I appreciate your honesty that you left that tank dropping footage in and admitted you got extra dents , you could have easily edited that bit out and made it look like nothing happened you are a genuine guy !
I could literally watch you refinish stuff all day long. I love your work and your attention to detail is on point. Thank you so much for posting (especially the problems that drop in).
Therapeutic to watch ... I enjoy the no music .. no talking crap . Video does the talking , great work . Felt the pain when the tank dropped lol . Keep up the resto work bro 👍🏻👍🏻
Amazing, beautiful result. Having the blasting cabinet makes derusting/cleaning so much faster and easier. Thanks for listing links to your tools - I need a new rotary tool.
I really appreciate your posts. I also appreciate you including the small flubs like the drop. It takes courage to show the hiccups as well as the wins!
Great vid! I would pay to see your face when the tank fall from the hanger... Shit happens and the fact that you have showed it us, makes you even bigger!!!
Tibi Maerean I was actually referring to lack of narration. Talking through what he is doing etc.... A lot of people seem to be afraid to speak on camera. Usually because they think they sound terrible, but that's due to science and everyone hates hearing themselves because it sounds different to what you hear in your own head as you actually speak.
I am tired of the no narration videos. Maybe, if they don't like their voices, they should buy voice masking software that would make them sound like Darth Vader, or something. I detest music most of all though.
@@sylithgrey8168 #sciene lol.... When you speak, what you hear in your head is different to what others hear (as in how you sound).... That's because in your head, your words haven't come "out" and reverbed around the room etc.... Let me find a link
Great work! When the tank fell that even made me swear, good thing it was on the primer stage and not the final clear coat. Looks fantastic now though! Cheers
I am 80 years old,and I fondly remember the 1950s , Triumphs, Bsa, Norton,Velocete ,and of course Royal Enfield, it was a great time for British motorcycle manufacturers,unfortunately they let the grass grow under their feet,and the Japanese copied all their designs and then just made them better and cheaper and let's not forget starter motors,sorry about the history lesson,but Royal Enfield are now made in India now,you did a first rate renovation on a very sad looking petrol tank,and definitely gets 5 ☆ ☆☆☆☆
That clang at 5:07 was heard by restoration enthusiasts around the world. I felt your pain. Awesome resto & looking forward to your next video. Good job.
Man! That have happened to me alot of times. I work with furniture as a painter. And I can tell you that it's not fun when it happens. Alot of cussing occur when that happen! xD
The color is very nice. By the way a needle glued or scotch taped to the end of a pencil works great for removing stencils! Used it all the time when I was helping my dad as a kid!
Incredible work. I cringed when the tank fell. One suggestion. Have you ever used plastic razor blades? Imo, they're a safer alternative to steel when peeling off the stencils on that pristine paint. No chance of scratching it. Cheers.
Brian Burke go to a hobby store in their vyinal stencil section and get a rubber tipped stencil pen. It’s like 7 bucks and is made for just that. One end is for peeling the lip and a ball on the other end for sticking to it and peeling it free.
Woooo! Finally early to a video! Screw those ASMR videos, this is much better! Keep up the good work, now I just need to find some rusty thing in my garage to restore
I was building my Hariey Sportster chopper years ago when I bumped my freshly painted rear fender. It sounded very close to sound your tank made. No dents but had to strip it and start over. Almost cried.
My dad likes to work on old cars and he got a blast thing (or whatever they are called) and these thing are really satisfying to do on old rusty things.
I saw someone plating the other day. Looked like a couple of plastic buckets. Looked like a homemade set up. Not sure. I'm no expert on plating. Hopefully he can rig his own soon.
If you decide to go down the plating rabbit hole, do yourself a favor and go with a turnkey system. The chemical formulas that actually work are proprietary and secret... doing it yourself would be like trying to make your own paint or motor oil or cabernet. The results are guaranteed to suck a lot more often than not.
