ViciousFishes
Well-Known Member
I recently acquired an old Delfield MRPT1S commercial reach-in/pass-thru fridge off of craigslist for $350. Purportedly, it came out of a PF Changs that upgraded equipment (or something). I was due to have a couple of weeks off at the end of the year, so made that my project during off-time.
The fridge was horribly beat up from being used in a restaurant environment. This pic may not do it justice, but there are deep scratches, dings, dents in all sides and the interior was absolutely disgusting, covered in the remnants of spilled food.
I tried to follow Bobby_M's video on how to use an angle grinder to grind out the imperfections and polish a keg (http://www.brewhardware.com/category_s/1887.htm) Here's after one pass with the angle grinder
After grinding out the door front and sides, I tried to follow Bobby's directions for the polishing step, but had some trouble. I could not find the polishing pads he refers to anywhere locally or online. I tried to make due with a backer pad and polishing wheels sold at HD/Lowes. This was a bit tricky because angling the grinder too 'flat' would cause the arbor to further scratch the doors. I had hoped to get the scratches out of the door by using a sequence of progressively fine polishing compounds. I found a good supply of polishing compound at the local Sears.
After a fair amount of effort, I resigned myself to the fact that I wasn't going to get most of the scratches out and get the like-new mirror finish I was hoping for. Instead, I tried to leave the scratches in a pattern that might look a bit industrial - as if I'd intended it to end up that way.
I bought a 4 faucet fridge keg kit from Keg Connection (http://www.kegconnection.com/4-faucet-fridge-homebrew-kegerator-kit/). I was planning to buy once, cry once on Perlick 650SS with flow control. During the holidays, they had a free upgrade to the stainless CMB V2G faucets. I couldn't find any reviews on these faucets, but couldn't pass up the free CMB upgrade, given the cost of the Perlicks. Here's the door drilled for shank assemblies:
And with the 4 taps in:
One of the things about the fridge that appealed to me was the ability to fit 4 kegs and the CO2 canister on the 'floor' of the fridge. I can also fit one bucket during a cold crash. Instead of having to lift full, heavy kegs over one another, if I need to access a keg in the back of the fridge, I just spin it on its casters and reach in through the door in the back.
I bought the Morebeer Torpedo kegs because the fridge is tall enough that I have the ability to potentially stack additional kegs with fittings in place. I should also be able to use the shelving to add an additional level for kegs or even to store hops/yeast.
The last step was to print out my brewery's logo on photo paper and run through a laminator. It's attached to the door with velcro.
And I am doing the same treatment for each of my beers. I created a template in powerpoint so I just replace the brew name, IBUs and ABV, print, laminate, cut and place above the respective tap.
The fridge was horribly beat up from being used in a restaurant environment. This pic may not do it justice, but there are deep scratches, dings, dents in all sides and the interior was absolutely disgusting, covered in the remnants of spilled food.
I tried to follow Bobby_M's video on how to use an angle grinder to grind out the imperfections and polish a keg (http://www.brewhardware.com/category_s/1887.htm) Here's after one pass with the angle grinder
After grinding out the door front and sides, I tried to follow Bobby's directions for the polishing step, but had some trouble. I could not find the polishing pads he refers to anywhere locally or online. I tried to make due with a backer pad and polishing wheels sold at HD/Lowes. This was a bit tricky because angling the grinder too 'flat' would cause the arbor to further scratch the doors. I had hoped to get the scratches out of the door by using a sequence of progressively fine polishing compounds. I found a good supply of polishing compound at the local Sears.
After a fair amount of effort, I resigned myself to the fact that I wasn't going to get most of the scratches out and get the like-new mirror finish I was hoping for. Instead, I tried to leave the scratches in a pattern that might look a bit industrial - as if I'd intended it to end up that way.
I bought a 4 faucet fridge keg kit from Keg Connection (http://www.kegconnection.com/4-faucet-fridge-homebrew-kegerator-kit/). I was planning to buy once, cry once on Perlick 650SS with flow control. During the holidays, they had a free upgrade to the stainless CMB V2G faucets. I couldn't find any reviews on these faucets, but couldn't pass up the free CMB upgrade, given the cost of the Perlicks. Here's the door drilled for shank assemblies:
And with the 4 taps in:
One of the things about the fridge that appealed to me was the ability to fit 4 kegs and the CO2 canister on the 'floor' of the fridge. I can also fit one bucket during a cold crash. Instead of having to lift full, heavy kegs over one another, if I need to access a keg in the back of the fridge, I just spin it on its casters and reach in through the door in the back.
I bought the Morebeer Torpedo kegs because the fridge is tall enough that I have the ability to potentially stack additional kegs with fittings in place. I should also be able to use the shelving to add an additional level for kegs or even to store hops/yeast.
The last step was to print out my brewery's logo on photo paper and run through a laminator. It's attached to the door with velcro.
And I am doing the same treatment for each of my beers. I created a template in powerpoint so I just replace the brew name, IBUs and ABV, print, laminate, cut and place above the respective tap.
