New table new thermo new brew & an old friend

BigGreenDawg

Actually not a new table but an newly eurethaned (6 coats).

New dome thermometer-thought I'd give it a try

New brew I hadn't tried yet-GREAT summer brew-very light

And my old friend the beer simmered brats- a favorite anytime of year.

Hoss

:laugh: Love IT!

Panhandle Smoker

Nice job. Hind sight is always 20/20 I guess. I thought I would give the sealer a try first, now I think I have a stain of some sort from every cook. :laugh: I guess I will re finish it in the fall.

BigGreenDawg

With all of the other things going on it as well as dodging the rain it took over a week to get it fully sanded and apply 6 coats with at least 4 hours between each to dry but once completed I am quite pleased.

Panhandle Smoker

Did you have any oil stains that didnt sand out?

smoky b

That table looks awesome! Great job!

BigGreenDawg

Yes I did have one mainly on the second shelf so I didn't care about it as much other than that I didn't have many others that I can remember-the biggest scar that I had no hope of sanding out was the burn marks in front of the ash vent-I have a piece of stainless at work I plan to cut to fit that spot.

I broke down and bought a new Dewalt orbital sander to help with the sanding and coarse grit paper-it was all the excuse I needed plus they aren't very expensive considering the cost of replacing a cypress table.

Panhandle Smoker

Now that you have one you find other uses for it. I re finished some furnature a few years back and a friend of mine who re finishes antiques turned me on to a little trick. Spray on some Plain Easy Off oven cleaner on the stains and wait 20-30 min and wipe off. Be dang if it didn't work. I had some stains on a dresser from cosmetics and used the Easy Off and it worked like a champ. Not as worried about the Egg table the stains give a little character but I will use it anyway.:laugh:

BigGreenDawg

Sweet, I'll have to remember that; I was trying some stuff mixed in with water in a cheap sprayer to apply to my deck before pressure washing it that a friend gave me at work-didn't work. Went back to my bleach and water and took off the green much better-now if I can just get my hands on a stronger pressure washer maybe I can finish the deck before football season :laugh: . That little 1300 psi I have been using just doesn't cut it.

Ohatchee

6 coats....wow! I worked on my table this weekend and coat #2 went on tonight.

Question: Is there a correlation between the beer and your bucket under the table??? :laugh:

BigGreenDawg

:woohoo: :P :woohoo: That's my ash pan, I always clean out before each cook. Actually I felt like a real dummy for using that better beer instead of some cheap stuff for brats because after eating them I think the cheap beer makes them taste better and it would have left more of the good stuff for me. :P Truth be told I only buy beer when I cook brats anymore so when I put it on the counter I say that's for simmerin' and THATS for sippin'.

You've probably already done a search but if you haven't FlaPoolman has a pics of his in several posts which is where I got the idea to go ahead with 6 coats-2 quarts of Minwax Helmsman Spar eurethane (marine or indoor/outdoor) Gloss.

Ohatchee

Cool...I'll check out Flapoolman. I'm tempted to do as many as 6 coats, but my wife wants her parking space in the garage back. :P

JLOCKHART29

Looks great. That table shines like its still wet!

lowercasebill

beautiful job , BUT the by-laws specifically state that every bge table must have at least one bottle opener attached to it and visible at all times :laugh:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS307&newwindow=1&q=wall+mounted+beer+bottle+opener&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g1

Cpt'n Cook

Looks great, now, after three years, I am going to have to give mine another couple of coats to keep up :laugh: .

BigGreenDawg

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Yeah I just haven't found the right one yet and didn't know where to look...until now, thanks.