Zippo lighter restoration - US Army lighter brought back to life
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2020
- I will restore this Zippo lighter someone had found from the ground. It was most likely lost by an US army man years ago, but I don’t think it has been in any war. The lighter is very oxidized and most of the old plating is gone. The insert is in much better condition but it also need a little restoration. Luckily the hinge is not broken so I don’t have to repair it. That is not easy.
I started the restoration with disassembly. The lighter doesn’t have many parts so this was easy to do. I used a miniature propane torch to loosen the emblem. I decided to use rust remover for the steel insert and ketchup for the brass shell to remove oxidation.
After oxidation was removed, I needed to sand off the remaining old plating from the shell. If I didn’t it would be really hard to get a good finish on the piece. After sanding the plating off I polished the parts with wool buffing wheel and metal polishing compound.
Before I could re-plate the polished parts they needed to be cleaned from grease and polishing compound. I used acetone for the job. Then it was time to replate the parts with nickel. I used electroplating method. You can learn more about that from here: • How to make simple DIY...
After the plating, I attached the emblem back on with some solder. I used flux to help the solder flow between the parts. It might look like the solder didn’t go between the parts but it only needs very little solder in there because the layer is so thin. As you can see I scratched the part quite violently and it sticks.
Then I assembled the rest of the lighter and added new cotton, wick and other parts on the inside.
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"Remover of Rust" sounds like a superhero.
Mamacube (evil villain laugh) ha ha HA! It’s is i! The Oxidizer! I will spread my corruption EVERYWHERE!”
@@corison2058 best comment!
Or the title of something from r/bossfight
Corison20 Iron Man leaves the chat.
1337fraggzb00N Silver surfer has left the chat with iron man
So nobody’s gonna talk about how sick those lighter tricks were at the end
I don't know how the hell he snapped back the fire lol.
@@Defaulttt same dude
@@Defaulttt its easy
@@Defaulttt the trick it's called twilight zone
I know the tricks;) Just buy a Zippo you will want to leartn it
“Liquid ice”
Me, very confused: What does he mean, liquid... *oh*
(I seriously didn’t realize he was talking about water for a good 10 seconds after reading the label)
Acne Acadia Same lol
I didn't realise until i read this comment.
i love ur profile pic
Same
I was like tf what is that stuff
"Liquid Ice"
Ah, yes. I remember him, along with his brother...
"Solid Water"
That sounds like a name in a Hideo Kojima game.
What about the third brother
*F L O A T Y W A T E R*
Don't forget it's sister *steam water* !
Don't forget the mother jello water
Asim Haider - SAM no WATERY SOAP
"Ooh I think he'll use some special chemical!"
*covers it in ketchup*
some time👍
He uses a lot more ketchup on his lighter than I typically do.
Lol👍🤣👍
Also liquid ice
Robin well you weren’t wrong.
I love how you’re including little amounts of humor every now and then - keeps it fresh and engaging.
His attempts at humour would only be funny if you were 7 yrs old. They are just annoying and cringeworthy.
The Good Guy you just don’t have a sense of humor
@@thegoodguy44 Literally no one here will agree with you sorry bud
@@thegoodguy44 they are stupid. And I love it
@@thegoodguy44 oh YOU LAUGHED AT THE LIQUID ICE I KNOW YOU DID!
It’s 2 am and I’m watching a guy clean a lighter with ketchup, life is wild man
Bro literally me rn 😂😂
his next video:
*restoring Egyptian mummy , bringing her back to life*
Ah yes *HER* I wonder.
@Alexander TRAN
I just killed a tiny spider just like that a couple minutes ago. I thought i was a victim of a full scale invasion. (i'm also a burned out moron at the moment.)
Me: browsing blockbuster movies: "nope, nothing good."
UA-cam: _"Wanna see a guy restoring an old US Army lighter to it's glory days?"_
Me: "You're goddamn right."
You son of a bitch, I'm in.
Dmn
Damn I thought you meant that you were browsing movies at blockbuster for a half sec and now I remember I’m 32
Every man has his price... I'm sold 👌
Netflix talkin to block buster: Why wont you die old man?!?!?
