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I have obtained an old New Braunfels horizontal. I think it is a silver smoker, not sure. Hondo maybe? Dunno. It has the "NB made in USA badge", and a wooden slat shelf in front of the smoke chamber. Anyway, I'd like to restore it a bit, to either keep or pass along.
There is the usual rust and paint flaking you would expect. The rust is mostly outside, paint flaking is mostly inside, even in the smoke chamber. (It looks someone used the smoke box as a grilling chamber as well, which is fine, it has just done a little bit of a number on the paint.) The hinges, on both firebox and smoke box move, but are pretty tough.
So there have been a few good threads on this type of stuff, such as this one:
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18872
But, I have a simple question or two, that may be obvious.
A) I have 1300 degree grill paint to use. For the outside, this is pretty simple. I am going to fire up the smoker, let it warm and cool a little. I'll knock what rust off I can, and coat the thing in the 1300*. The inside is a little more tricky. I will have to get all the paint that is flaking off, as well as minor rust. Do I still paint that with the 1300* stuff as well on the inside? Could I just get away with cleaning the inside and re-seasoning it instead of painting?
2) Regarding the hinges. They are a little sticky. Will veg oiling them help enough to restore them to working order, or is there something else I should do? They are welded in place, so I can not remove them to clean and rust spots off the hinge pins, etc.
Thanks for any input.
There is the usual rust and paint flaking you would expect. The rust is mostly outside, paint flaking is mostly inside, even in the smoke chamber. (It looks someone used the smoke box as a grilling chamber as well, which is fine, it has just done a little bit of a number on the paint.) The hinges, on both firebox and smoke box move, but are pretty tough.
So there have been a few good threads on this type of stuff, such as this one:
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18872
But, I have a simple question or two, that may be obvious.
A) I have 1300 degree grill paint to use. For the outside, this is pretty simple. I am going to fire up the smoker, let it warm and cool a little. I'll knock what rust off I can, and coat the thing in the 1300*. The inside is a little more tricky. I will have to get all the paint that is flaking off, as well as minor rust. Do I still paint that with the 1300* stuff as well on the inside? Could I just get away with cleaning the inside and re-seasoning it instead of painting?
2) Regarding the hinges. They are a little sticky. Will veg oiling them help enough to restore them to working order, or is there something else I should do? They are welded in place, so I can not remove them to clean and rust spots off the hinge pins, etc.
Thanks for any input.
