Weber #9930 Grates
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Cody Bratton
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Good thinking of doing a side by side before and after! I think you said before, but do you soak in anything or do you just get after them with the drills?
Steve Hoch
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I'm sure soaking them would help. I usually power wash them first which makes a pretty big difference by itself.
Steve Hoch
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Very nice, I can't get them any better myself and I spend a pretty fair amount of time on them.
Josh Dekubber
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I usually just start with the impact/wire wheel first and then I soak and wash them. If they're really bad I'll go back with the impact/wire wheel again and wash again with simple green and Dawn dish soap.
Josh Dekubber
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I sold my pressure washer because it was taken up more space than I can afford for the amount of time I used it but that would be an excellent way to start!
Josh Dekubber
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Oh sure I'll be right thereCan you come over and play with the ones on my Wolf?
Steve Hoch
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I'm sure soaking them for a while first would work pretty good too but the power washer works great and fast.
Josh Dekubber
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I bet it works great!!
Cody Bratton
TVWBB Pro
I did a week long soak in a commercial grade kitchen degreaser a while back on several grate sets I had acquired. About 75% of all the built up gunk came off in the bath or on the simple garden hose rinse. It was $20 worth of product, but it made the final wire brushing super painless
Josh Dekubber
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I like to get most of the buildup off before I soak and wash so the cleaning agents make it to the SS.
Cody Bratton
TVWBB Pro
Makes sense. I did a rough scrape off and heavy bristle wire brushing prior to the soak.
Josh Dekubber
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Perfect
Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
My method on grates is to soak them in a grill cleaner bath for a day or several days. Some you can get by with a few hours.
Then I hit them with the pressure washer. Whatever is left which is usually very little or none, I hit with the angle grinder and cup brush to shine them up. Here are grates on a Q3200 that is about ten years old. I assume the grates were original, but not sure. The were very covered in grease and burned on carbon. I did not use the angle grinder obviously. Just the soak and pressure washer.
The SS Solid rod grates never come out nice and shiny after the Pressure washing. They always need the angle grinder to shine them up and remove the minimal remaining gunk if there is any.
Then I hit them with the pressure washer. Whatever is left which is usually very little or none, I hit with the angle grinder and cup brush to shine them up. Here are grates on a Q3200 that is about ten years old. I assume the grates were original, but not sure. The were very covered in grease and burned on carbon. I did not use the angle grinder obviously. Just the soak and pressure washer.
The SS Solid rod grates never come out nice and shiny after the Pressure washing. They always need the angle grinder to shine them up and remove the minimal remaining gunk if there is any.
Eric-NH
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That is IMPRESSIVE
Josh Dekubber
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The Summit Platinums are sold and gone. Minus the 2 sets of 9930 grates that are still in my possession.
Josh Dekubber
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I sold both Summit Platinum grills for $100 to a young man who plans to restore them. Only $40 more than I paid so not much profit but I kept what I wanted.
2 sets of 9930s now as good as new and retail for about $700 so I'm very happy to get them for free + $40 profit. For my time and energy spent this weekend.
2 sets of 9930s now as good as new and retail for about $700 so I'm very happy to get them for free + $40 profit. For my time and energy spent this weekend.
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Josh Dekubber
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Me too Bruce! Very happy with that