The 2 weak parts that could get damaged in a laserprinter while printing unsupported paper are the image drum and the fuser, both are rollers in the printer. The image drum transfers the image to the paper, its delicate and scratches on it will show on prints but this should not happen on smooth paper with clean-cut edges. Generally this is a wear item that is easily replaced, often it's part of the toner cartridge. The fuser melts the toner to fix it to the paper, it's not as sensitive as the image drum but it is heated, it is possible to melt plastic-coated paper or overhead sheets and ruin it, the fuser is often the single most expensive part in the printer. Then there is the issue of your paper being too stiff and not being able to make all turns in the path through the printer resulting in a paper jam. It's hard to damage anything while causing or removing a paper jam except the paper itself.
It looks really good! Last year here in Canada, at Walmart, they were selling these rally cases in a set with a ten pack of hot wheels. It was nice to see Mattel reproduce these! Merry Christmas, I hope you feel better soon! Try some ginger tea with lemon and honey.
I am sorry to hear you are not well but you did an excellent job of repairing the case. I had this one too and the tutorial brought back a lot of memories. Have a Merry Christmas and thank you for making this.
I would've plastic-welded that spot near the hinge, it's just as strong if you do it right and turns out a lot cleaner than that if you have good technique. All you'd need is a soldering iron at the least. For the red paint I would've painted it by hand with a brush (brushes with curled bristles paint raised areas with good precision) or a rubber roller then touch up with a brush when done. Only downside is the rubber rollers aren't always easy to work with so I always opt for curled-bristle brushes of varying sizes. If you rough up your painting surface with 800-400 grit it will paint a lot easier too! For polishing I haven't had much luck with buffing wheels (with or without polishing compounds), but you should try a headlight-restoration kit some time. It's just a 4-step procedure: 1 clean, 2 wet-sand (2,000 grit I think) with a drill, 3 polish with a drill and compound, 4 wipe clean. They excel at removing fade & yellowing then leaving a glass-like sheen. Find a kit that comes with the sanding pads and foam polishing pad as well as the polish and chucks for your drill, you can use them on your car's headlights and taillights when you're done too :) If you could down size the process to work from your Dremel tool you could use the process to polish Hotwheels plastic windows. Just know it doesn't work well on heavily textured areas like around that case's letters......
Never seen a HW Rally Case restored. WOW! Just needs the sticker on the inside to be complete. Glad to hear your feeling better. Don't know if you got a flu shot, but I deal with International tourists, so I get one and recommend everyone does. I'm praying for your full recovery. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Merry Christmas to all, and Happy New Year, too!
I am definitely going to give that resin a try for repairing an old vintage Darth Vader Kenner action figure carrying case. I've been trying to think of how to fix the hinge and one of the locking tabs for a while, this seems like a good option. Thank you for sharing :)
I don't know if anyone already said that, but to paint raised element like that, I use a small peace of sponge, that I fix on a chopstick so it kinda looks like a brush (only the active parts is sponge). Then dip gently in the paint, and with small taps, just cover the raised elements. Works like a charm for bigger elements, maybe it could work on a small scale as well.
Maybe very unconventional, but wouldn't a flame be able to 'polish' this type of plastic? Also I believe the paint transfer method with the red paint is usually done with a slightly compressable rubber type mat to make up for irregularities of the plastic itself.
You and me both sick. I've had it since the 23rd. The doctor told me it was really big going around this time. He ended up giving me prescription cough medication which has really helped.
Oh dang, let's see that walkman collection sometime! I may have missed it if you've covered it already but I wasn't expecting to see a WM-2 pop up in a redline video.
