- Jul 20, 2017
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Hey All,
Long time BBQ lurker. Several years ago I built an offset reverse flow, now I'm trying my hand at UDS and I've shanghaied a few buddies into this one and ended up the ringleader of a batch of 4 barrels for ugly drum build.
Now that I'm mass producing, it's been a bit more difficult to plan things. I'm getting them sand blasted (red liner) soon, and I'm looking for help in how I should stage this so that I avoid any rust/paint issues in the future. Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Sand blast barrels
2. Take home, season inside with PAM/lard and use weed burner/torch to flash-season (I can't burn with wood, live in city)
3. Let cool, paint with hi-temp primer
Curious to know if I need to go through all that, or if I can leave inside unseasoned. I suppose the *right* way to do this is to build the fireboxes first, paint the outside, then burn some lump in them all. I haven't built the fireboxes yet. Let me know what y'all think! I appreciate the help! Couldn't find anything on seasoning with a torch in searching, but thinking this might make it easy.
-T
Long time BBQ lurker. Several years ago I built an offset reverse flow, now I'm trying my hand at UDS and I've shanghaied a few buddies into this one and ended up the ringleader of a batch of 4 barrels for ugly drum build.
Now that I'm mass producing, it's been a bit more difficult to plan things. I'm getting them sand blasted (red liner) soon, and I'm looking for help in how I should stage this so that I avoid any rust/paint issues in the future. Here's what I'm thinking:
1. Sand blast barrels
2. Take home, season inside with PAM/lard and use weed burner/torch to flash-season (I can't burn with wood, live in city)
3. Let cool, paint with hi-temp primer
Curious to know if I need to go through all that, or if I can leave inside unseasoned. I suppose the *right* way to do this is to build the fireboxes first, paint the outside, then burn some lump in them all. I haven't built the fireboxes yet. Let me know what y'all think! I appreciate the help! Couldn't find anything on seasoning with a torch in searching, but thinking this might make it easy.
-T