*Can you restore the amount of people saying first*
First.
Primero 1
Second
Does it count?
No, they are beyond repair
848th
Hey, I just thought you should know, but a channel called "Best Relaxing ASMR" is stealing your videos and claiming that its theirs. You should probably do something about it.
That's shitty. Why do people gotta steal other's hard work.
@@Wishes_for_Fishes
Cause some people are jackasses and think they have the right to do anything they desire.
I checked it and they placed his channel in their description so its a small bit ok.
@@notad-class3899 Not really, they still didn't have permission, credit or not which giving credit and not actually having permission from the person who uploaded the song/video/etc. isn't allowed on UA-cam from what I remember.
But what if they need to feed their families
"Why does this flame smell like ketchup?"
*Nervous sweating* "No reason"
HMMMMM iNteResTINg
why are you smelling the flame in the first place
I like how he just flexes all his hammers on us
I have more coz I waste all my money on crap
Lol i looked at that comment right as he did it
Some dad-chad energy.
Not sure it was a flex tho. I’m pretty sure it was a joke that went over everyone’s head where he reaches for a hammer 200 times the size of the lighter.
Jeremy Clarkson would be proud of his collection
Scary tho!! 😆
Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
I'm more of a Enchanting guy myself, but i agree.
Men of culture I see...
I hear the college of Winterhold is accepting new recruits.
just make a bound lighter with Conjuration.
Hey magic is not like that harry potter stuff
Magic is from the soul
Anyone can use it
I love how there's no music, just the sounds of him working
"felt pad thingy"
Ah yes, thank you for using the technical term.
And also for placing that "thingy" upside down...
The felt pad thingy is for holding an extra flint, not for filling up with fluid
@@jmzthree yep as he so kindly showed us
Everyone's on about restoration skills and the lack of music, but can I just commend you on your dedication and creativity? I don't think these videos would be nowhere near as entertaining to watch. Setting up for some of these shots has to be time consuming, but the execution is top notch. Great job with everything, the restoration, the camerawork, the jokes, and the editing!
Edit: I meant to continue the second sentence. What I meant to say was that I didn't think these vids would be nowhere near as entertaining as are if it was just shots from the same camera angle.
General Antilles wedge?! What are you doing here.
Absolutely nothing wrong with the lack of music. Makes a refreshing change. I'd rather this way than some bollocks being played over it
creative? :d it's a copycat channel
@John Doe Lol I don't mind but I wouldn't call it creative sweetie
@@qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqw pretty sure there are many people in the world who enjoy restoring things. One person, doing it just brings those other people out. So chill
6:01 "lol that sorta looks like ketchup"
6:14 "oh wtf it is ketchup"
not what i was expecting lmaooo
I thought it was red paint stripper or something
@@miladicanimations7759 same, tomato sauce was the last thing on my mind
I clicked on the video thinking it was ketchup cause of the thumb nail. Didn't expect it to actually be ketchup though.
Everyone: "I didn't know what liquid ice was, but then I realised it's simply water! That's so funny."
Odd Tinkering: "Yes... funny." *[opens his browser and goes to that super secret website that sells this liquid ice]*
Awesome resto. Just wanted to share a small tip on the solder joint for the emblem. To keep the joint seamless for such a large emblem you can clip some small pieces of solder and flatten them with a hammer. Then you just put 1 or 2 of those chips on your flux and put the emblem on top of it. Clamp the piece like you did and heat up around the emblem for a bit to warm up the flux and surrounding metal. Then aim at the emblem until it settles into place. That’ll keep the solder joint on the back of the emblem instead of on the edges.
I wonder how many people were like “DAMN LIQUID ICE THAT SOUNDS REALLY COOL”
Me, I was that person
Me. I'm one of the dumbasses.
