Merry Christmas my fellow Weber enthusiasts!!!!! Question of the day comin' at ya!

[JimV]

Agreed.......I am already technically upside down on every grill that I sell. But that is understood as part of the game.....I just do my best to keep budget busters under control.

 

[Dave Moser]

Hello all.....I hope everyone is enjoying their time off .....probably tinkering on an old grill in the garage with cookies and hot cocoa...or the like. Usually I am not restoring grills this time of year but I still haven't stopped and it doesn't look like I will anytime soon. It has been slim picking's around here so somehow I have ended up with 3 NG's and 1 propane grill currently. So my question of the day which I have yet to figure out is how to remove the deeply imbedded mold or grease from the rubber portion of the Genesis 300 series knobs. I am hesitant to soak the entire knob in bleach/water mix due to the nice red paint still on the kettles. While the wife wasnt around I stood at the kitchen sink with QTips just experimenting with applying a strong bleach mix to the dirty parts of the rubber.....I gave that about 30min of just working the bleach into the rubber the best I could but I saw very poor results. So....is there a magic trick?

I have had some measure of success using the old Mr. Clean magic eraser pads. They work great on the hard plastic knobs on the Gen and spirit 2s. I also use the on the plastic portions of the prep tables. With the darker gray rubbery knobs, they work well damp on the flat surfaces on the front of the knobs, but not as well on the ribbed area you show in your pictures. I tried a pencil eraser there, but not what is call great results. Bottom line, a bit of a disappointment when you start rubbing and realize you’ve spent an hour with less than perfect results. A lot of resistance in these knobs, I’m finding! Seems to be broad agreement on that fact! I have great confidence Velardi will figure it out and share!

 

[JimV]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. I am thinking that this is a " mostly " non porous " material but as it breaks down in the sun and heat the mold finds a way in.......so we just need to find a way in as well and evict the mold. Maybe a needle injected bleach scenario....so far this one has me by the tail.