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removing rust from grates
"AG" > wrote in message ... > It's a great weekend for smoking! > The only problem is I just found out that my smoker grates are rusty. I have > access to a sandblaster normally but it takes a few days for the guy to get > them done and back to me. > > What ways do you folks use to get the rust off? Is navel jelly safe around > food? > > These are new grates and I have not had time to season them properly. I > guess I need to get some lard and have a brush fire once I get them clean > ;-) > > ag > Naval Jelly and food don't mix well. Scrub the rust off with a wire brush or some steel wool, grease your racks up with some fat (or spray 'em with plenty of Pam) and go back to cookin'. Always worked for me until I got stainless grates <g> Jack Curry |
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> Naval Jelly and food don't mix well. Scrub the rust off with a wire brush > or some steel wool, grease your racks up with some fat (or spray 'em with > plenty of Pam) and go back to cookin'. Always worked for me until I got > stainless grates <g> > > Jack Curry > > Thanks Jack I didn't figure navel jelly was a good idea but I don't have any on hand to look at. I was leaning towards elbow grease and a wire brush but was hoping that there might be some magical easy way out there. My grandmother used to season her iron skillets on a brush fire with lard. She claims that no other fire gets hot enough to properly season iron. I never saw her skillets get rusty and they had a surface like a non-stick pan. I figure if it worked for skillets it ought to work for my grates. I just got in too much of a hurry and didn't do it before I started using them. BTW these grates are made from the same stuff that you see welded to the sides of towers and placed over holes as walking grates so I am not worried about damaging them ag |
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"AG" > wrote in message news > > > Naval Jelly and food don't mix well. Scrub the rust off with a wire brush > > or some steel wool, grease your racks up with some fat (or spray 'em with > > plenty of Pam) and go back to cookin'. Always worked for me until I got > > stainless grates <g> > > > > Jack Curry > > > > > > Thanks Jack > I didn't figure navel jelly was a good idea but I don't have any on hand to > look at. > I was leaning towards elbow grease and a wire brush but was hoping that > there might be some magical easy way out there. > My grandmother used to season her iron skillets on a brush fire with lard. > She claims that no other fire gets hot enough to properly season iron. I > never saw her skillets get rusty and they had a surface like a non-stick > pan. I figure if it worked for skillets it ought to work for my grates. I > just got in too much of a hurry and didn't do it before I started using > them. > BTW these grates are made from the same stuff that you see welded to the > sides of towers and placed over holes as walking grates so I am not worried > about damaging them > > ag > Jack's right...just brush 'em off and spray 'em with pam ...let 'em soak a bit then fire it up and cook on'em. Jack |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:39:00 -0500, "AG" >
wrote: <snip> Something pretty close to magical is electrolysis. Here is a page (http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp) that describes how to do it. You just need a small battery charger, some washing soda and a container big enough to submerge the grates in -- say one of those plastic swimming pools for kids. The good thing about this technique, apart from not involving the elbow greese, is that it will get rid of the rust in all those hard-to-reach places that the wire brush might miss. I'd think it would take maybe a couple of hours in the solution. |
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> Something pretty close to magical is electrolysis. Here is a page > (http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp) that describes how to do it. > You just need a small battery charger, some washing soda and a > container big enough to submerge the grates in -- say one of those > plastic swimming pools for kids. The good thing about this technique, > apart from not involving the elbow greese, is that it will get rid of > the rust in all those hard-to-reach places that the wire brush might > miss. I'd think it would take maybe a couple of hours in the solution. A very easy to remove rust from the grates is to place them in a bath of WEAK muriatic acid. This acid is available at most home remodeling stores (Home Depot) Dilute the acid 50% and use rubber gloves. The acid will dissolve the rust off COMPLETELY. Be sure to rinse the grates VERY GOOD. After they are relatively dry, put some cooking oil over ALL SURFACES. |
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On 13-Mar-2004, Michael Bohl > wrote: <snip> > A very easy to remove rust from the grates is to place them in a bath of > WEAK muriatic acid. This acid is available at most home remodeling stores > (Home Depot) Dilute the acid 50% and use rubber gloves. <snip> You local pool supply store will also have an abundant supply of muriatic acid. -- M&M ("The problem is that no matter what you do, there's Sombody that won' t like it much") Tom Clancy |
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removing rust from grates
"AG" > wrote in message ... > It's a great weekend for smoking! > The only problem is I just found out that my smoker grates are rusty. I have > access to a sandblaster normally but it takes a few days for the guy to get > them done and back to me. > > What ways do you folks use to get the rust off? Is navel jelly safe around > food? > > These are new grates and I have not had time to season them properly. I > guess I need to get some lard and have a brush fire once I get them clean > ;-) > > ag > > > When my racks get rusted badly I just build a hot-ass fire under 'em then scrape 'em off when I can get close to 'em. Then cook something on them and quit cleaning after you cook. Clean before you cook......with fire. TFM® |
