Sandblast/sand the entire outside, coat in cooking oil inside and out including the grates, and run it at 350° for 2 hours. Do this for 12 hours the first day. You will learn your firebox management this way and generate an awesome protective coating better than paint.
Reminds me of some of my first videos, damn fine work
Big fan brotha. Thank you
I’m hooked.
Great start!
Sandblast/sand the entire outside, coat in cooking oil inside and out including the grates, and run it at 350° for 2 hours. Do this for 12 hours the first day. You will learn your firebox management this way and generate an awesome protective coating better than paint.
Thank you for the tip. I plan to do that for the bare metal firebox, collector and stack. Keeping the patina on the tank.