Brewing with Bobby_M - Polishing Stainless

[makinmoney614]

what is the red design from on the keg?

[mwpaul6062]

yuenglng brewery kegs

[darryll6285]

I tried Gator Grit, but my keg has black all over it? Thanks

Darryll

[FireBrew63]

First off, thanks for all your videos, they have been very inspirational to me in making the move to all grain brewing. I don't have my system up and running yet, however, I have acquired 4 kegs (2 sankes and 2 Hoffs) this past week and am in the process of shining them up. I followed your steps but have run into a small problem. After using the polishing compound, there is a lot of black residue left. Do I keep buffing til it's gone or just try to wipe it off? Thanks in advance.

[BobbyFromNJ]

@FireBrew63

I find that residue shows up when you use too high of an angle and the edge of the backing pad melts. It will buff off, but you can use acetone or lacquer thinner on a rag to wipe it off.

[Pezlandia]

If you want your kettle as shiny as Bobby_Ms plan on spending some time with the grinder, I have been working on mine and it takes patience and a lot of buffing compound-so far, what I have done looks great-Thanks Bobby. Love the Vids. Whats next?

[Pezlandia]

If you want your kettle as shiny as Bobby_Ms plan on spending some time with the grinder, I have been working on mine and it takes patience and a lot of buffing compound-so far, what I have done looks great-Thanks Bobby. Love the Vids. Whats next?

[CFHpantera]

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[ka5kla]

Hi Bobby where are you getting the large kegs to make into kettles.

Thank,

Larry

[murf1916]

Bobby, Thanks for the video. This is exactly what I was searching. I'll be polishing both kegs ( hot liquor tank and boil kettle). Keep up the good work.

[Jhonda00]

I think I'm going to try this out this out in the next couple of weeks.

[salvatorokocim]

Did you buy the Arbor Kit from Caswell or get the pads seperately? Looks like the Arbor Kit can be connected to a drill as well as a grinder. I wonder if you connected it to a drill and turned down the speed if the wheels would perform any better. Guess that is something to potentially try.

[BobbyFromNJ]

That's a good question. I'm not 100% sure what the gatorgrit stuff costs. I think It's about $7 per two pack on the finishing pads and $9 per two pack on the buffing pads. With the polishing compounds, you're looking at $20-25 per 1/2BBL keg if it doesn't need a first pass with the more coarse pads first. The jury is out on the caswell stuff because I don't know how much each keg needs for that stuff.

[salvatorokocim]

Great video, Bobby. I have a couple kegs I am planning on shining up a bit and was doing some research of my own as well. What sort of cost comparision would you anticipate there is to get a complete keggle with the Lowe's stuff compared to the products you were trying out? I am not trying to get a "hey ma, look at my brand new All-Clad $500 pot" shine. As long as I get it shined up a little it will be a lot better than what it looks like now. Thanks again. Appreciate the video.