Sorry to hear you have been poorly. When I saw your video in my notifications, I clicked, I liked, I watched. Nice to see a little diversification that is still Hot Wheels related. Be well and enjoy the holidays.
they were still making these in 78 or 79. i was carrying mine with my collection in it. i was up town when jc penny used to be on the square. (looking back now it was odd that i would be carrying it in the store.) i was about 8 or 9. some older kids were there and one of them ask me were i got it and i told him santa clause brought it to me. that was when i found out there was no santa clause as he so willingly informed me. thanks for the video.
same. I don't know ANYTHING about this stuff, but as the original shown was colour, I also wondered why the printed version was black only. Maybe that's just the version difference, idk. Hearing someone refer to his laser printer's "ink" makes me think he doesn't really have a lot of experience with it (yet) Laser printers are great, but inkjets are still better at some tasks. Especially at detailed graphics. The 'new' painting technique wasn't quite up to snuff yet either. About 30% of the raised plastic got covered, missing a few of the corners of the letters. It's commendable to try new stuff, but I wouldn't test it out on a 'commision'.
I checked, most of the vintage cases have a red center on the graphic, as well as some (weird) red gleam on the rims. Really confused why he used black and white instead :/
Look into repairing scratches with a heat gun ( lite heat) . If the color is through out it may leach to the outside giving a polished but maybe blotchy finish. As well it should melt away imperfections. (Again lite heat). Research it or try it out.
I've had good results with this type of plastic using NOVUS #1 plastic cleaner. I believe it has some silicon in it and it works well with restoring some luster to these soft plastics. Sorry about your URI, they can be nasty. Merry Christmas and a Happy New YEar.
Epoxy doesn't fully bond with polypropylene and polyethylene - but other attachment methods usually fare even worse. These are the plastics usually chosen for living hinge single-piece constructions. Hot melt glue soaks up ethanol and isopropanol, but is not very soluble in them, also they debond the boundary. So if you dab a droplet of either alcohol at the edge of the hot melt glue piece, after a short time it comes off whatever it was adhered to. It will be a bit crumblier than usual but still cohesive in this state.
I've got one of these, and was checking out the value. In good condition and front, back and inside stickers. About $50. The inside sticker had the original 12 cars shown.
I like the resin work around. I have have some mma epoxies that would have fixed that as well. The resin might provide a bit more riditiy if it truly stuck to the plastic
Hot glue can be removed super easily from nearly everything using just rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. Saturate the q-tip, touch it to the edge of the glue, the glue will wick the alcohol under itself and break the seal between the glue and the surface. You can then peel it off as if it was never even stuck to the surface.
You almost got me with that tape comment, "for the next couple years"! I was like, AWWW HELL NO, NOT THE MAD SCIENTIST OF HOT WHEELS!! 😂🤣🤣🤣 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, feel better!!!
Whoa. It went from Heavily used to Lightly used. Nice work! Welcome back. If you saw UA-cams latest video about COPPA, your channel should be fine as you do not direct your videos to a young audiance.
Interesting object, but if I'm honest, I can't stand behind all the choices you made. The stone block for painting was a nice idea, but it didn't seem to be nearly efficient enough to not just use a brush or something. I've worked with laser printers for quite a while, they're great for printing big volumes black, but the toner (not ink) doesn't seem to adhere well to everything. Also, I was wondering why you went with black/white graphic in the first place? Was it a restriction of the laser printer? As the vintage cases I've googled, seem to all have red colours in them. As far as the broken hinge goes: I have no idea wtf to do with that. Although I DID see some people fix similar things with baking soda and super glue. Basically constructing additional mass layer by layer. Goes hard as a rock. I'm not sure that would work here, but I personally bookmarked it for future use.
The 2 weak parts that could get damaged in a laserprinter while printing unsupported paper are the image drum and the fuser, both are rollers in the printer.
The image drum transfers the image to the paper, its delicate and scratches on it will show on prints but this should not happen on smooth paper with clean-cut edges. Generally this is a wear item that is easily replaced, often it's part of the toner cartridge.
The fuser melts the toner to fix it to the paper, it's not as sensitive as the image drum but it is heated, it is possible to melt plastic-coated paper or overhead sheets and ruin it, the fuser is often the single most expensive part in the printer.
Then there is the issue of your paper being too stiff and not being able to make all turns in the path through the printer resulting in a paper jam. It's hard to damage anything while causing or removing a paper jam except the paper itself.
Hopefully you get better soon.
We missed the restorations.
