Custom Color Your Grill

I have a nice red grill, which I keep on the porch of my white house with green shutters. But as much as I love red & green, I don't like having my porch look like Christmas year round. So, I decided to custom color my grill to coordinate with my house.

I chose to go with plain green because that's what I wanted to match my shutters. But if you are good with graffiti or have a stencil you want to use, more power to you!

Also, I guess I should point out that this only works for the exterior part of your grill - not the part that actually faces your food when the grill is closed.

You will need:

• a grill (obviously)
• Rustoleum high heat spray paint
• Painters tape
• Newspaper or Plastic - you could use a drop cloth, but I prefer to re-use plastic grocery bags to be more green
• Surface cleaner - there are lots of different types you can use, but I like clorox bleach wipes because they work wonders on grease and you'll only need one or two

*Paper towels - to make sure everything is dry before you paint

Note: the rustoleum comes in both regular high heat spray, and "ultra" high heat spray, but only a few different colors:

• black (regular or ultra)
• white (regular)
• green (regular)
• silver (regular)
• almond (regular)
• brown (ultra)
• aged copper (ultra)
• brown (ultra)

This should be done when the grill is cool and will stay cool for awhile. So do it on a day when you don't want to use it for cooking. Also, don't do it on a really windy day.

When the timings right, clean the area that you will be painting, so that it's free of pollen, dirt, grease, etc.

Tape around the edges of the area you will be painting. Make sure to take your time so it lines up just right.

Tape your plastic around the edges so that you don't get residual spray paint on the rest of the grill. You could also use a couple of layers of newspaper for this step.

Note: I wanted to use plastic instead of newspaper because I thought it would work better than newspaper. I used plastic grocery bags to save money and be more green, but I don't think I would do that again because there is a tiny area where the paint went through the bag just a little bit. So if you want to re-use, double up and put two bags on top of one another.

Shake the can well, and apply a thin layer of paint from 6-12 inches away.

Wait a few minutes between coats. I put 3-4 coats.

Optional: if you're doing a stenciled image, wait a full 2 hours before applying the stenciled layer, so that you don't mess up the base layer with the stencil

Wait 1 - 2 hours for the paint to fully dry, then remove the tape, and plastic.


Voila, you have a custom colored grill!

Don't cook with it tonight - wait for tomorrow to grill up more food ;)