The older I get the less available energy I have. 

Today I donned the necessary safety gear - goggles, ear muffs and dust mask and attacked the drum with an angle grinder and flapper disk to remove the surface coat.  Even after burning there was still a lot of paint residue left.

It all had to come off as didn’t want that melted paint smell in the food ultimately.

Have had a shower to rid bushes of residue and now resting before dinner as I am buggered.

Still another part of the job done.  I do think though I will again light a good Heatbeads fire inside to make sure the liner is gone completely.

It actually looks quite good like that but I shall paint it with pot belly black.   

Still undecided.

If it does the job then why not.