- Mar 11, 2021
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Passing my 18.5 WSM to my son in law. Considering an Oklahoma Joe's Highlander reverse flow to give stick burners a try. I see the main complaint is the paint burns off in the first few cooks. Considering sanding and painting with high temp engine paint before the first fire up. Anyone tried this? The problem I feel is sanding the whole thing down to bare metal first. It seems going over it with a DA sander to rough up the factory paint would just make good paint stick to bad paint and it might burn off anyways. Opinions? Thank you in advance.