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Building my 1st uds, drum arrives today. If the outside is painted do I need to remove it or will it be ok? I have some bbq paint if needed

As far as I know its best to burn the drum out with a good ol' fire to clean the barrel out and to remove the paint, then after that give it a clean then a paint.

Ok cheers man. Cant really fire it up in my garden so onto the beach we go!

Its reconditioned with no liner so I guess im cool actually

personally, I would burn it out even if there was no lining on the inside just to get rid of anything from the factory. rather safe than sorry...

I'm about to take delivery of a couple of barrels for my UDS build as well, and I was wondering about the burnout whether pallet wood, ie pine, is fine to use, or if it's best to use oak/fruit tree wood?

here's my 2 cents... most of the pics of uds burnouts which I have seen have used pallets; I used them on mine too.



since that, and once I finished it, I have done a couple of seasoning burns and used chunks of oak.

From what I've read them be wise words

Pallets are fine to use, don't fret if all the paint doesn't burn off the outside, the burnout is to clean any nasties from the inside.
Make sure to drill your intake holes before burning to get a good draw to the fire.
As for painting the outside use cheap radiator enamel as a UDS doesn't get as hot as a normal BBQ, no need for expensive HT paint.
Cheers
Si

Nice one, cheers for the advice folks!