ace27705
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2013
- Location
- memphis tn
I began my restore on a Bandera smoker I acquired in early October.
Smoker was in bad shape. Full of rust in the firebox, lower deck etc.
It did not come with a water pan either. The firebox lid was bent our of shape and would not close properly. It was also painted with some kind of brushed on black paint which was not done properly. I began with removing all the rust with a wire wheel attachment on my rotary grinder. I was able to re bend the fire box lid with some pry bars.
I went to town with my wire wheel grinder to finish removing this awful brush on coating that was all over the smoker. From reading the Bandera 101 document that was found here at BBQ Brethren I created the heat baffle mod. A friend of mine who owns another smoker just like this gave me the dimensions for the water pan and I created my own stand using nuts and bolts to make a lift and added a water pan/ metal bowl
I refinished the smoker with some nice high temp flat black paint. Then I decided to get creative and paint the door red. At first I wanted to do a flat red but found that finding a high temp red paint in a flat finish was impossible. All I could find was gloss red. I was afraid that using a gloss paint would show any imperfections in the door. I tried sand blasting the door only to find that it started to put pits in the metal so I tried paint stripper BAM !!! the paint was gone and the door was as smooth as could be. Some high temp primer and gloss paint and POW ! awesome. Replaced the wheels and here we are. The last things I plan to do is to make or purchase a fire basket and restore the logo to the front door using a print that I was able to make from taking a picture of an existing Bandera smoker logo and with a little help from photo shop and a local print company
I plan to have a stencil made and refinish the logo. I have included pics of the ongoing project. I was not able to upload as many of them as I wanted but here it is.The next thread I'm about to post will have the attached logo of the older Bandera's that can be used to create a stencil. Thanks for reading !!!
Thanks
Adam
Smoker was in bad shape. Full of rust in the firebox, lower deck etc.
It did not come with a water pan either. The firebox lid was bent our of shape and would not close properly. It was also painted with some kind of brushed on black paint which was not done properly. I began with removing all the rust with a wire wheel attachment on my rotary grinder. I was able to re bend the fire box lid with some pry bars.
I went to town with my wire wheel grinder to finish removing this awful brush on coating that was all over the smoker. From reading the Bandera 101 document that was found here at BBQ Brethren I created the heat baffle mod. A friend of mine who owns another smoker just like this gave me the dimensions for the water pan and I created my own stand using nuts and bolts to make a lift and added a water pan/ metal bowl
I refinished the smoker with some nice high temp flat black paint. Then I decided to get creative and paint the door red. At first I wanted to do a flat red but found that finding a high temp red paint in a flat finish was impossible. All I could find was gloss red. I was afraid that using a gloss paint would show any imperfections in the door. I tried sand blasting the door only to find that it started to put pits in the metal so I tried paint stripper BAM !!! the paint was gone and the door was as smooth as could be. Some high temp primer and gloss paint and POW ! awesome. Replaced the wheels and here we are. The last things I plan to do is to make or purchase a fire basket and restore the logo to the front door using a print that I was able to make from taking a picture of an existing Bandera smoker logo and with a little help from photo shop and a local print company
I plan to have a stencil made and refinish the logo. I have included pics of the ongoing project. I was not able to upload as many of them as I wanted but here it is.The next thread I'm about to post will have the attached logo of the older Bandera's that can be used to create a stencil. Thanks for reading !!!
Thanks
Adam
