Have an inexpensive gas grill I was given as a wedding gift that's rusting...

You may be disappointed because a lot of those pieces are not very thick and if the rust is too bad you may be trying to carve with rotten wood so to speak. The rust you see often just the tip of the iceberg. Anytime you get one of those grills the first thing you should do is go over the bottom chasis with a few coats of rust proof spraypaint. But you may get lucky. I used a wire brush drill head to clear out the crap on one of mine(not an inexpensive one but still wasn't rustproofed from the factory).

Your plan is not bad. I have a 30 yr old grill that was reclaimed from the end of a drive way waiting on the trash truck. Granted mine was made of heavy steel.


To get paint to stick you need ALL grease gone. So spray it down with engine degreaser, rinse with water, then wire brush off all the loose rust. Degrease again, rinse with water, and heat to dry. Then apply naval jelly (use gloves) let dry and then paint with hi temp paint.


Good luck.

No problem.