Just saying, the best way to open and close links, chain links, is to twist them sideways then when you put them back together you can over twist to get them straight 👍
The logo in the diamond is Birmal, the foundry's mark. It's the logo for Birmingham Aluminum Castings. I've seen old aluminum wheels with the same mark. It also looks like they cast the blocks for the Rolls Royce Merlin engines.
@@RestoreIt@RestoreIt same company...Birmal also made aluminium cast tennis rackets..aluminium rackets were a thing right from the 20s...I had one in the 70s 😀
13:35 If you give the rivets a good squeeze with cutting pliers right above the black cover plates, they deform a little and will never come loose. Beautiful restoration!
Enamel stays "green" (soft) for quite a while. I was thinking that you ought to stick the parts in the oven for a while to force cure the paint, and you did! Lovely resto!
Nice resto. I had one of these I bought to restore. I think mine was a Sunwest or Westsun. It was a bice vintage heater. I didnt use heatproof paint as I had it as an ornament, and then put it in a box with a lot of oil lamps. I let my son test it out to see if it would take the chill off in the shed and the paint bubbled up on the top. I sold it a couple of years ago on ebay. They dont fetch much and are very easy to restore.
Beautiful work! That enamel has an incredible finish. So glossy! More than likely the original paint probably contained lead, but testing red paint for lead content can be tricky or inconclusive since the reactive agent itself turns red, haha.
Thanks, Michael! Yes, i tried a few times with less and less water and no sanding of the paint and it always came up purple, I stripped it just to be sure.
Wow! This is amazing. Youve got yourself a new subscriber. I see you got a lot of car types of restoration which isnt my favorite but this is top notch work and i cant wait to watch the rest! ❤❤❤
That is one mighty big hand warmer compared to my antique Jonē hand warmers I have. They run on Zippo lighter fluid with a platinum catalyst wick. No longer made but I see Zippo lighter company makes a smaller version of these. I might assume these would be hangin around in various places in a cold factory in England or an outdoor construction site where workers can warm up every so often as needed. Looks like it just came out of the factory!!
Hi young Man. It looks like everyone is giving you tips and I am gona do the same thing. We all want you to have a great channel with fantastic results Sir. So here is my two cents. When you were putting the wick holder in the goop of chemicals that was great. I found out on other resteration channel's that if you mix 1/3 flour 1/3 vinigar and 1/3 baking soda you get the perfect mix. And when you are putting the metal items into it. You use saran wrap. You can use bags also. And you can mix everything together or in small lots.
All of that advertising was a means to and end. I get some people can't see that, but hopfully the new flurry of videos will reassure them that it was all worth it in the end. Cheers.
It seems like it's pretty easy to tell whether you've got lead paint by the way it wears off. Lead paint usually comes off in those big (delicious) flakes, modern paint has more distinct wear at the corners and edges. Definitely not worth risking your health over though (test swabs are cheap) but I have to wonder how many times a pro is actually surprised by the kind of paint on an object.
Hey man I see your good work and I’m wondering if you’d like to restore my ‘83 Mercedes W123. It’s in pretty good shape, maybe a few rusty spots. Shouldn’t take more than a couple weeks TOPS.
great work!.... is enamel more expensive than high durable paint?.. I've often wondered why things like car suspensions aren't enamel as it's more durable than paint?
I believe so, I did spray an E30 engine pipe as a test piece and it looked amazing and is very strong. I'm not sure why its not used on things like that, but yes this paint was pretty expensive. I paid £50 for 500ml and 1L of thinners.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the purpose of this device? Thanks in advance, and good work. Looks like the new reforms are allowing you to be more efficient than ever before. Greetings from Spain!
My post on your video has disappeared. It referenced BIRMAL as being from the Birmingham Aluminium Company and included a link to an image of the diamond logo. I’m not including another link in case that disappears as well.
Abrasive blasting paint with lead in it generates small lead particles that pose a risk to the nervous system, and breathing in lead-laced abrasive dust can lead to lung disorders and lead poisoning. Even when properly performed, dry abrasive blasting remains problematic.