You absolutely don't have to apologize for being sick. Thank you for making another great video!
Cool...I had one of these. Get well and Merry Christmas.
fantastic job with the resin,red paint stamp process.you are still the master
Happy Christmas and thank you for all your wonderful films this year. 🎄🎄🎄
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! This project is very helpful - showing the stops and starts is very helpful. I hope you are feeling better soon.
That restoration looks amazing , thanks for another great video.👍🏼
Please show off your Walkman collection, I am some what if a collector myself, and I would love to see what you have.
That Billy Kid I still have a Sony Walkman sports model in a greyish blue color. No cassettes to listen too though!
If your looking for music, you can usually by lots of 100+ tapes on eBay
Wow you do amazing work. It looked great!
Brilliant! Love what you did with the resin to fix the broken hinge! :-) nice work. The case came out nice!
And I hope you get well soon and merry Christmas as well to you and yours
It looks really good! Last year here in Canada, at Walmart, they were selling these rally cases in a set with a ten pack of hot wheels. It was nice to see Mattel reproduce these! Merry Christmas, I hope you feel better soon! Try some ginger tea with lemon and honey.
Great to see you back and feeling better! Merry Christmas!
Hey, cool walkman! I have a black WM-2, still in the process of solving some flutter issues but I love listening to it.
Great job, I had that case and all the original cars when it first came out. Great memories!
Great vid, brings back memories. Even as kids my brother and I knew you had to careful when putting in and removing cars because they could scratch.
Good will find I found a couple of these.
I am sorry to hear you are not well but you did an excellent job of repairing the case. I had this one too and the tutorial brought back a lot of memories. Have a Merry Christmas and thank you for making this.
I would've plastic-welded that spot near the hinge, it's just as strong if you do it right and turns out a lot cleaner than that if you have good technique. All you'd need is a soldering iron at the least.
For the red paint I would've painted it by hand with a brush (brushes with curled bristles paint raised areas with good precision) or a rubber roller then touch up with a brush when done. Only downside is the rubber rollers aren't always easy to work with so I always opt for curled-bristle brushes of varying sizes. If you rough up your painting surface with 800-400 grit it will paint a lot easier too!
For polishing I haven't had much luck with buffing wheels (with or without polishing compounds), but you should try a headlight-restoration kit some time. It's just a 4-step procedure: 1 clean, 2 wet-sand (2,000 grit I think) with a drill, 3 polish with a drill and compound, 4 wipe clean. They excel at removing fade & yellowing then leaving a glass-like sheen. Find a kit that comes with the sanding pads and foam polishing pad as well as the polish and chucks for your drill, you can use them on your car's headlights and taillights when you're done too :) If you could down size the process to work from your Dremel tool you could use the process to polish Hotwheels plastic windows.
Just know it doesn't work well on heavily textured areas like around that case's letters......
Happy to see you back up and among the living. Was getting worried
Good to see you back. Merry Christmas. 🙂🎄🚗
Hope you feel better soon! Merry Christmas!
Never seen a HW Rally Case restored. WOW! Just needs the sticker on the inside to be complete. Glad to hear your feeling better. Don't know if you got a flu shot, but I deal with International tourists, so I get one and recommend everyone does. I'm praying for your full recovery. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Merry Christmas to all, and Happy New Year, too!
Fantastic result, as usual. Thanks for the video.
Merry Christmas and I hope you feel better very soon. This was a very interesting video, and a very pleasant surprise.
I think filling the whole bottom with resin would have made it look more original.
Joseph McPhail me too
I wonder if he could recast the whole thing in silicone and make a new one out of resin all together?
Nice work bmHW. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Hope you feel better soon. Thank you.👍🏼🤘🏼😎
Hope you feel better soon and have a great Holiday season.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope you are feeling better soon 👍👍😊
Awesome! Miss your videos! Hope you feel better!
Missed your videos.
Awesome job….you have many talents!
Beautiful job on the case, it looks like new again
Looks great! Hope you feel better. Merry Christmas.
Nice to see something a little different on the channel.
