Yep, was hoping to do another section this summer but got none more refurbished, which is frustrating. Hope they last another winter. The Bonda Rust Primer is awesome though. They look as good as new one year down the line.
Thanks for posting it’s been some years since I had to work with cast iron but your tips, as usual, just show how none complex and straightforward repairs can be. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 saving pounds 💷
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Just to let you know Charlie the bitumen is absolutely fab, I’ve used it on the outside of our house ( which is a wooden barn.) It does a great job of repelling water, I would highly recommend .
Nice Job Charlie. My cast iron guttering wasnt as bad as yours when I moved house but did have some leaks between joints. I fixed it up and painted guttering inside a couple of times over years with bitumen paint. On outside I used rust remover, hammerite black paint. Then later grey undercoated and International 10 year gloss paint so far 8 years on its kept its colour very black. I have one of them B&D electric files too blooming good tool it is but it can be quite vicious
Thanks Chris. I also had leaks between joints, and I found these kits to be brilliant bit.ly/2OWN6Fz but you have to be careful knocking out the old nuts and bolts as the cast iron is quite brittle and can crack. The B&D files are brilliant aren't they. I had one as a kid and it was my favourite tool by far. Bought this one to replace the old one and I still use it a fair bit.
Eeeek! I'd take a different route. Cast iron for rain gutters always struck me as incredible overkill. Unless I'm doing a bona fide historic preservation/restoration type project, my strong temptation is to take all the cast iron down and send it off to the metal recycler and replace with suitable seamless extruded PVC gutters. Anyway, you did a great job. Thanks for posting
Thanks for that. We are going to use these tips to repair a hole in our car port. We have tried some metal tape (Byute Flashing) but water still gets through.
Hi Amy, yes, this stuff will sort it out. If it's a really large hole you should span it with some Isopon aluminium mesh like this bit.ly/2CEOJmh first. Good luck with the repair!
Really good video Charlie! What colour is your guttering... the the rust primer on the inside I love the colour combination haha! Love old cast gutters so much character compared to the new stuff and cast iron guttering is a small fortune nowadays, so don’t blame you for carrying out the repairs! Cheers mate! Marc.
Thanks Marc. I agree. The guttering colour is Farrow and Ball Downpipe, but obviously mixed by Johnstone's. I couldn't get their standard exterior metal paint mixed to this colour so ended up using the gloss paint you see in the video.
Hi Charlie I don’t know if anyone has asked this because I am relatively new to the channel but would this be suitable for repairing tiny pinholes in a wheelbarrow so I can use it to mix mortar? Like we are not talking of big splits or anything like that but just need the wheelbarrow to not leak when mixing mortar up.
I'd be inclined to give Milliput a go instead. It might be a bit more durable ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6Ko7r7pveBQ.html You could even dent the pin hole to give the filler a bit more purchase and then just smudge the filler into the dent.
Charlie good video. U turn your hand to anything. My question is do you know of anything that I can use to hold metal parts together as I am making some scrap metal art but I don't weld, any epoxy you know of? I think there is a 2 part putty you can get. Thanks.
Hi Scott - thanks! Well, that's a good question! In the next, or possibly third video I'll be showing how I glued a piece of gutter back using JB Weld epoxy adhesive, but the problem with that stuff is it takes 4-6 hours to set, and 15-24 to cure, so you have to hold both pieces together with something whilst they cure. So I saw this stuff in my builders merchants recently www.ebay.co.uk/i/253122443457?chn=ps. Got to say, it looks pretty impressive, and can be put under stress after 7-10 minutes. So that would be my recommendation!
That brought some memories back, my mate and I did a lot of body work on an old mini car, it was so rusty that in the end we had to run ground wires to all the lights because their wasn't enough metal left to carry the 12 votes. fond memories of a misspent youth
Ah, great memories! I used to do a bit of work on cars too, and often there was more rust than metal! Great thing about the Isopon is it still smells as good as it used to!
The finished guttering looks grey in colour but in the video you used Brilliant White Flexible Gloss. So what happened there? Also, did you put the Gloss straight on top of the primer without an undercoat? And one more, why didn't you use Hammerite instead of Johnston's Stormshield Gloss? Do you not rate Hammerite as good as Stormshield or was it a cost decision?
Get you and your eagle eye! Yep you're right. I was going to put an image of the actual tin on, but it's covered in paint so I thought I'd post an image of a fresh new one from t'internet - which clearly is a different colour. Mine is mixed to Farrow and Ball downpipe. I wanted to use Johnstone's bespoke metal paint, but they can't mix that to the right colour so I had to make do with their Stormshield version.
Hi Charlie, was there any reason why you didn't use a product such as Jenolite after cleaning and before the filling/painting, to add a further layer of rust prevention?
That's an interesting one. I bought some Owatrol Oil from Johnstone's Decorators Centre www.owatroldirect.co.uk/product/owatrol-oil/ for exactly that reason. It looked really good but it says not to use it with paints that contain hot solvents ie xylene - which unfortunately the Bonda Rust Primer does. I was determined to use the Bonda, having exhaustively researched the best rust printer to use and found that the Bonda with its high zinc content looked the best. So the Owatrol is still unopened in the garage! A real shame because the gutters definitely had some residual rust that could have done with being neutralised. I wonder if the Jenolite world be compatible with the Bonda??
Gret video, and just like me id repair that too. I am dissapointed you didnt grind, paste and sand on the wifes best carpet like you normaly do XD. Might be a good tip to tell people to use safety specs when ginding too. I know to my cost and have a pernimently damaged eye because i was alazy git and didnt use glasses. Any tips for resoring plaggy windows ?
Cheers mate. Ha! You're right, that would be my usual style. This one was mostly done on the kitchen table, which is looking a bit knackered as a result!! 😂 Thanks for the point about the safety specs. I'll add that to the description. How did that happen? Did you have the guard off?
@@CharlieDIYte Yep, i had the grinder in a vice cleaning some rusty brackets and a small bit of the metel flew off and hit me in the left eye in the Sclera. it bedded its self deep inside and i had to have surgey and still do as it damages the vessles and the Vein. i have to have a injection every 4 - 6 weeks to surpress the beeding. Its called retnal Vein occlusion. You can get cool Bolle glasses, and i use them all the time for everything even painting. love the videos you explain everything perfectly and your work is very impressive.
Thanks Stephen. I've been using a wire brush on the gutters (attached to the drill) but I find it just chases the rust/ paint around, whereas the grinder is a much more effective way of exposing the bare metal. I guess putting one on the grinder is more effective?
I'm thinking that a piece of metal tape on the opposite side of the repair would make it very easy to slop on a layer of the filler. Once dried, sand the filler, remove the tape and VOILA !! To be extra anal one could then slather another layer on the side where the tape has been removed, dry and sand it smooth and you would have a perfectly shaped repair.
Thanks a lo t, but your French, German, Kiwi, Australian accent really through me off. Kind of gave me a bloody cheek which bled into my Wellington Boots. If the newspaper was page 3 girls your views would go way up in both men and women.
@@CharlieDIYte lol ok I thought you were using a grinding disk… also thought you only removed the rust in the repair area before applying the rust paint… video is good don’t get me wrong, I feel it just needed a little more prep. The fix looks good … for now… update in 1 year so we can see , thanks
