cwshiles
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Hey all!
Today was a good day. I got the chance to put together my Model 3 and cart that came yesterday. I actually just put the cart together. Technically it was together in 20 minutes, but I honesty just did not like the finish. My first impression of the cart was that it was taken out of the factory with all the white welding gunk and junk all over it and that the stainless did not look like what I want my stainless equipment to look like. I tried wiping it down with a stainless steel cleaner which did nothing but just clean it, but it was still hazy.
So.. I fixed that. After having the cart together, I began disassembling the cart piece by piece so I could rub it down with a fine sanding sponge and a fine stripping (scotch bright) pad. I proceeded to go over every surface of the cart with the sponge/pad and gave it a brushed stainless finish like my Weber Gas Grill. After I finished and proceeded to ruin a dish towel (sorry wifey), I wiped it down with a microfiber cloth, dish soap, and then the stainless Simple Green Stainless Steel Cleaner again. It looked way better, but it was kind of dirty and I could'nt get some of the dirty finger prints off of it. I used some Food Safe Mineral Oil and WOW OH WOW, it looks awesome now. The mineral oil took all of the black residue off of the cart and gave it a very nice clean coating of oil which has since dried and still looks great.
I will put the smoker on the cart later tonight and season it tomorrow morning. I would have done it today, but what I thought was going to take me 30 minutes, ended up taking about 3 + hours. I am going to inspect the smoker a bit more in detail tonight as well and will give my thoughts there.
The cart itself seems pretty solid, but I have not mounted the smoker yet. I really liked the side tables and will likely use them a lot, but they seem a bit flimsy. I may need to look into beefing those up a bit. They may be fine once I get everything together and get a few smokes under my belt.
Anyone else have a similar cart experience or find and easier fix? I figured that there bust be another way to get all that manufacturing gunk off, but I went with what I know. I would think there is probably some sort of acid or solution that you can spray on the stainless to strip all that film off.
Off to grab some delicious beers with the guys.
-Charlie
Today was a good day. I got the chance to put together my Model 3 and cart that came yesterday. I actually just put the cart together. Technically it was together in 20 minutes, but I honesty just did not like the finish. My first impression of the cart was that it was taken out of the factory with all the white welding gunk and junk all over it and that the stainless did not look like what I want my stainless equipment to look like. I tried wiping it down with a stainless steel cleaner which did nothing but just clean it, but it was still hazy.
So.. I fixed that. After having the cart together, I began disassembling the cart piece by piece so I could rub it down with a fine sanding sponge and a fine stripping (scotch bright) pad. I proceeded to go over every surface of the cart with the sponge/pad and gave it a brushed stainless finish like my Weber Gas Grill. After I finished and proceeded to ruin a dish towel (sorry wifey), I wiped it down with a microfiber cloth, dish soap, and then the stainless Simple Green Stainless Steel Cleaner again. It looked way better, but it was kind of dirty and I could'nt get some of the dirty finger prints off of it. I used some Food Safe Mineral Oil and WOW OH WOW, it looks awesome now. The mineral oil took all of the black residue off of the cart and gave it a very nice clean coating of oil which has since dried and still looks great.
I will put the smoker on the cart later tonight and season it tomorrow morning. I would have done it today, but what I thought was going to take me 30 minutes, ended up taking about 3 + hours. I am going to inspect the smoker a bit more in detail tonight as well and will give my thoughts there.
The cart itself seems pretty solid, but I have not mounted the smoker yet. I really liked the side tables and will likely use them a lot, but they seem a bit flimsy. I may need to look into beefing those up a bit. They may be fine once I get everything together and get a few smokes under my belt.
Anyone else have a similar cart experience or find and easier fix? I figured that there bust be another way to get all that manufacturing gunk off, but I went with what I know. I would think there is probably some sort of acid or solution that you can spray on the stainless to strip all that film off.
Off to grab some delicious beers with the guys.
-Charlie