Surely someone has made a lazy susan out of metal so the piece that is being painted can be turned without touching it, and if not someone need to make one
Brilliant as I have come to expect but I very nearly didn't watch it, despite being a subscriber, because the cover shot was underwhelming seeing all that wavy looking painted masking paper.
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Just saying, the best way to open and close links, chain links, is to twist them sideways then when you put them back together you can over twist to get them straight 👍
That is a great tip! Thanks, dude.
The logo in the diamond is Birmal, the foundry's mark. It's the logo for Birmingham Aluminum Castings. I've seen old aluminum wheels with the same mark.
It also looks like they cast the blocks for the Rolls Royce Merlin engines.
I searched Birmal antique and only found antique tennis rackets. So thanks for the info, Overtravel!
@@RestoreIt@RestoreIt same company...Birmal also made aluminium cast tennis rackets..aluminium rackets were a thing right from the 20s...I had one in the 70s 😀
13:35 If you give the rivets a good squeeze with cutting pliers right above the black cover plates, they deform a little and will never come loose.
Beautiful restoration!
I'll give this a go, cheers, MyTubeSvp!
Absolutely one of the coolest things to refurbish. Thanks for the share.
That'll be nice to have this time of year when the snow starts falling!
Yes, it works really well!
Nice to see regularly scheduled videos again 🥰🥰🥰
Thanks, tinman! More like this to come!
He’s baacckkkk!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️
This channel is therapy for me 😊
Glad to hear it, tembafire!
Grandad would be proud. Well done sir :-)
Thank you, IrishLion!
Good old restoreit and good to see you testing for lead I hadn’t thought of that
Cheers! I didn't think it was going to contain lead, but clearly you can never be sure!
Good to see all your new gear being put to use!
Thanks! Soon I will be powder coating and using Cerakote as well!
Great job, Restore it!
Thanks, Tom! Are you the Tom Duffy, I know?
OSRS all over the account. Identity confirmed.
Mate this look incredible thank you
No problem, Will!
What a very wonderful work ❤❤
Nice work! The enamel looks perfect. I'm watching this video on a cold night and I wish I could test how much heat it puts out.
Thanks for watching!
Superb work bud, great to see new content!
A thing of beauty!!
Another great restoration
Thanks, Bobby!
Amazing finish!! - Beth
Thanks, Beth!
Brilliant job have the exact same heater that used to belong to my granddad.
Wow! Similar stories! Cheers.
Enamel stays "green" (soft) for quite a while. I was thinking that you ought to stick the parts in the oven for a while to force cure the paint, and you did! Lovely resto!
Thanks TrapShooter! Soon I'll be able to show the process on camera.
For high temp paint it's part of the instructions.
What a great transformation, you did it well ☺☺
Thanks!
Awesome way you restored the vintage hand warmer it looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent skilled restoration work.
Thank you! Cheers!
Flawless paint work👍
Great work !
Thanks a lot!
Awesome paint job 😊
Thank you so much 😀
Great to see more content!
Thanks, Serranoetreinta!
Beautiful restoration! ❤
Thanks!
Impressive restoration.
Thanks, Churlepatakha!
Great job 👍🙂
Cheers, Sestorema!
Happy New years man, watched every one of your videos this year.
Great 👍 job, really enjoyed that 👏
Glad to hear it! Thanks!
Nice resto. I had one of these I bought to restore. I think mine was a Sunwest or Westsun. It was a bice vintage heater. I didnt use heatproof paint as I had it as an ornament, and then put it in a box with a lot of oil lamps. I let my son test it out to see if it would take the chill off in the shed and the paint bubbled up on the top. I sold it a couple of years ago on ebay. They dont fetch much and are very easy to restore.
Cheers, ianallen. They go for about £65 in the UK, I've seen a few other brands as well. They really do take the chill off your hands quite nicely!
@@RestoreIt I live in the UK and mine only sold for around £15.. I sold it two years ago. They are good for close up heat.
Super jest to odrestaurowane pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍👍👍👍
Beautiful work! That enamel has an incredible finish. So glossy! More than likely the original paint probably contained lead, but testing red paint for lead content can be tricky or inconclusive since the reactive agent itself turns red, haha.
