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    Rust on smoker

    Awesome, thanks! Bought my full brisket today, unfortunately my weekend is packed so I'm gonna shoot for Monday. Also, went through your build. Impressive! I wish I had welding and fabricating ability like that.
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    Rust on smoker

    What are you using to hold those coals in the veritical?
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    Final post unless you see more I should take care of! Added the replacement handles and did as you said with the inside and fired it up last night, keeping it between 200 and 300 in both chambers for 2.5 hours. Wondering if I needed to keep it hotter longer, especially in the vertical one, as...
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    Rust on smoker

    Here it is after 3 coats. It's definitely a 10 footer, but even with all my shortcomings in skilled restoration, looks better than it did IMO. Today I'll get after the inside.
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    Rust on smoker

    Ugh. Fine, you win lol. I just applied the 3rd coat, Ill send photos probably tomorrow or Saturday as I get started on the interior then.
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    When you started by saying "take it down to the metal" my stomach dropped lol. This is me 100% being lazy, but I think im going to stick to just scraping it all and washing it well. But 100% should have done insides first, just wasnt thinking/was excited to fix the outside. The spraying it...
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    Well the good news is it was mostly lighting/setting time. Still streaky in parts but I think the 3rd coat will remedy it more still. To that end, i have also resigned that this is going to be a 10 ft restoration project (looks great at 10 ft but blemishes up close) just due to things like...
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    Rust on smoker

    Thanks, I'll give the 10 minute shake plan a go, had been doing 3-4 minutes. One thing I noticed, especially when the can is closer to empty that if I shake it, paint flies out and gets all over. And I know it wont be semi gloss black, but I expected it to not be chalky grey black. Maybe its...
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    So what am I doing wrong? The smoker now has 2 coats and it stil looks streaky and barely covered. Granted it's not fully cured (photos taken about 5 hours after the most recent coat applied) but I'm starting to get frustrated.
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    The first coat of 2000* rustoleum paint is on, and the smoker looks like ass lol. Pray to the bbq gods it looks better with the 2nd and 3rd coats... Thanks for bearing with me through this all so far. I realized I had never put gasket on a Tejas square style firebox to prevent the smoke...
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    Rust on smoker

    So on my old OKJ hyland I didnt really have those 'smoke stains' because I had gaskets around the lid of the chamber and box. Is that worth doing here too, or at that point am I just babying it? Also, do you guys typically spray it down on the back end of the cook or at the start as its heating up?
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    Rust on smoker

    So I cold smoked the pork belly/baccon for 8 hours today and this happened. I realize it's not rust or anything, just "smoke stain" but my question is what do I do with it? Just paint over it? Scrub it off with something?
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    Rust on smoker

    100% agree, so with that said, it's my understanding you dont paint the inside of the firebox and grill area, full stop. I know you season the grill areas, anything recommended for interior firebox treatment?
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    Rust on smoker

    Just as an update, thought I'd post where I'm at now. The firebox has about 5 coats of primer along with the barrel, and the vertical has about 4. Friday I'm going to get the internal temp of the horizontal barrel to 150 or less and cold smoke pork belly that's been curing. Then, should I do a...
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    Rust on smoker

    Oh man, that's much cheaper than I had seen. Well, it is what it is, I'm down this path for now, ig the current paint job fails epically, I'll go to this.
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    Rust on smoker

    That's the first time I've heard about heating up the primer before applying the top coat, interesting the instructions dont mention it at all. In the past I just primed, dried, topcoats and then cured at 400 or so for about an hour. So if I've got a pork belly I need to cold smoke for baccon...
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    Rust on smoker

    It's all good, and you'll be happy to know I primed in your advised manner. As for the sandblasting, its cost prohibitive not so much because of what theyd charge, but I lack the means to bring the smoker anywhere. I had to rent a truck to get it to my place, and that ended up being like 200...
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    Long update: Went ahead and primed last night. I thought about not doing it so I could try what you all were saying (gator wheel, rust removal) but quick searches on rust converters, etc all showed them rated at like 200 degrees and my firebox definitely gets hotter than that. Plus didnt want...
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    Rust on smoker

    I've got rustoleum 2000 degree primer, and it says it "stops rust". Sandblasting unfortunately is cost prohibitive, so would I need to get something like rust reformer first and then primer, or would I probably be ok with this primer as is?
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    Rust on smoker

    Alright, I'm underway on my restore of my new to me Tejas. Some questions: the top of the firebox here has been wire brushed and then hit with a sand flat on and angle grinder and 40 grit sandpaper. Its pitted quite a bit, and the metal isnt the new metalic shiny, and I'm not sure I could get it...
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