I am restoring this Genesis 5 ....

[Dave in KC]

My first and last grill restore with wood.

Your 5000 has the most wooden slats of any of
the grills. That's a handful, for sure. I have done 3
woody's. Jr., 1000, and a 3000. In no hurry to do another,
but I am sure I will at some point. I enjoy wood
working. Staining and varnishing isn't really much
work. The annoyance is the drying time. I always
have done mine in the dead of summer when the
humidity is ridiculous, which doubles the wait time,
and just makes it that much longer of an annoyance.

 

[Joe Anshien]

The dry time and wood work certainly drags the rebuild time out by double. There is a Skyline model about 2 hours away for $100 that look in pretty good shape. We are going right past it next week to meet of with some friends at a campground in St. Mary's MD. I am hoping someone else buys it, as I don't want to do the wood work again.

 

[Bruce]

Joe, that looks like a nice example of a Skyline. However, if it is still available next week when you make your trip, I would be offering a bit less than $100. Also, it has all the durawood in place, so you don't have to do wood, unless you really want to.

 

[BrandonHudson]

Absolutely fantastic resto so far.

Love the stain on the wood. Great choice for the red top

 

[Joe Anshien]

Joe, that looks like a nice example of a Skyline. However, if it is still available next week when you make your trip, I would be offering a bit less than $100. Also, it has all the durawood in place, so you don't have to do wood, unless you really want to.

That grey stuff is durawood? Is there anyway to make that look better?

 

[Bruce]

Joe, yah, they did paint wood slats gray for a while, but I think by 1998 they had gone to all durawood. All the skylines I have seen have been durawood.
They way I clean it is with bleach and #0000 steel wool. It gets out 95% of the grease, grime, rust and other stains.

 

[TonyS T-Bone]

For those lucky enough to have access to a power washer, the Durawood cleans up to "like new" condition. Interestingly however, if you are too aggressive with the p.w., it "raises the grain" almost like with real wood. So don't be too heavy handed. Give it a soak in a cleaner then blast away!

 

[Joe Anshien]

Your 5000 has the most wooden slats of any of
the grills. That's a handful, for sure. I have done 3
woody's. Jr., 1000, and a 3000. In no hurry to do another,
but I am sure I will at some point. I enjoy wood
working. Staining and varnishing isn't really much
work. The annoyance is the drying time. I always
have done mine in the dead of summer when the
humidity is ridiculous, which doubles the wait time,
and just makes it that much longer of an annoyance.

Well the sanding to start and between every coat is tons of fun also. For some reasons I am getting particles, dust or something and it is not totally smooth? I sand, blow with a compressor, then wipe with a clean rag and mineral spirits. Any idea? It was hard to capture in a photo but this is what I got.

 

[Bruce]

That is because you are using a gloss finish in a non Dust Free environment. Almost impossible to avoid if you are doing that in the garage or worse outside.

 

[Joe Anshien]

I started outside. When I saw the particles, I moved it inside the garage for future coats, but did not seem to make much of a difference. I was thinking of picking up a new brush. It is really bugging me.

 

[LMichaels]

Try spraying. The stuff may be coming from the brush

 

[Joe Anshien]

So I figured a grill of this heritage needs a tank cover. I also ordered a couple extra igniters at Amazon for about $9 each. I was surprised by the nice packaging on the igniters....Very iphoney. Usually they just fall out of a plastic baggy.

 

[Bruce]

Do you have a link to the igniters Joe?

 

[Joe Anshien]

Do you have a link to the igniters Joe?

Amazon.com : DIKOO Gas Grill Igniter Button, Grill Igniter Kit Compatible with Weber Spirit Genesis, Silver and Gold Gas Grills, Platinum I and II Gas Grills, Replacement for Weber 7509 Igniter Kit : Garden & Outdoor

Amazon.com : DIKOO Gas Grill Igniter Button, Grill Igniter Kit Compatible with Weber Spirit Genesis, Silver and Gold Gas Grills, Platinum I and II Gas Grills, Replacement for Weber 7509 Igniter Kit : Garden & Outdoor

www.amazon.com

 

[AlexHanWI]

Amazon.com : DIKOO Gas Grill Igniter Button, Grill Igniter Kit Compatible with Weber Spirit Genesis, Silver and Gold Gas Grills, Platinum I and II Gas Grills, Replacement for Weber 7509 Igniter Kit : Garden & Outdoor

Amazon.com : DIKOO Gas Grill Igniter Button, Grill Igniter Kit Compatible with Weber Spirit Genesis, Silver and Gold Gas Grills, Platinum I and II Gas Grills, Replacement for Weber 7509 Igniter Kit : Garden & Outdoor

www.amazon.com

I ordered 2 of these in the last month, and had pretty good luck with them.

onlyfire Igniter Kit ($9.99) but they are $1.40 more. I would've bought these ones if I saw them. Probably will get this one for the next purchase.

 

[Bruce]

I think everyone of those are all basically the same to include the igniter. So, I just go with the least expensive option. Like, I have said before, i wish they would just sell the SS gas collector separate for half the price. The igniters rarely go bad and I have about two dozen of them in my parts bin, but no gas collectors. And it would be nice if they made them out of thicker stainless as well so they don't burn up int three or four years.

 

[TonyS T-Bone]

There is a limited time deal for $7.66 on Amazon for this Boyo Tec replacement for the 7509 igniter (with the nut, not snap-in). I may order a couple at that price.

Boyo Tech 7509 igniter

 

[Matt Rector]

Ugg - Wood work. I don't mind building things with it, but don't like the sanding and poly. My first and last grill restore with wood.

I hear you, I've redone 8 "Red Heads" with the wood, and it's the part I dislike the most.

 

[Bruce]

There is a limited time deal for $7.66 on Amazon for this Boyo Tec replacement for the 7509 igniter (with the nut, not snap-in). I may order a couple at that price.

Boyo Tech 7509 igniter

I just ordered three of them. I had to order each one separately to get the 8% discount on all three.

 

[Joe Anshien]

Well it is more or less finished. I sent back the grates and am waiting for new ones as the ones I got looked painted as you may notice in the pictures. If you look at the picture outside you can see in the upper right my wife's cook box planter. It took me about 2 weeks of a lot more work than I have on any other grill, by a large margin. I had never taken apart a frame or done woodwork on a grill before. Besides the internals such as tubes, flavorizers and grates, the grill is almost 100% original. The wood and everything else was in overall amazing shape for being 30 years old. Only a little surface rust in a few spots that I treated and painted.