Rusted Out Red Signal Lamp Restoration 

I admire your ability to problem solve around the siever rust and make a complete restoration. Thanks for saving this piece of history.

The amount of effort put into restoring that lantern was far for than what is was worth, most would never have bothered based on the extensive damage the rust had caused. BUT, you brought back to life a piece of history that can’t be replicated to the level of authenticity that your restoration brings - priceless!

I **love** Dietz lanterns. This one was held together with little more than baby's breath and good wishes, and you brought it back to better than the day it was new. Glorious!

You have a rare talent. Your restoration shows the now and early future generations how we once lived, and the products that were once available for that era. Your restoration is amazing.

Beautiful restoration. The glass polishing was amazing!

Red glass is worth a fortune now.. Love your restorations... 🥰😎

Time really took it's toll on this lamp, but you did a fantastic job bringing it back to life. Outstanding work, thanks for sharing.

Wow. Thanks for giving this old relic life again. Fantastic job.

You worked a miracle on this. I was really impressed on how well you restored the globe!

FABULOUS job! Thank you for your time in showing the involved steps to restore this lantern!

Спасибо мастеру за отличную работу, по восстановлению старинной керосиновой лампы. Все сделано с душой. Благодарю за труд. Удачи на канале.🛠️📹👍🔥

I love Lanterns! I have 2 that were gifted to me from a client that I was a Caregiver too. He was in his 80's and the lanterns belonged to his father when the lived in California. Mine are no where as rusted as this one. Thank you for bringing it back to it's glory!!

Most people would just give up and throw that away or just put it somewhere and forget about it. Your dedication to the extremely laborious restoration is commendable! Thank you for the video. Now I know what to use on a few of my own rusted lanterns.

Thank you for the video, I was amazed by your dedication patience and attention to detail. Hopefully, the lamp will give you years of wonderful service. Brilliant job, well done Gordon, Halifax, UK

Quality workmanship….not just rebuilt but you’ve rendered it completely functional. Lots of elbow grease…thank you for sharing this with us…Mac

What an amazing job you did restoring this lantern! You gave me a few ideas for lanterns in my collection!

Such a beautiful antique piece. Well done 👏👏👏👏

honestly i didn't expect too much restoration in this video but it turned out to be a lot and I must say you did a fantastic job bringing it back to its glory. loved it ❤️

Excellent job thanks for your time and efforts for reviving this beautiful piece of history.👍

Да будет свет! Мастеру 10+ за мастерство!!!! Это ж из рассыпавшегося металла ,восстановить,невероятно!!!!! Благодарю,интересно смотреть,как возрождается новая вещь из старой.

Absolutely fascinating to watch as you bring back an object that would have been thrown away but now has a new life. Great Job!

Mad props to people who have the talent and inclination to restore items from our past and preserve them for the future.

The chimney lamp of good old days. Well done. It looks more than new.Very nice.

That history and level of excellent recovery work needs to be memorialize in a museum. It's a valuable teaching moment my friend.

This is just amazing work! Great job.. looking forward for your next video. Can’t wait ❤️❤️❤️

One word... simply beautiful and good effort doing the restoration...only those who knows history appreciate antiques items

How wonderful it is to have the right tools to finish all of our projects..!! Wonderful job done my friend..!! True craftsmanship..!!

You are amazing. All the complex pieces and you still manage to put it all together. I didn't think you could save the glass, but 6 hours later, it looks brand new.

Sometimes I wonder how on earth you're gonna restore these things that are in such bad condition. Then I watch and say "oh, that's how!" Great job 👍

Wow! Outstanding workmanship! You are a true artist and Craftsman! Excellent restoration. Loved watching it. Thanks for sharing! More than I could handle to simply repair. Well done!! Love the blue metallic paint color with the ruby glass also.

Magical restoration. It's like seeing a magic trick performed and revealed at once. Very gratifying! The glass at the end was a fascinating surprise. 💖

Absolutely beautiful, all that hard work restoring this lantern was worth it .

I am amazed that this was able to be saved ,,,it turned into a very beautiful piece ,,,great work & talent

A wonderful signal lamp with a red glass prism, good in hurricanes or to warn Casey Jones about the washed-out bridge. Nice restoration!

You did an incredible job saving this!! Thoroughly enjoyed watching!!

I stand in awe of your skill and patience restoring that lantern, beautiful job. I have a few Dietz lanterns that we use when camping.

Beautiful restoration..I didn't think it would turn out so nice. Well done

Nice work, probably far more filling and sanding than you want to do for a long time to come. Beautiful results.

Wonderful hand work. I admire your patience and workman ship. Really great.

Well done! Great job with lesser tools than others. I was enthralled watching you restore it. Thank you.

Грандиозная работа, но и результат потрясающий. Молодец мастер, браво!

Watching these videos is like taking a master class on how to make old decrepit things new again. I have restored a few things but nothing on a scale like this when it comes to metal. Mostly I do projects in wood. But after binge watching as many of these videos as possible I'm developing the confidence to restore something I've wanted to for a long time. The rusted carcass of an old bicycle my grandfather got for his birthday in 1921. I'm going to guess the most challenging part will be to find rubber tires of the right style. If anyone knows anything about sourcing tires for antique bicycles I would be grateful.

