Rusty Kettle
Babbling Farker
So I was looking at bbqsmokersupply.com for parts to upgrade. So I was looking at upgrading the latches and giving them a bit of a twist to better go with the new paint job on the sliding vent intake. I upgraded to high heat green paint with high heat primer and clear coat. Still have to fire it up this weekend to make sure the paint will hold.
So anyways I had seen this product that was really for cars and trim upgrades. It is called plasti dip. Yeah the removable car paint. Its good up to 200 degrees but I figure I just want to dip the rubber part of the toggle latch. I can touch those with bare hands and never had a problem with heat. So I figure it is no where near as hot as 200 degrees and should be fine. I should be able to match the green pretty close although there is a make your own color kit and that might be interesting.
I am debating between Lavalock's LL-431 latch or the stainless steel latch. I measured the specs and they appear to be identical to what 270 smokers is using for their latches. They actually have the specs for latch on bbqsmokersupply.com.
Is stainless worth the extra money? $8 for standard and $18 for stainless steel latches. Is stainless worth the extra money?
I was also thinking about talking to them to see how much new grates would be. Nothing wrong with the old grates but I think the custom ones from bbqsmokersupply.com can allow better airflow if I can get them at the right price. Also it looks like they cut them out of 3/16" plate steel. I have to check some measurements on that but I think they might be able to make me some new grates just to get some better airflow in the sumo.
Pretty much this is just some ideas to occupy my time until I can go back to work in August. We found out we won't go back until August 1. No idea if they will actually let us back to work or not as that is an estimate. Until then I got to find something to occupy my time.
So anyways I had seen this product that was really for cars and trim upgrades. It is called plasti dip. Yeah the removable car paint. Its good up to 200 degrees but I figure I just want to dip the rubber part of the toggle latch. I can touch those with bare hands and never had a problem with heat. So I figure it is no where near as hot as 200 degrees and should be fine. I should be able to match the green pretty close although there is a make your own color kit and that might be interesting.
I am debating between Lavalock's LL-431 latch or the stainless steel latch. I measured the specs and they appear to be identical to what 270 smokers is using for their latches. They actually have the specs for latch on bbqsmokersupply.com.
Is stainless worth the extra money? $8 for standard and $18 for stainless steel latches. Is stainless worth the extra money?
I was also thinking about talking to them to see how much new grates would be. Nothing wrong with the old grates but I think the custom ones from bbqsmokersupply.com can allow better airflow if I can get them at the right price. Also it looks like they cut them out of 3/16" plate steel. I have to check some measurements on that but I think they might be able to make me some new grates just to get some better airflow in the sumo.
Pretty much this is just some ideas to occupy my time until I can go back to work in August. We found out we won't go back until August 1. No idea if they will actually let us back to work or not as that is an estimate. Until then I got to find something to occupy my time.