Thanks, Michael! Yes, i tried a few times with less and less water and no sanding of the paint and it always came up purple, I stripped it just to be sure.
Amazing work my friend. I follow a couple other restoration channels in Asia and your work is so much better. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, Aaron!
We are back to the old time😊
And it feels great!
Wow! This is amazing. Youve got yourself a new subscriber. I see you got a lot of car types of restoration which isnt my favorite but this is top notch work and i cant wait to watch the rest! ❤❤❤
Thank you, Samantha!
Very nice!
Cheers!
Love your work 👍
Thank you!
That is one mighty big hand warmer compared to my antique Jonē hand warmers I have. They run on Zippo lighter fluid with a platinum catalyst wick. No longer made but I see Zippo lighter company makes a smaller version of these.
I might assume these would be hangin around in various places in a cold factory in England or an outdoor construction site where workers can warm up every so often as needed.
Looks like it just came out of the factory!!
It's a vintage "Nesthill" sump heater. It''s for warning your car on a cold day.
Thank you so much!!
Restaurada aquecedor de mãos 🙌😉
Thank you!
Hi young Man. It looks like everyone is giving you tips and I am gona do the same thing. We all want you to have a great channel with fantastic results Sir. So here is my two cents.
When you were putting the wick holder in the goop of chemicals that was great.
I found out on other resteration channel's that if you mix 1/3 flour 1/3 vinigar and 1/3 baking soda you get the perfect mix.
And when you are putting the metal items into it. You use saran wrap. You can use bags also. And you can mix everything together or in small lots.
Looks good. As a suggestion, get yourself a modelers rostisery, which u can find in micro mark.
Old school Restore It let's go!
Oh hell yeah!
I gotta say that was very refreshing to have a project presented without all the over the top sales pitch. A pleasure to watch and a lovely resto.
All of that advertising was a means to and end. I get some people can't see that, but hopfully the new flurry of videos will reassure them that it was all worth it in the end. Cheers.
Nice job!!!
Thanks!
So cozy lantern
yes indeed
Very cool.
Thank you!
It can not be done better mate. Flawless job.
Thank you!
Superd restoration 👍👍
Thanks!
Classic RestoreIt video! Beautiful outcome as usual.
Thank you, David!
It seems like it's pretty easy to tell whether you've got lead paint by the way it wears off. Lead paint usually comes off in those big (delicious) flakes, modern paint has more distinct wear at the corners and edges.
Definitely not worth risking your health over though (test swabs are cheap) but I have to wonder how many times a pro is actually surprised by the kind of paint on an object.
cheers for the info talyrath!
perfect
Thanks, 1leggeddog! Now I can put it in the title!
For reference, the original title of the video (as uploaded) was "Grandads Old Oil Burner | Restoration".
Other than that, it looks nice
That was before I knew what it was. Thankfully someone in the comments identified it for me.
@@RestoreIt That's fine, the reference is for historic reasons, in case someone wants to re-watch the video at a later time
Thank God that I live now, not a hundred years ago
You could use a lazy susan when painting things on the tabletop.
I have the brackets on order to make some, cheers!
Looking forward to the next one, what’s coming
Ah, these good old days, when burning fossils looked like a great idea… 😅
Very nice video brother keep it up. What was the purpose of checking the Lead? Just wanted to know.
Thanks! If you blast paint with lead in it, it's will create a very poisonous dust cloud and dust.
Taking a break from playing with cars I see, haha
Only for a short time, they'll be back before you know it
I thought this was a good candidate for a modern LED / Li-ion conversion!
I'm not sure the LED's would warm the hands as well, haha.
Super AD HD! Ore smoking to much. But I love your work. Fan Sweden 🇸🇪
One of the two Claus! Cheers!
Hey man I see your good work and I’m wondering if you’d like to restore my ‘83 Mercedes W123. It’s in pretty good shape, maybe a few rusty spots. Shouldn’t take more than a couple weeks TOPS.
Please no enough W123 😂❤
Absolutely! That'll be £5 please!