Hard work but the end result is worth all the trouble. . Also reminds me of the days when we used these lamps in our houses . Thanks for uploading this video.

Stubning resto job. Kudos on the glass polishing, lovely workmanship. Got several of these in the 'to do' pile, great inspiration 👍👍

That is the best rust remover on the market!!! Great restoration and you did a fabulous job restoring it!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

This brought back memories of life on the farm -- we had no electricity so we relied on kerosene lamps. This is an oil lamp but they have a physical resemblance to each other. With kerosene we had to pump the lamp to increase pressure when the light dimmed and also we had to increase the height of the mantle (not wick). Yeppers -- I'm that old!!

Great job. Glad to see that brought back to use.

How beautiful!! Thank you for sharing this video ❤

There's an extremely high rate of damage. I appreciate your efforts to repair it. god jobs bro❤🎉

A monumental effort to get this one useable again. I like refurbishing things, but I think I would have left this one alone. Too many other ones that could use the refurbishing that weren't near crumbling. Thumbs Up!

What a fantastic job. Well done.

What a beatuiful job. Congrats from Durango México. We used to have them at the farm when I was a boy. Thank you for bringing it back. 😁

Хорошая у вас работа, возвращать старым вещам, молодость и красоту. Видно, что вам самому интересно заниматься реставрацией. Спасибо вам за ваш труд...

Cuanto talento y cuánta paciencia digno de admiracion

Super job. I would never have thought about polishing the globe.

Great job! First I thought it´s not worth it. But it turned out great. Was definatly worth your time and efford!

Świetna jest zrobiona ta robota pozdrawiam twórcę tego filmu mile i serdecznie 👍👍👍👍

Слов просто нет , ваша работа потрясает ❤️

Great! I am pleased to award you 101% of marks being the self-appointed appraiser of your work. Keep up the great work!!

Amazing job!!! How lucky that the original glass was still intact!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Pretty amazing restoration. I was wondering how you would accomplish this with the thin metal and pinholes. Filler to the rescue! Great problem solving and the array of filler used was impressive. Fun to watch. Thanks so much!

Отличная работа! 👍👍👍

Beautiful job, well done!

Excellent job..inspired me to have a closer look at my 68year old lamp Thanks

Мастер - золотые руки!

You have much more patience than me, I would have thrown that in the garbage, gone to Walmart and bought another one for $10.😊

I was impressed recently as I was going to buy a lantern of DIETZ when a letter rose. Expecting being restored by you 100 years later, and reviving, I want to use it.

Your effort and patience in restoration is very much appreciable 🙏

Simplesmente, incrível!

Yeah, that one was a bit knackered as they say. I think you did well for a one time on camera lamp lighting, but I would not trust using that lantern for anything else but a decorative piece at this point. The pin holes in the tank will probably always leak as the fuel seems to find any miniscule hole available to run out of. The body fillers will start to cook on the chimney too as it can get pretty hot. I have a lantern like that as well. Thanks for the video.

Very nice restoration!!! Looks great!

You are an incredible craftsman. That thing was a hunk of junk and you turned it into a jewel. I have an old one like that but it is in much better shape.

Ficou maravilhoso

I'm genuinely shocked that it didn't dissolve in the rust remover.

Absolutely brilliant restoration.

Wow! Excellent restoration ,you saved your grandma lantern I really recalled my childhood days thank you

놀랍고 재밌어요

If you replace every board on a wooden ship is it still the same ship?

Juda ajoyib! Õtmishni yodga soldi. Qilingan restavratsiyaga gap yõq. Omad. UZB.

a lot of work but in the end I am blown away by the end result. to say that beautiful old things are well worth restoring.

Personly, Even with JB Weld I would not use a lantern in that condition again. The risk is too high it would leak again. For a display piece definitely.

My married last name was "Dietz"! Hubby said it was German. Divorced now but took my maiden name back. Kids have it as their last name though. ☺

Good job mister beautifully restored well done

Glass polishing was outstanding. Good job.

It’s a miracle ❤ fantastic workmanship

Will be great to place on the mantle for decoration only. Beautiful job!

Hurricane light - ah! my childhood memories ❤

Love the red glass in that! So cool.

Such lamps bring out a lot many memories of around 30 years ago

My father had 3 of these, which he used when the power would go out. Thanks for the memories. Restored to perfection 👌🏼

Wow Real talent is here! bro keep restoring...n make the world smile with ur fablelus skill of restrictions..

I love watching these restoration videos. Awesome job on the "Little Wizard".

A job well done sir ! 😎👍

AWESOME ..you have taken us back decades when that lamp was used in our tent in desert..exactly blue colored one in 1970s THANKS ALOT..

for an old lantern it sure needed a lot of love and repair but it looks great now 👍👏

Wow this is very hard work that deserves all of appreciation

Absolutely brilliant, the care attention to detail is outstanding 👏 👌 👍🏻

Very nostalgic, really awesome!

أذهلتني بصبرك و دقة عملك... مبدع 👍🏻👏🏻🌹🇱🇧

Well done beautiful restoration 👍