Requesting advice/ideas on refinishing the grey wood


 
Bruce

Bruce

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I decided to post this as a separate thread instead of inside my build thread. I wanted it to reach more than just those following that thread.

On my Genesis 4/5, I am going to want to refinish the wood on the grill. It is the light grey painted wood on the slats and the handles of the serving trays. I am probably going to try to match the grey for the paint. They are all in pretty good shape so I was thinking maybe a light sanding after I scrub them a bit. I think some have some rust/grease stains and I am worried about bleed through. Do you recommend a primer first? Can I just rattle can them or would you suggest brush on?

Any thoughts, ideas or advice are welcome. If you rehabbed one of these grills with the grey wood, what did you do?
Thanks,
Bruce
 
I agree you need to get the old grease off first. I've seen gray deck stain that looks very close to the original finish. That's what I would use since it is an outdoor finish.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
What are your theories if you don't mind me asking?
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I would have to go back and study all the product brochures to make more sense of it, but here goes. The very first ones were all red I believe. A little later I think Weber offered gray on their better models and red on the rest. Still later, I think that the better models were durawood and the lesser ones gray stained wood. The durawood models are definitely more plentiful than wood slat ones of the same time period. Take that all together and I think it explains why you see less gray wood slat grills than other types. I could be wrong of course, but it makes sense to me.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I would have to go back and study all the product brochures to make more sense of it, but here goes. The very first ones were all red I believe. A little later I think Weber offered gray on their better models and red on the rest. Still later, I think that the better models were durawood and the lesser ones gray stained wood. The durawood models are definitely more plentiful than wood slat ones of the same time period. Take that all together and I think it explains why you see less gray wood slat grills than other types. I could be wrong of course, but it makes sense to me.
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Makes sense to me Steve.

Question:
Was there 2 different types of gray Durawood?
I have a Genesis 3000 with what looks like gray Durawood but the texture is noticeably different.

Just curious because I know it could possibly be replacement slats. Also since it has a wood handle I would guess that it's replacement slats.

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Josh Dekubber said:
Makes sense to me Steve.

Question:
Was there 2 different types of gray Durawood?
I have a Genesis 3000 with what looks like gray Durawood but the texture is noticeably different.

Just curious because I know it could possibly be replacement slats. Also since it has a wood handle I would guess that it's replacement slats.

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I've definitely noticed a difference in color and texture on durawood. Some, or even all of that could be due to ageing and weathering. Something on your grill obviously isn't original, probably the slats. Back in the day Weber would replace your worn out wood slat tables with durawood under warranty.
 
I know I posted a side by side picture of brand new durawood that I have against some old stuff before. There was a pretty big difference. By the same token, I have some old durawood that still looks new. It's just like any other part on these old grills, some survived in great shape and some don't.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I know I posted a side by side picture of brand new durawood that I have against some old stuff before. There was a pretty big difference. By the same token, I have some old durawood that still looks new. It's just like any other part on these old grills, some survived in great shape and some don't.
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I'll have to do a side by side pic. I'd say this one is definitely different than the rest of mine.
 
Josh Dekubber said:
@Mark AU
What did you use when you refinished the wood on this grill?

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Hey Mate, there's been debates on this over the finish off the timber and timber in general on the Australian releases.

I've done a fair bit of research and I think the early models were shipped to Australia without timber as Cedar was used, not red wood. Also the Australian brochures say Cedar timber.

This 5000 is an Australian release (not imported) and the original slats were painted not stained. I had this confirmed by a paint shop that matched the colour for me.

Not too say that the timber was changed or repainted at some point but when we sanded it back lightly there was nothing underneath, just the raw timber.

This is from an Australian brochure, notice the black lid with pin stripes 🤔
 

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@Mark AU
Your light gray paint looks exactly like what was used here. One of my upcoming restoration projects has similar gray painted slats and Bruce's grill he just picked up has similar looking painted wood.

Great idea you had bringing it to a paint shop to have color matched.
 
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