Joel H in Brat City
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Hopefully the pics are fixed now.
all of the photos are working for me except for 1I re-inserted the links - I'm not sure if it's an issue with Google Photos or what?
I also cleaned up the silver lid, this one took more work the my dads red top lid - also there is a funny wavy pattern to the enamel on the inside of the grill, not sure if that happened when the enamel was applied or if this grill had some sort of grease fire.
And now to start on the wood:
All of the wood with the exception of one warped board on one of the lower panels looks to be re-usable I picked Golden Oak for the light slats and Red Chestnut for the dark - I'm going to see how it looks and if I don't like it I'll pick one of the other. I'll post pics to see what you guys think.
Lastly I just want to thank everyone again for sharing the info on how to do these restorations - as a mechanic I have no doubt that I could handle this type of project but the information and detail shared from this collected community really helps whenever I have doubts or questions.
The kettles are hand painted I'm assuming?For your Weber badges, make sure you paint them like Dave in KC....with the red kettle!
This is one of his pictures from another thread
Why use links when Chris went through all the trouble of setting up and entirely new site that we don't have to do this. Just attach the files and you're done. Slam bam thank you mam
Yes, I haven't painted one, but Dave in KC does all the time. I think he cleans and sands them down really well. Then paints with high heat black paint. Dry. Then sands the paint off all the raised letters and kettle, then hand paints the kettle red, or at least his wife does that for himThe kettles are hand painted I'm assuming?
My Samsung phones came with a huge amount of Microsoft One Drive Space. I use it all the time as I REALLY HATE the way Google photos works. I don't like that it's not transparent and changes the photos into another format so they're hard to use. So my phones are set to upload to One Drive and it works transparently. Google Photos "links" don't work for everyone. Chris has done a wonderful job of making it so much nicer not to have to deal with PIA links.Because when I take a photo with my phone it's automatically uploaded to Google photos - for me to drag and drop it I would have to download the photo to my computer, unzip the file and re-upload it. Using the web address of the photo is much easier if it works properly.
I think it's personal preference. The ones I've done get both. I use the flat on the cook box and lid sides, and the gloss on the frame. I like the color distinction that way.I went out and bought both the Rustoleum High Heat and the High Heat Ultra to see what the difference was.
First I painted the box with Rustoleum High heat gray primer then I tried out both cans the black on the left is the standard High Heat and on the right is the High Heat Ultra - looking at the old Weber catalogs it appears to me that the "correct" more original style would be the standard High Heat - although it seems like most of you prefer the more gloss look of the Ultra.
Does it seem like one or the other cleans up easier? Just trying to get some feedback from the masses.