Wish I would have found this board 2 days ago - Genesis restore question


 
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Matthew M

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Long story short, I'm in the middle of a Genesis Silver A restoration I got for free. I did some research and even called Weber before I started. Power washed, cleaned, broke it down, etc. Well, I painted everything this weekend with Rustoleum high heat paint including the hood. It was in bad shape and the Weber rep said it should be fine to paint the hood. Low and behold, I'm now hearing that was a bad idea.

Can you give me any help on my options from here? Will the paint on the hood hold up or flake off? Is the usability of the grill compromised? Should I try to remove the paint with steel wool and get back to porcelain? Give up and search for a used, unpainted hood? Any advice would be helpful. I'm sitting on $100 worth of parts and not sure if I should return them or finish the restoration.
 
The weber rep may have misunderstood you. The hood itself is porcelain and painting it is futile. If you painted the interior I would not use the grill that way as you'll have chemical off gassing from the paint in to your food. If just the exterior well after it gets hot it will just be s^&tty looking. Perhaps before you get it hot as long as you did not ruin the underlying porcelain you could use a stripper and rid yourself of the rustoleum and get it back to original. As long as that porcelain is not chipped, cracked or broken in any way it is pretty indestructible and is the way to have the grill
 
LMichaels said:
The weber rep may have misunderstood you. The hood itself is porcelain and painting it is futile. If you painted the interior I would not use the grill that way as you'll have chemical off gassing from the paint in to your food. If just the exterior well after it gets hot it will just be s^&tty looking. Perhaps before you get it hot as long as you did not ruin the underlying porcelain you could use a stripper and rid yourself of the rustoleum and get it back to original. As long as that porcelain is not chipped, cracked or broken in any way it is pretty indestructible and is the way to have the grill
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Thanks - I was pretty clear with the Weber rep on what I was going to do and she said it should be fine. I think she might have been new or never been posed that question before.

I did not paint the inside of the hood or the inside of the firebox - at least my research was right on that. I haven't reassembled the grill yet, so no heat on the hood. What stripper would you recommend using without hurting the porcelain? If I did heat it up and the paint flaked off, could I just eventually pull it off over time and get back to porcelain?

Thanks
 
I don't know the answer to the heating up question. You might try something like Citristrip that would certainly not touch the porcelain. As long as you did not sand or etch the original finish it should be nice
 
Painted mine with high heat paint three years ago and have had no issues with peeling or discoloration. Used high heat paint on a 13 year old genesis that had faded.
 
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