Noah Forman and where I come from it’s called boiled frozen melted liquid
Woah
I said it
And went Oh you sly little guy at the same time
Dont understand how people can dislike this
i hate rescuing history >:(
u cant please everyone thats why ,some people like people to talk in video some dont ,thats 1 example
Probably bots
Too many ads (4 in 1 video)
@CSP's Random You mean like the guy who took a new pair of pliers, removed the plastic hand grips, threw them in the dirt for a month then did a restoration video! Lmao! He got a lot of dislikes!!
That Zippo was made in March 1991. I can't believe that it was that badly worn down, and I can't believe it looks that great! I found a 1962 Zippo metal detecting that was filled with rust inside. It took two hours to open, and I went through it and got it repaired and working well again. One one hand, I like the wear marks and whatnot as it tells a story but on the other hand I love how yours turned out!!
A century later: repairing a US army lighter than was repaired a century before
Think about the fact that 1% of oír atmosphere is mostly vapourized liquid ice
Moo
🐮
@@yesidany Cow Farts?
Gaseous ice
@tanmay deshpande the fun guy
what's the difference between a hippo and a zippo?
one's really heavy and the other's a little lighter
Took me some time, but it's really a good one!!
Oh you Sunnava...
That was bloody brilliant.
Nice. 😂👍🏼
you’ve earned a sub my good sir
Ethan Shong womp womp! 😅 still got a laugh from me so, here ya go! 👍
This made me smile. I had one of these in the Army, probably 20 years ago
Love this one in particular in how his personality changes dramatically
hello i love how there is no music like other restoration vids
Yeah. All his videos are so quiet and peaceful.
There are more restorers that also don't use music in their restoration videos.
*unlike
yes bro..
Can you restore my life?
yea maybe because he's smart :)
@@kontensampah3629 smart ? wise buddy,, not smart.. he is wise guy... don't fucking underrate him okay ? fuck!
@@vios688 Uhm, he's smart too... calling someone smart isn't underrating them, but I can see why it would seem that way for you. 🙂
maybe, I think 👍👍👍.
Volition you can :D
Crazy how they have been making Zippo's the exact same since the 1930s.
Some old designs stand the test of time.
*Liquid Ice*
My dumbass for 3 seconds: "Woah liquid ice that's cool."
Also me: "Wait."
The hammer scan made me laugh loudly 🙂
Great to hear!
you bugged his house?
As usual, excellent job!
To hide the solder, use a razor blade and shave of tiny amounts of the solder. Add it to the flux in the center of the badge. Place badge in correct position and clamp. Then add heat. The solder will melt and flow under the badge from the center outward. You don’t have to wick it from the side in to the center. This will prevent any solder affecting your perfect nickel plating.
Cheers and keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for making videos like these. You've inspired me to restore my Gameboy Advanced SP and got me back into tinkering with things. Your videos are also very calming and relaxing and help me a lot with anxiety and stress. Thank you again for your videos and for your clever humor. I'm sure this will get buries in the comments section, but I hope you'll see it~
I have a zippo lighter I’ve had for 5 years and I never changed the glint and it still works. It’s a gift from a friend of mine
As an avid zippo fan, I never get tired of these restoration vids. Keep it up
...I was weirdly excited to see the return of "liquid ice"
Me chaotic neutral dihydrogen monoxide
I really like it this way: pure talent and no cover up required.
Please always keep it this way because this is how life has always been for all the great discoveries...no sound in the background and just creativity
I'm watching this because I found a lighter in this old house, the lighter had a cool casing and scince the lighter was clean, it saved me half the work, all I had to do was replace the fluff and fill it up with lighter fluid, Thanks!
I keep seeing this "Liquid Ice" and "Water", how about some good quality "Earth Spit"? That would really help ya clean :D
👏👏👏🤣 i love it!
river cum
Condensed steam
Wait, so it was water? I thought "liquid ice" is a nickname for some solution that doesn't freeze when the temperature is below zero so it can have the temperature of ice yet stay liquid. You know, like the "dry ice" thing which is actually frozen CO2 so it doesn't turn into water but is still called "ice".
Roman, just Roman man me too but then it clicked its just water
Zippo logo is 1980-2011 series and VII date code says it's a 1991 series.
and the "C" makes it March.
