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Egg restoration project

slovelad
slovelad Posts: 1,742
edited July 2017 in EggHead Forum
this is the project that I am doing for my father in law. 

This is will be a really fun project for me, and I'm going to stretch it out over he next few months and give as a gift for Christmas.

i got the egg and table on Craigslist for $100 (it was handed down to the son who never used it.)

some initial thoughts.

   - it was crusty that I had to pry out the fire ring with a flat head

   - was going to ditch the table, but it's structurally sound so I'm going to refinish it and possibly add a piece of granite that I have.

    - ceramics are in ok shape, they are very dull (any thoughts on how to polish would be appreciated, I want to bring out some shine)

- I added a new Rutland gasket that I was suppose to install on my large egg but never got around to it.

the only issue with the ceramic I noticed this crack On the dome (I have the piece that feel out, so I may just add another Rutland gasket to the top dome for looks, even thought I know its not recommended)



Here re is what I am staring with, after i removed he rusted out lower vent (it's covered with heavy duty oven cleaner)





After a clean burn (and installed a Rutland gasket)




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Above is a a sample of what I did with the cleaner, this stuff is incredible.

will post more pictures along the way.

*** as a side note, this stuff also does wonders for smokeware cap, which took about 2 minutes***

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