Lang 84 restoration!

[alphaking]

Well I posted on another thread that I was looking for paint to restore a Lang 84 Deluxe that a buddy and I picked up for a business venture. I said I'd reply back to let everyone know how the paint did and I can't find the thread. So here goes... We picked this cooker up in sad shape and cleaned everything thoroughly, got a lot of the rust and all the gunk out with a brush burner. We had the rest sandblasted, sprayed a cleaner to get any residue or oil off, and hit it with 11 cans of 2000* Rustoleum over 2 days. It turned out beautiful, and still under $2500 when all was said and done. Cooked 2 racks of spares, a rack of beef ribs and a chicken on it Tuesday and loved the way everything turned out. Here are the pics everyone wants to see. So far I highly recommend the 2000* Rustoleum. I picked it up at Autozone as an engine paint, and was unable to find anything past 500* at Lowe's. Enjoy.

Before Pics:

 

[alphaking]

After Pics:

 

[alphaking]

That was after 6 cans. Got all the other spots since. Will post the pics of the cook in a day or two. They're on a friends camera.

 

[big brother smoke]

Awesome work my friend, wow! :clap2:

 

[jonboy]

Very nice job....:clap2::clap2::clap2:
jon

 

[Mark Stanton]

Great lookin smoker!! Nice job

 

[nmayeux]

I really enjoy seeing a smoker get a little love!

 

[Jet2]

Great job-nice pit!

 

[biggs98]

Great Job!!!:clap2::thumb:

 

[Phesant]

Nicely done... great to see you restore that beauty..:-D :clap2: :clap2:

 

[ZILLA]

Now that's what I call a restoration, very nice indeed. Did you hire someone to do the blasting or did you do it yourself?

 

[Bbq Bubba]

Great job!

Hint. Everytime ya fire her up, give it a light coat of Crisco and you'll NEVER see rust again. :thumb:

 

[btcg]

Good job. Did you get a good deal on it?

 

[Bob S]

nice job!

 

[Frank Sacco]

Excellent job!

 

[Diver]

:clap::clap: Bravo!

 

[Nomanerz]

Nice Job!!! Looks Great!!!

 

[Vince B]

Nice looking rig you got there. In the future is it possible for you to post pictures up and down and not side to side? Took like 5 minutes to scroll to the right! :tape:

 

[Konrad_Haskins]

Very Nice Work :clap2::clap2::clap2:

I love how my my Lang cooks.

 

[alphaking]

Thanks guys. I'm really loving the way this thing cooks, and will definitely be posting pics in the future.

Now that's what I call a restoration, very nice indeed. Did you hire someone to do the blasting or did you do it yourself?

We got a local auto shop to do the blasting. We were quoted $30/hr, and I think it was around $210 when it was done. Well worth it.