I was gonna say something about that lol
I like it without voice and music. Its so relaxing to hear the brushing...
Imagine this person having grandkids.
“Back in my day I used to fix up those ancient Zippo lighters.”
“Those ancient *what?”*
Dag nabbit dang kids now a day's using Dem arc lighters whatever happened to the classic lighters?
- old man me
That lighter was manufactured in March 1991, so a little under 30 years old.
Great find and a great job on the restoration !
Please tell me where you got this info. I have the exact same lighter. My grandfather gave me as a gift when I was 13. Always wondered what the symbol was etc. don’t know how he got an American army zippo as we are Canadian.
@@unekstylz4018The bottom of the lighter tells all. Just gotta search Zippos dating system and you'll find it. Course it's been a month, so maybe you already did.
14:50 finally i know the use of that hole
The hole is just for helping the lighter fluid to turn into a gas, the fluid it self isnt as flamible as youd think. The company actually recommends you keep spare flint *under* the felt pad.
i have a shirt that says that.
@@ifoundabucket242 for convinience? Or another reason?
@@touyadabitodoroki1544 yup, just so that if you need a new one you have one on hand.
That's what she said!! :)
I like to believe that when he’s done he randomly just asks someone “hey you want a army lighter for free”
This is great. I recently have found 2 of my grandfather's lighters he had when he was in the military, they weren't quite as beat up as the one in this, but... it's going to be something to get them working again. Can only imagine how many times he used the 2 in his 30 years.
2020: Zippo lighter restoration
2120: Rapture restoration (Bioshock)
Kenny Baumgaertner I was just playing that!
I never finish Bioshock
Todol_65 same lol
Todol_65 tbh I did give up like half an hour or less in
I like how you always show off the reflections of anything shiny you restore. Your little finger waggles look so overjoyed
I can’t be the only one that thought the rust made the zippo lighter look badass.
No stupid music, no dumb "blablabla". Only finest craftmanship at it´s best. Thank´s for sharing this marvellous vid!
14:50 I've been using Zippos for like 20 yrs, & it never occurred to me the hole in the felt pad was for storing an extra flint. brilliant
That's exactly what I was thinking.
Is it actually? Or is it to put the lighter fluid nozzle in like I've been doing for so long?
@@PheenX Pretty sure that's the purpose; putting a flint there. The felt itself says to, "lift to fill,".
@@sjdfhdkfk yea i never noticed that... i also never noticed that that little slot for the extra flint has a bottom so putting the fluid through there is way slower
Odd Tinkiering: *Liquid ice*
Everyone: **Visible confusion**
WOW!!!!!!!! That is an amazing video Brother. Loved it from beginning to end, great restoration my friend and very well done 👍👍👍👍👍👍
The fact you pulled the lighter out easily shows its in better shape than some of the others you worked on.
„Liquid ice“
Me: „Brain.exe stopped working“
@Iraq Veteran 99 Yeah i hate doing cold restarts especially after a crash
at the "liquid ice" my brain stopped working for 12 seconds. it needs some restoration as well
Water i had me thinking for ages haha
Me: "Need some sleep. So tired!"
UA-cam: "US lighter restoration."
Me: "Oh, well..."
That’s me lmao
Its midnight for me
Oh the life of a night owl
I toss my pain with my wishes in a wishing well
I found a bunch of old zippos my father had after he passed away that are all old and rusted. I've wanted to try and restore them for some time now and this video makes me want to do it even more
Person: how much rust can u take off
Odd tinkering: *y e s*
Great!
You could apply a blob of solder to the emblem first and later heat the body from inside.
Somehow this man has become the "Bob Ross" of restoration.
You dont need any music to see his love to all these things
I adore this channel so much. It's so calm watching him work. xD
6:03 Hmmm what is this advanced restoration elixir that looks like ketchup?
Edit: its just ketchup and im mildly disappointed
It's not ketchup any more that that clear liquid was water. It's hamburger moistener.
