Hello, new member and new gas grill user looking for some advice on restoring a 2013 Summit E-470.
I recently had found a free 2004 Genesis Silver A and restored that, before/after below:
Almost immediately after finishing that, my online alerts were still active and I ended up snagging a Summit E-470. From the SN, its a 2013. Between reading posts here and just looking at the thing, this obviously won't be as straight forward of a project. The only parts that clearly needs replacing are the flavorizer bar brackets, so those should be arriving soon. Gonna swap out as much hardware for stainless steel as I can, especially anything that is inside the firebox area. The firebox itself looks ok to me, I took the front panel and manifold off to get a look at the area where the burners go through, and I didn't see any obvious rusting or pitting. So hopefully I've managed to avoid that particular problem that seems common with this version of the Summit. I've got a few questions, and would love any advice or feedback on my plan.
I've gotten the stainless steel cleaned up pretty well just with soap and water and Barkeepers friend. It already had quite a bit of surface scratching from previous owner's cleaning, so I didn't stress too much about avoiding more light scratching, just want it to look clean.
I'd like to repaint the cast aluminum parts. I've removed the end pieces of the side tables and control panel. The bottom part of the firebox looks rather complicated to remove from the frame, so I'm leaning towards removing the side tables and lid, taping up and painting in place. The lid I've removed, but it seems like the side panels of the shroud don't want to come off, so again thinking I'll tape and paint while still assembled. I've already cleaned off asmuch of the baked on grease as I can, the sides of the cookbox are the only places that still look pretty gnarly. My plan for paint prep is to use a drill with a wire brush to scuff it up and remove whatever else I can, final degrease with brake cleaner, and then several coats of spray paint.
Is there a good match anywhere of the original grey? Also strongly considering just painting all of it black, as I like the look, it'll hide some grease or scorch marks that accrue, and I've already got half a can left from the last project.
I haven't fired it up yet, but most of the burners look fine. The exception is the center sear burner which is pretty rusty. The tube and holes itself are actually ok, but the brackets that attach to it are almost all rust, though no holes or disintegrating. Should I wait it out or just replace?
Anything I can do to fix up the door handles? The finish is peeling off and is sharp. Would prefer to avoid buying replacements, but the handles don't really look like there is much that can be done to salvage once they start going.
Is there a good way to clean or repair the Weber logo plate? This one is peeling a bit.
Interior of the cabinet and the entire frame and panels all look to be in decent condition, so I'm just gonna clean it all up. May spray some sort of protective coating on the bottom of the interior.
I recently had found a free 2004 Genesis Silver A and restored that, before/after below:
Almost immediately after finishing that, my online alerts were still active and I ended up snagging a Summit E-470. From the SN, its a 2013. Between reading posts here and just looking at the thing, this obviously won't be as straight forward of a project. The only parts that clearly needs replacing are the flavorizer bar brackets, so those should be arriving soon. Gonna swap out as much hardware for stainless steel as I can, especially anything that is inside the firebox area. The firebox itself looks ok to me, I took the front panel and manifold off to get a look at the area where the burners go through, and I didn't see any obvious rusting or pitting. So hopefully I've managed to avoid that particular problem that seems common with this version of the Summit. I've got a few questions, and would love any advice or feedback on my plan.
I've gotten the stainless steel cleaned up pretty well just with soap and water and Barkeepers friend. It already had quite a bit of surface scratching from previous owner's cleaning, so I didn't stress too much about avoiding more light scratching, just want it to look clean.
I'd like to repaint the cast aluminum parts. I've removed the end pieces of the side tables and control panel. The bottom part of the firebox looks rather complicated to remove from the frame, so I'm leaning towards removing the side tables and lid, taping up and painting in place. The lid I've removed, but it seems like the side panels of the shroud don't want to come off, so again thinking I'll tape and paint while still assembled. I've already cleaned off asmuch of the baked on grease as I can, the sides of the cookbox are the only places that still look pretty gnarly. My plan for paint prep is to use a drill with a wire brush to scuff it up and remove whatever else I can, final degrease with brake cleaner, and then several coats of spray paint.
Is there a good match anywhere of the original grey? Also strongly considering just painting all of it black, as I like the look, it'll hide some grease or scorch marks that accrue, and I've already got half a can left from the last project.
I haven't fired it up yet, but most of the burners look fine. The exception is the center sear burner which is pretty rusty. The tube and holes itself are actually ok, but the brackets that attach to it are almost all rust, though no holes or disintegrating. Should I wait it out or just replace?
Anything I can do to fix up the door handles? The finish is peeling off and is sharp. Would prefer to avoid buying replacements, but the handles don't really look like there is much that can be done to salvage once they start going.
Is there a good way to clean or repair the Weber logo plate? This one is peeling a bit.
Interior of the cabinet and the entire frame and panels all look to be in decent condition, so I'm just gonna clean it all up. May spray some sort of protective coating on the bottom of the interior.
