How to clean outside of Q300?


 
D

Dario

New member
I have a Q300 with some baked on stains - assume these are grease. I've tired a variety of products, including cleanser, and they don't want to seem to come off. Any way to get the outside of the lid looking uniform? Most of the grill cleaning products seem to be focused on the inside rather than the outside.

Thank,
Dario
 
Last edited:
Purple power. You can purchase it at any automotive store. It's not going to make it look brand new. Grease from fat is pretty nasty stuff. Take it to a self carwash. squirt it down and let it sit for just a moment. Take the power sprayer and crush it. That's about as clean as it's going to get
 
I have had pretty good with #0000 steel wool, but some stains just get permanently "burned in" When it gets too bad, I'll repaint the top probably with a color that doesn't show stains so badly.
 
Todd Phillips said:
Purple power. You can purchase it at any automotive store. It's not going to make it look brand new. Grease from fat is pretty nasty stuff. Take it to a self carwash. squirt it down and let it sit for just a moment. Take the power sprayer and crush it. That's about as clean as it's going to get
Click to expand...
Great suggestion - will do. Heading to the auto store tomorrow.
 
TOM BAUER said:
I have had pretty good with #0000 steel wool, but some stains just get permanently "burned in" When it gets too bad, I'll repaint the top probably with a color that doesn't show stains so badly.
Click to expand...
Not a bad idea at all. I'll try the purple stuff and then steel wool if that doesn't work. My guess is that even #0000 wool is going to scratch the surface, so I'll need to do the whole top to get it looking uniform. I was going to try sanding them out, but I know that would result in repainting. Really trying to avoid doing that.
 
The good thing is the lids are not porcelain like a Genesis. So really a repaint is a lazy afternoon plus a couple beers
 
yea, anything like steel wool will mess it up. if a good cleaner and a plastic scrubber don't take it off then the paint is stained and I doubt anything will take it off.
 
Tried Purple Power. The grill laughed at me. Next step was oven cleaner. I figure if I have to use steel wool or sand paper I'm likely repainting anyway so not much risk. It worked pretty well and got most of the stuff off. Some staining is still there, but 90% of it is gone. Had to let it sit for an hour on few areas.

It looks like some paint did come off when I removed the cleaner. It didn't get through the paint, but seemed to remove some. If you decide to use oven cleaner I would suggest being very careful and not letting it sit for too long. I'm not promising it won't remove your paint. It worked for me, but caution is advised.

Thanks for the help.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

 

Back
Top