@@marchills4131 holy sht dont say that your gonna mess with my brain
Marc Hills
Ketchup is a sports drink because of its sugar and electrolyte contents. If it was carbonated it would be a soda. Have fun thinking of carbonated ketchup.
@@alisona.4166 oh no
I spent a good minute trying to find out what liquid ice is and where I could buy it 🤦🏽♀️
we've all been there 🤣
@@outformunch8490 jokes on you I haven't been there (evil laugh)
liquid ice? where i come from we call that water.
Most water has been inside an organism at least once, so all water is piss.
mlg bro my dad once told me that the rain was dinosaurs pee
I inherited 2 zippo lighters and luckily they just needed some polishing on the outside cases. But now I see how to redo the inside! Thank you
one week ago - randomly recommended a video from this channel.
one week later - subscribed and watched every single video on this channel.
UA-cam - tries to recommend me other restoration channel videos but I hit "Not Interested" cuz I'm a loyal Odd Tinkering stan now.
what a week.
Amazing restoration my friend 🤗
Really👍👍👍.
*Man your editing, camera angles, and shots have really grown! Keep up the good work*
💙💚💙💚💙
Wow, this is the kinda guy who as a kid known how to perfectly put the lego stickers
Thanks very much.The presentation was 100% better then the result.Very entertaining with the sound effects and the hammer selection was hilarious.
" Back in my days of the Army, we used to have to eat whatever was available. Somehow we always ended up with ketchup and lighters."
All these years and I never knew the hole in the felt pad was for an extra flint. I always used it as a fill hole because I was too lazy to lift the pad.
This video took me down memory lane!! My grandfather tought me the ketchup trick. It also clean copper quite fine. Great video as always sir!!
man this videos are the one thing that can make me survive quarentine
No toothbrush was harmed during the making of this video.
Thank you for your profoundly interesting and educationally, relaxing, ASMR content.
The editing style is like if HowToBasic was calm and fixed things instead of destroying them.
This i awesome! I have the Zippo my grandfather carried through WW2. It's a little more beat up, has his companies insignia welded to it but has basically zero rust and still works. Ill be keeping it just as it is.
"liquid Ice"
Me: who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science
6:20
This man is either a maniac or a genius.
Found your channel a week ago, thanks to you I’m binge watching your videos when I need to sleep, love it, you have a nice concept here, no talking, just the sound of you working, and great humor. Keep up the great work.
That lighter move was smooth
Odd Tinkering: revives a old US military match
1.2 Million people: *Interesting...*
its not a match and that cliche is invalid for this video
@@garyjohnson6858 ok
@@ma.sherryp.tripole6370 yis
@@garyjohnson6858 ok lol
13:44 “felt pad thingy.” On this channel, we use only the most professional terminology
Ah yes
Thank you for another awesome video. Always a fan of your humor and restorations!! 💜
Came here to see what I needed to fix up my grandfather's light from vietnam, thanks.
4:30 - I looked at the "liquid ice" contained and wondered to myself - hum, wonder what's that made of? LOL DOH! LOL
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Dear diary,
today, I learned that you can put a spare flint into the felt thingy of a Zippo. I never ever noticed that before.
Yup. My Dad used Zappos for years and I loved watching him hide the extra flint every time.
I once found about 2 or 3 dozen extra flints under the felt of a Zippo from eBay.
Back when I smoked, I never used the little hole. But I always stuck 2 extra under the felt
2:11 you must be proud of that lighter flip
Love it. My wife and I drove by the factory out of the blue about six years ago on a trip to Canada.
Love the vids, Keep em up!
Him: “liquid ice”
Me:
B R U H
Awesome, simply awesome. Thanks, Al
Liquid Ice, Remover of Rust, Ketchup.
Man I love this guy.
My oh my, such a great Restoration.
Really👍👍👍.
Your sense of humor cracks me up everytime I hope you do these forever until I'm gray & old because I'm definitely a lifetime subscriber.
best restoration channel so far. The way you film and present the video is awesome.
Remover of rust sounds like some mortal Kombat fatality that triborg would use