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"Radar" > wrote in message ... > On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 18:39:00 -0500, "AG" > > wrote: > > <snip> > > Something pretty close to magical is electrolysis. Here is a page > (http://antique-engines.com/electrol.asp) that describes how to do it. > You just need a small battery charger, some washing soda and a > container big enough to submerge the grates in -- say one of those > plastic swimming pools for kids. The good thing about this technique, > apart from not involving the elbow greese, is that it will get rid of > the rust in all those hard-to-reach places that the wire brush might > miss. I'd think it would take maybe a couple of hours in the solution. > That's a nifty website. I'm printing it now, and will use the info on some parts in the future. Thanks, TFM® |
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and quit cleaning after you cook. Clean before > you cook......with fire. > > TFM® > That's just it. I didn't clean 'em. left all the grease, grim and gunk on the racks. After further investigating, I have figured out that rain can enter into the flues if it is windy out. The parts that got rusty did not have any gunk on them and were in the path of the rain. I am going to try the electrolysis thing ( it sounds cool) and then see what happens. |
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"AG" > wrote in message ... > > and quit cleaning after you cook. Clean before > > you cook......with fire. > > > > TFM® > > > > That's just it. I didn't clean 'em. left all the grease, grim and gunk on > the racks. > After further investigating, I have figured out that rain can enter into the > flues if it is windy out. The parts that got rusty did not have any gunk on > them and were in the path of the rain. > I am going to try the electrolysis thing ( it sounds cool) and then see what > happens. > > > Hell yeah, it's cool! A big bucket of boiling, rusty water in your front yard all hooked up to elctrodes and battery chargers! TFM® |
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TFM® wrote:
> "AG" > wrote in message > ... >> >> and quit cleaning after you cook. Clean before >>> you cook......with fire. >>> >>> TFM® >>> >> >> That's just it. I didn't clean 'em. left all the grease, grim and >> gunk on the racks. >> After further investigating, I have figured out that rain can enter >> into the flues if it is windy out. The parts that got rusty did not >> have any gunk on them and were in the path of the rain. >> I am going to try the electrolysis thing ( it sounds cool) and then >> see what happens. >> >> >> > > Hell yeah, it's cool! A big bucket of boiling, rusty water in your > front yard all hooked up to elctrodes and battery chargers! > > TFM® OK, I gotta do it too. Sheeet, I got battery chargers out the yingyang and plenny of rust. Should I alert the Fire Dept before or after the toxic waste spill down the driveway? Jack Curry |
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:38:30 GMT, "Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis
@cfl.rr.com> wrote: <snip> > >OK, I gotta do it too. Sheeet, I got battery chargers out the yingyang and >plenny of rust. Should I alert the Fire Dept before or after the toxic >waste spill down the driveway? > >Jack Curry > As that web page suggested, rebar is a good choice for the anode since the resulting mess is just regular old iron oxide and water. I made a mistake and used chrome-plated bolts the first time I did it and really did create some sludge that didn't belong in the storm sewer. It was time-consuming to seperate it out from the water and dispose of it. One other thing to keep in mind is that it does produce hydrogen gas. You probably wouldn't want to do this next to, say, your water heater. Whatever you clean this way needs to be dried quickly and then coated with oil or something to inhibit rust or it will just start rusting again, and fast. It really does work like magic though. I had to see it to believe it. |
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TFM® wrote:
> "AG" > wrote in message > ... >> It's a great weekend for smoking! >> The only problem is I just found out that my smoker grates are rusty. I have >> access to a sandblaster normally but it takes a few days for the guy to get >> them done and back to me. >> >> What ways do you folks use to get the rust off? Is navel jelly safe around >> food? >> >> These are new grates and I have not had time to season them properly. I >> guess I need to get some lard and have a brush fire once I get them clean >> ;-) >> >> ag >> >> >> > > > When my racks get rusted badly I just build a hot-ass fire under 'em then > scrape 'em off when I can get close to 'em. > > Then cook something on them and quit cleaning after you cook. Clean before > you cook......with fire. > > TFM® Fat prevents rust! BOB |
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On 15-Mar-2004, "TFM®" > wrote: <snip> > When my racks get rusted badly I just build a hot-ass fire under 'em then > scrape 'em off when I can get close to 'em. > > Then cook something on them and quit cleaning after you cook. Clean > before > you cook......with fire. > > TFM® Works for me. But then, I'm naturally lazy. Don't fix what ain't broke. -- M&M ("The problem is that no matter what you do, there's Sombody that won' t like it much") Tom Clancy |
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"Jack Curry" <Jack-Curry deletethis @cfl.rr.com> wrote in message . com... > TFM® wrote: > > Hell yeah, it's cool! A big bucket of boiling, rusty water in your > > front yard all hooked up to elctrodes and battery chargers! > > > > TFM® > > OK, I gotta do it too. Sheeet, I got battery chargers out the yingyang and > plenny of rust. Should I alert the Fire Dept before or after the toxic > waste spill down the driveway? > > Jack Curry Hell, where I used to live some of the streams looked just like the scum in that bucket. |
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Dr John wrote:
> > Naval Jelly, muriatic acid and stomach acid are all hydrochloric > acid. Not very tastey, but not toxic when diluted Naval jelly is phosphoric acid. It's an ingredient in most carbonated beverages. Brian Rodenborn |
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