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Old 10-08-2006, 02:13 PM   #1
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Cleaning A 5-Gallon Grill?

I have dried latex on it.

Is there anything I can soak it in to remove that latex paint that won't remove the galvanization?

I've tried denatured alcohol on a metal try and it rusted right up.


I looks like I could keep using it without removing the paint......


Do the pros just buy new ones for every job?

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Old 10-08-2006, 02:17 PM   #2
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Re: Cleaning A 5-Gallon Grill?

EZ OFF oven cleaner (the original yellow can) will make latex fall off like melted butter. Spray 'er down good and wait overnight. Spray it off with a hose. It's basically caustic (lye) solution.
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Re: Cleaning A 5-Gallon Grill?

A bonfire works really well also ,same for 1 gallon paint pans.....
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A bonfire works really well also ,same for 1 gallon paint pans.....
Yeah, but you need to wait until 'Earth Day' to use that procedure.
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Old 10-08-2006, 04:21 PM   #5
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Re: Cleaning A 5-Gallon Grill?

I don't remove the dried paint from screens.... in fact, I like em better coated up.
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Old 10-08-2006, 07:52 PM   #6
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What's a grill? Is it on your car?
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I don't remove the dried paint from screens.... in fact, I like em better coated up.

Same here.......I've got one you can barely see light through. good thing I just bought 2 more the other day.
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Re: Cleaning A 5-Gallon Grill?

Woz, a grille is on your teeth. I'm old and even know that much.
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You guys are all mixed up. THIS is a 5 gallon grill:
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Grille.



Even an old white dude from the south knows this.
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There goes lunch...
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Have you tried steam?
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Re: Cleaning A 5-Gallon Grill?

One of my helpers spilled a quart of latex paint on a customers driveway a few years ago. We tried laundry detergent and water, lots of water. Then we got a goo-be-gone type of product that removes dried latex paint. Come to find out, it removes asphalt, it even says it on the can....if I only read it before we killed their driveway. The driveway was brand new!
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Nah....use em till their all clogged up and throw em away. They are less than $2 a piece. We put them down in the paint until we finish the job then we rinse them off which usually only cleans the bottom half and just use em up. At $45/hr it's not worth the time to clean them more than that.
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Every summer I throw 20-30 of them in a big metal wash tub, and light it up. Knock em off with a hammer, and your good to go. Sometimes I'll give them a shot of rattlecan primer before using them again.

Phuck the earth, save yourself!
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They are less than $2 a piece.
Where?
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SW paint store....
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wit, humor, pictures and painting advise. What a good forum.
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