Your voice sounds fine to me even more so manly.
Pleasure to have you back.
I was starting to worry about you! Glad you’re on the mend. Nice little project.
Welcome back! Take care of yourself and I'm looking forward to more videos! Nice job on the case 👍
I am definitely going to give that resin a try for repairing an old vintage Darth Vader Kenner action figure carrying case. I've been trying to think of how to fix the hinge and one of the locking tabs for a while, this seems like a good option. Thank you for sharing :)
Glad to se you back and hope you get well soon. Happy Holidays
I don't know if anyone already said that, but to paint raised element like that, I use a small peace of sponge, that I fix on a chopstick so it kinda looks like a brush (only the active parts is sponge). Then dip gently in the paint, and with small taps, just cover the raised elements. Works like a charm for bigger elements, maybe it could work on a small scale as well.
sweet find dude i would love to have something like that pretty sweet
Hope you get well, and have a Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas mate. Hope you are back to 100% soon 😎
I don't even own a single hot wheels... But I enjoy these videos!
Being sick sucks. Hope you feel back to 100% soon. Cool video thanks for the effort!
Very cool. I remember those rally cases from when I was a kid.
Cheers, Merry Christmas!
Good fix!
Nice work on the case, well done!
I love your videos, I am addicted to restore old toys😎, and yes I got a lot of them in my basement
Maybe very unconventional, but wouldn't a flame be able to 'polish' this type of plastic? Also I believe the paint transfer method with the red paint is usually done with a slightly compressable rubber type mat to make up for irregularities of the plastic itself.
Just use a heatgun ;) works great for old plastic
@@samio3907 Ah yes, of course, and easier to control the temperature and airflow! :)
You and me both sick. I've had it since the 23rd. The doctor told me it was really big going around this time. He ended up giving me prescription cough medication which has really helped.
Oh dang, let's see that walkman collection sometime! I may have missed it if you've covered it already but I wasn't expecting to see a WM-2 pop up in a redline video.
Yeeeeeeeeeeewwwwww a new vid, hope that you'll feel better soon!
Love the case.🥰I have mine from when I was a kid...mine was used then, too. Good job.
Hope you feel better and Merry Christmas!
I've been wondering what was up. Glad your back.
Sorry to hear you have been poorly. When I saw your video in my notifications, I clicked, I liked, I watched. Nice to see a little diversification that is still Hot Wheels related.
Be well and enjoy the holidays.
they were still making these in 78 or 79. i was carrying mine with my collection in it. i was up town when jc penny used to be on the square. (looking back now it was odd that i would be carrying it in the store.) i was about 8 or 9. some older kids were there and one of them ask me were i got it and i told him santa clause brought it to me. that was when i found out there was no santa clause as he so willingly informed me. thanks for the video.
Always love your videos, this one included. Hope you're soon back to full health. Have a happy Christmas and a great new year
Merry Christmas hope you get better
Beautiful wm2! Didn’t expect to see a Walkman on a video about restoring Hotwheels cases, lol
It's cool I like it not very many people use resin in their Hot Wheels videos very often aside from J-B Weld
Denatured alcohol will remove hot glue very easily. It somehow breaks the bond and the hot glue just peels off.
Nice job. Looks great
Looks good to me.
Hope yo get better soon.
Merry Christmas.
I'm not really sold on the foil print because I still see some ink residue, but I'm sure the guy will be happy nonetheless.
same. I don't know ANYTHING about this stuff, but as the original shown was colour, I also wondered why the printed version was black only. Maybe that's just the version difference, idk.
Hearing someone refer to his laser printer's "ink" makes me think he doesn't really have a lot of experience with it (yet)
Laser printers are great, but inkjets are still better at some tasks. Especially at detailed graphics.
The 'new' painting technique wasn't quite up to snuff yet either. About 30% of the raised plastic got covered, missing a few of the corners of the letters.
It's commendable to try new stuff, but I wouldn't test it out on a 'commision'.
