Am i a drumhead??

[Bbq Bubba]

Found a source for FREE drum's, downside is they were full of latex primer

Drilled my 4 intake hole's last nite and started a fire, had it rolling for about 3 hrs. All the paint has seemed to burn off and with a lite hit with the wire wheel takes me down to bare metal....

Should i continue?? As long as i get down to metal i should be o.k. right?
These are the thicker steel drums with great sealing lid's and locking clamp's!!

If you guy's think these barrel's will be fine, i should have a new BUDS..(Bubba ugly drum smoker) by the end of the weekend and will continue with build pron!!

 

[Dr_KY]

I wouldn't have though that they were used for latex would make a differance after it was burned off. My thinking is that whatever the coating that is used in other drums seems to be fine after burning and I wouldn't imagine it being any more toxic that those.

I vote continue the project.

 

[txschutte]

I say go for it. What can happen? You could eat tainted food and get uglier, Right?...Nah, couldnt happen...:mrgreen:

 

[michiana mark]

Take to car wash, spray out and continue on. Keep us up to date on build. At least your not a pellethead.

 

[Wyatt]

Go for it! The coating should have burned off.

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Allright, no negative replie's so i'm moving forward..............scraped it out and wire wheeled most of it last nite, got some pic's but my printer is not playing nice
Found 3 4" caster's that i'll mount to the bottom, had all the nut's n bolt's for the grate support's, found 3 handle's leftover from my offset build, a weber grate from a garbage pick, and a charcoal basket already made for another project!!!
Only thing i bought so far is a 1" ball valve and a couple pipe nipples, keeping it cheap so far!!
I have a weber lid i'd like to use but do i have to cut off the lip for it to fit properly?? Anybody got any detail's on that??

 

[Smokin Gator]

Try not to cut the entire roll off of the top. On my second drum the Weber lid wouldn't fit. I used an angle grinder and some patience to go round and round until I got a nice snug fit. Give it a try!!!

 

[Spydermike72]

To answer your original question, yes you are a drumhead!!!

 

[fnnm358]

a michigan drum head

 

[Norcoredneck]

You know what they say....Once you go drum you never go back! Looking forward to the pics.

 

[D.F. Expat]

Allright, no negative replie's so i'm moving forward..............scraped it out and wire wheeled most of it last nite, got some pic's but my printer is not playing nice
Found 3 4" caster's that i'll mount to the bottom, had all the nut's n bolt's for the grate support's, found 3 handle's leftover from my offset build, a weber grate from a garbage pick, and a charcoal basket already made for another project!!!
Only thing i bought so far is a 1" ball valve and a couple pipe nipples, keeping it cheap so far!!
I have a weber lid i'd like to use but do i have to cut off the lip for it to fit properly?? Anybody got any detail's on that??

On my drum( I get it next week!) we used a sledge hammer and regular hammer, placed the sledge on the inside of the lip and smacked the outside lip, like you do when removing dents from a car. Did that all the w3ay around and the lid fits perfect. Nice thing about that way is you can always go back.

 

[Dr_KY]

Burning mine out as we speak and it stinks BADDDDDD.

 

[BBQ Grail]

Am I a drumhead

YES!

NTTAWWT

 

[chinesebob]

NTTAWWT

There he goes again with the NTTAWWT.

Of course you are a drum head. I'm already assembling parts for my second and third. And this time I will put the castors on first - good idea.

To test for the paint - you might call around to one of the paint specialty stores and see if they have something you can test with?

Did you use a brush on a drill or a grinder? I'm getting one for my pneumatic today.

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Ya Bob, wire brush on drill get's me down to bare metal, just gonna take a lil time....wheel's make life easier and get's it off the ground!!
Still working on printer repair so i can serve up some build pron!!!:wink:

 

[BBQ Grail]

There he goes again with the NTTAWWT.

Three times in four plus years is a lot.

 

[gotwood]

latex?? latex paint?? if was latex paint , it's usually not "toxic" as paints now are kid friendly

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Yes i am a drumhead!!

As i still cannot download my pic's, my UDS is completed and seasoning as we speak!!
Put 5# Rancher in my charcoal basket from my off-set and a 1/2 chimney of lit with some Mesquite about 1:30.
1 cap open and my ball valve 1/4 open and settled in at 235*.......5 HOURS AGO!!!
I am totally amazed at how these thing's run!! Lifted the lid to take a peak and have only burned about 1/2 of that charcoal, temp ran up to 270 from the blast of air and settled right back down to 230ish without touching a thing!! :biggrin:
Will be breaking it in this weekend with something, now to get some more part's for that other barrell!! :wink:

 

[Dr_KY]

Try uploading your pictures here www.tinypic.com

It's very easy , free and quick with no sign-up.

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Try uploading your pictures here www.tinypic.com

It's very easy , free and quick with no sign-up.

Thank's bro, but i can't get em onto my computer, printer error!!