Is there a way to restore a rusted Daisy wheel, so that it won’t rust again? I can clean it up with a wire wheel, but what can I put on the raw steel afterwards? Is there any high-heat finish products or paint that will hold up to the heat? Thanks and gobbless.
by jack_stefan
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What I do. Wire brush, vegetable oil, use it. When I’m done cooking, I put the daisy wheel in the egg during cool down. No more issues with it getting gummed up either.
Take it apart. Clean it up with a wire brush then soap and water, then you need to treat it like a cast iron pan and “season” it aka polymerization. Will look brand new.
I did this on one I sold a few months ago. Not sure if it was the best practice. Would love to hear what I could have done better.
I took it completely apart and sandblasted it to bare metal. Then I used some high temp rustoleum matte black spray paint to refinish it.
This was my father’s green egg and he wanted to sell it. It his choice to use the spray paint.
I threw one in a fire once and then coated it with oil. Came out good as new
Put it on the grate after cooking steaks and let it sit there until the coals go low, oil it, do not spray paint.
The best suggestion is to get the new style wheel since the daisy wheel has some flaws. But like you I restored mine. Treat it as you would cast iron. I got mine super hot in the egg for a little while after removing any loose debris coated with oil and looks good as uhh.. restored