I checked, most of the vintage cases have a red center on the graphic, as well as some (weird) red gleam on the rims. Really confused why he used black and white instead :/
Look into repairing scratches with a heat gun ( lite heat) . If the color is through out it may leach to the outside giving a polished but maybe blotchy finish. As well it should melt away imperfections. (Again lite heat). Research it or try it out.
Merry Christmas! Get well soon!!
I've had good results with this type of plastic using NOVUS #1 plastic cleaner. I believe it has some silicon in it and it works well with restoring some luster to these soft plastics. Sorry about your URI, they can be nasty. Merry Christmas and a Happy New YEar.
Cool.. I found on at my local thrift for $1.98 in great shape.. awesome work.. See you ☺😀😉
Awesomeness man.
Get better soon have a nice day and love the video
Feel better. Thanks for the video!
Do you have any idea how to restore / repair the vinyl sheet covered carrying cases? Maybe a heat transfer vinyl? Any ideas are appreciated. Thx
Epoxy doesn't fully bond with polypropylene and polyethylene - but other attachment methods usually fare even worse. These are the plastics usually chosen for living hinge single-piece constructions.
Hot melt glue soaks up ethanol and isopropanol, but is not very soluble in them, also they debond the boundary. So if you dab a droplet of either alcohol at the edge of the hot melt glue piece, after a short time it comes off whatever it was adhered to. It will be a bit crumblier than usual but still cohesive in this state.
I have that same exact case full of hot wheels.How much would the case be worth alone?
I've got one of these, and was checking out the value. In good condition and front, back and inside stickers. About $50. The inside sticker had the original 12 cars shown.
I like the resin work around. I have have some mma epoxies that would have fixed that as well. The resin might provide a bit more riditiy if it truly stuck to the plastic
Loved this one, thanks so much !!!
Hot glue can be removed super easily from nearly everything using just rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. Saturate the q-tip, touch it to the edge of the glue, the glue will wick the alcohol under itself and break the seal between the glue and the surface. You can then peel it off as if it was never even stuck to the surface.
applying ipa to hotglue will cause it to release with ease
Your videos, sir, are true gems. Stop saying sorry, we all know life. ★stercus accidit★ Really enjoyed this one, best wishes etc.etc.
👍🏽🐒🇺🇸. Merry Christmas
I have a couple of these still in good shape :) Get well soon
Merry Christmas 🎁 , Hot Wheel Yoda👍😃
Not gonna lie I couldnt tell much difference in your voice so no worries about that. Loved this video by the way.
Happy Holidays!
I think you did a fine job my friend, that looks good to me. I would be very happy if that's what I got back.
Dave from ToyCarCollector.com needs to see this video : )
You almost got me with that tape comment, "for the next couple years"! I was like, AWWW HELL NO, NOT THE MAD SCIENTIST OF HOT WHEELS!! 😂🤣🤣🤣
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, feel better!!!
Whoa. It went from Heavily used to Lightly used. Nice work! Welcome back. If you saw UA-cams latest video about COPPA, your channel should be fine as you do not direct your videos to a young audiance.
Great idea for a video!
Get well soon.
I can't remember how many of these I had and destroyed as a kid. What a waste. Nice job!
Great work.
Isopropyl alcohol removes hot glue really easily. I think it somehow gets between the glue and the substrate.
A heat gun would probably shine that plastic pretty well.
Hey can you make a rally case diorama for displaying the cars
Interesting object, but if I'm honest, I can't stand behind all the choices you made. The stone block for painting was a nice idea, but it didn't seem to be nearly efficient enough to not just use a brush or something.
I've worked with laser printers for quite a while, they're great for printing big volumes black, but the toner (not ink) doesn't seem to adhere well to everything. Also, I was wondering why you went with black/white graphic in the first place? Was it a restriction of the laser printer? As the vintage cases I've googled, seem to all have red colours in them.
As far as the broken hinge goes: I have no idea wtf to do with that. Although I DID see some people fix similar things with baking soda and super glue. Basically constructing additional mass layer by layer. Goes hard as a rock. I'm not sure that would work here, but I personally bookmarked it for future use.
Could we get some more into your other collections?