the project as possible. Instead of paying someone else to do it. Not sure if that makes sense to anyone else. I've done sandblasting before but it's been a long time. I think if I could do my own sandblasting and powder coating that would be really cool.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
As far as sandblasting and powder coating. I think it would be really nice but part of me also takes pride in doing as much of the project as possible. Instead of paying someone else to do it. Not sure if that makes sense to anyone else. I've done sandblasting before but it's been a long time. I think if I could do my own sandblasting and powder coating that would be really cool.
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No, I hear you. Doing all the work myself and still having it look good gives me a sense of pride as well.
 
Steve Hoch said:
Of course there's nothing wrong with it, it's great if you can find quality work at a reasonable price. I had it done once, but it was expensive.
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I would be totally stressed about standards. I can just imagine myself nitpicking their work and them telling me it's just a barbecue.
 
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