Silver C rust issue


 
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Rich-PA

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This Silver C is cleaning up pretty well but when I knocked the rust off of the bottom shelf I see that the frame has significant rust. I'm not doing a full restoration, just want a nice everyday cooker, so I'm not really concerned about looks. Any suggestions on course of action? It doesn't really seem like that bottom panel bears all the weight, should I just blast it with rust inhibitor and paint over it? I'm not worried about the hole in the bottom, just the frame. Maybe I can find another grill with a good bottom at some future time and do it right...
 

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That looks like the bottom pan in the grill. If you just want it usable, then, sure, you could just spray some rust inhibitor over it and a coat of paint, but the rust throughout that bottom pan, inside and outside and it will continue. The grill would be usable that way for quite a while though. But, eventually the rest of that panel will rust out and require replacement or more significant remediation.

That hole, from what I can tell is NOT in the frame. There is no frame under that bottom pan across the back and front of the grill. The pan itself serves as the side to side reinforcement.
 
Thanks. I'm of the mind that spending a lot on a free grill is counterintuitive. I will keep my my out for another pan. I'm assuming that the Silver B and C have the same pan.
 
The C grills have the extended frame. Some B's do as well. I am assuming that you have the regular sized B frame.
 
Bruce is spot on, and with how it is currently should give you many years of service. Open cart C's show up quite often - not free but reasonable. The bottom panel is the strength between the vertical uprights that that support the grill. So I would recommend doing something with it.
 
Yes. That is the extended frame version. If you just want a usable grill. I would just clean it up to your liking and grill on. However, if you want something that will last longer and look better, I would make it open cart and find one of the longer frame wire bottoms and then take off the bottom and sides of the cabinet and put the wire bottom in.
 
Haven't seen a grill with cabinet doors survive the long run. With your, not bad for a grill that is 20 years old.

Ever since Weber went north/south burners with a cabinet door/s, they all succumb to the rust. I'm always assumed it was done intentionally to force people to buy new grills.
 
John, I am not sure that I don't agree with your assertion on the cabinet grills being a built in obsolescence feature...LOL. But, I think it is more of just trying to provide what customers want. Problem is that they need to do better to weather proof those parts at the very least.
 
Bruce said:
Let us know what path you take with that grill.
Happy Grilling!
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I will keep my eyes open for a nearby cheap or free grill for the bottom rack. I already sprayed with inhibitor and painted. I work part time with a guy who makes cutting boards (among other things) and I think we will make a table to replace the composite one. I might even use the hardware for the front folding table and replace it as well. If anyone wants a custom table, I think he can make them, it's his slow season right now as he mostly sells at festivals.
 
I have often thought about ways to change the tables and bottoms to something other than wood or plastic. But have never taken initiative to do it. I think a granite or quartz slab glued onto Z bars would be awesome.
 
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