Do you not find it hard to heat the workshop with that heater ;-) Great work Buddy as always Turned out great
Until I was told it was a hand warmer, I was thinking... what is this actually for? Haha. Cheers, mate
great work!.... is enamel more expensive than high durable paint?.. I've often wondered why things like car suspensions aren't enamel as it's more durable than paint?
I believe so, I did spray an E30 engine pipe as a test piece and it looked amazing and is very strong. I'm not sure why its not used on things like that, but yes this paint was pretty expensive. I paid £50 for 500ml and 1L of thinners.
@@RestoreIt thanks...expensive but worth it considering the cost of powdercoating !
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Cheers!
Question, why did you tested the paint for lead? Do you do something different if it has lead vs when it doesn't? 🤔
Yes, if lead is present, I wont blast the paint off, but strip it with paint stripper. Lead is poisonous.
@@RestoreIt I thought you always stripped the paint first because it clogged the blasting medium 🤔 that's good to know!
Things back then were built to last 😂 (you struggling to drill the hole)
Tell me about it!
Excuse my ignorance, but what is the purpose of this device? Thanks in advance, and good work. Looks like the new reforms are allowing you to be more efficient than ever before. Greetings from Spain!
I'll be honest with you El_Deimox, I'm not sure what he used it for. Heat, light? One of the two.
It's a 'nesthill' brand sump heater for pre-warning your car's engine.@@RestoreIt
🤨 - a variant of paraffin lamp, has mesh grills instead of glass and vent cowl
Not bad, for your first project. 'Press fitted rivets'? That do nothing?
My post on your video has disappeared. It referenced BIRMAL as being from the Birmingham Aluminium Company and included a link to an image of the diamond logo. I’m not including another link in case that disappears as well.
Thanks for posting the comment again. That was an automatic thing as I never saw your original comment. Cheers for the info
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what paint striper are you using ?
Starchem Synstryp, best I've come across.
THERMAL
Very
can you share what paint stripper you use?
Starchem synstryp, best stuff i've used.
@@RestoreIt thanks!
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Cheers!
So why can’t you sandblast lead paint?
Lead is poisonous :)
I get that, but what happens when you sandblast it?@@RestoreIt
Abrasive blasting paint with lead in it generates small lead particles that pose a risk to the nervous system, and breathing in lead-laced abrasive dust can lead to lung disorders and lead poisoning. Even when properly performed, dry abrasive blasting remains problematic.
I see, thank you for telling me this@@RestoreIt
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Hi there
Surely someone has made a lazy susan out of metal so the piece that is being painted can be turned without touching it, and if not someone need to make one
I have just ordered a lazy susan bracket, I will be making my own off the back of this comment, so thanks!
@@RestoreIt no problem glad I could be of help
why remove the paint if after that it's still in the sandblaster?
Lead in paint is poisionous if turned into a breathable dust.
You cant test it at the moment, its been over 30°C for the past few days (86°'s ferret heights, for the americans)
It's 1°C in the UK right now. Thats 33.8° fahrenheit for the americans.
@@RestoreIt but I thought you were in joburg? I heard hadeda's screaming in the background once, and you shop at Adendorff's?
Buy winter gloves.
This looks like a quality, over engineered part.
It is exactly that!
Brilliant as I have come to expect but I very nearly didn't watch it, despite being a subscriber, because the cover shot was underwhelming seeing all that wavy looking painted masking paper.
Thanks, Malcolm, I'll try a different shot.
I've made the change and you're absolutely right, Malcolm. Thanks for pointing it out to me.
The wick needs to be wet before you light it and it should never be an inch out of the wick adjuster.
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Glad this made you laugh waleed!
Hm, seems someone doesn't know how rivets work.
11:37 I like the original wrinkled paint. This glossy shiny surface is not as nice.
You burnt the weck before it absorb the oil well!
Nossa o cara atentou legal contra nossa inteligência, primeiro passou removedor depois jato de areia único sentido disso é encher linguiça manucu.....
Did you not peen the rivets on the inside? Or did I just miss it?
I didn't in fear of chipping the enamel. Instead I made everything presss fit onto them.
if you wear gloves and you dont eat the paint chips, you should be fine
Noted