Great job! The welding of the pin holes went really well...as that problem could have gotten worse with every arc up. One thing I would have added..I would have mounted a foam wrapped 2x6 to a heavy vice to hold the tank safely for a good cut & buff. Icing on the cake! All the best!
I was just thinking you could restore a late 80s Dirt bike as a video series it would be easy as dirtbikes of the time are quite simple. Love you videos, can't wait till the next one!
Very nice work! I felt so bad for you when the tank fell, that is one of the worse feelings when you have put so much into it. Thankfully it didn't fall after it was painted. Keep up the great videos.
When welding fuel containers or pressure vessels that may have combustible residue, it is always a good idea to fill it with water to force vapors and hydrocarbons out. This way you have some more insurance that, while welding, you aren't flashing hydrocarbons on the inside metal surface to vapor which can be ignited and explode during welding.
Love your work man! Really impressed by how thorough you are, and your attention to detail. I am wondering whether you are learning to become a paint sprayer/panel beater? Or are you just doing it for fun? I have a comment to make, but I don't want it to be seen as something negative. Please see it as something constructive, to remember in the future, when you're working on other tanks; You should always pressure test fuel tanks after you have welded them. I test mine to between 5-10 psi, depending on the model of fuel tank. The sturdier the tank, the higher you can go. Some pin-holes will only show up at higher pressures, so you definitely want to go as high as you dare without warping the tank. My experience is that MIG definitely leaves pin holes. I would recommend TIG or Brazing with silicone-bronze, as that flows nicely into all tiny holes. Lastly, if you cannot TIG or Braze, use a tank sealer, that would go on the inside of the tank. That will take care of any pinholes that may be left. You can also use JB Weld (slow curing) to plug holes. I have successfully used that on two motorcycle fuel tanks and on an engine oil sump. Neither of which failed after years of use! Good luck and keep the projects coming :)
Restore It lol, I feel for you about the brazing rods palaver. I had exactly the same problem when I started out. I went through a number of different brazing torch designs before I had one that worked. Propane only/Map gas torches do not get hot enough, or you have to heat up the tank for so long that it starts warping. Been there, done that. You really need to have oxygen and a fuel gas to get the flame hot enough. And don't be tempted to go for the small hobby bottles, unless you're doing a small job. Also tried those and they run out really quickly. I ended up with a propane/oxygen combo, which is the cheapest way to get a good, hot flame. And it's cheaper (and a little less dangerous) than using acetylene.
Ok. Now I have you in my laptop + mobile + tablet. And, today I read all your words, down below your video. Wtf! You're not professional? You kidding me?! I wish I had 25% of your natural talent, motivation and accuracy in any detail, as you have. Memorized, that's how I am, right now.
Post a 12-minute vid... three minutes later it has one thumb down. How does that even happen? Somebody needs to be banned for that crap. Unless they came from the future! Great vid. That yellow will certainly be visible at a long distance! :)
Not even 1min and he puts it into the sandblaster... ANDTHENNEVER SHOWSZHEBLASTING exclamationmarksx5 If you don't see how that mathematically and ideologically works out, you need to be banned from your father
Great job my friend :) looks awesome I did a Motorcycle fuel tank on my channel only a 2 months ago and its amazing how easy it is with the right solution :) thanks for sharing
Little bit of eggshell, orange peel texture going on perhaps below the top clear coat. Really bugs me because of the vibrant yellow. It still looks great in many ways just couldn't resist pointing that out
try as you might, you'll never get a smooth, flat result from sanding with a piece of sandpaper in your hands. get a few flexible and hard blocks to help out!! love the channel!
Really beautiful work. I'm curious as to why you didn't fill the brand plate holes, since you painted on the logo. Is the owner planning on adding something there? Whatever the case, that's a great paint job.
@@jh5325 C'mon, he's spanish, and in Spain/Argentine or any other countries that have spanish as their own language use "men" like if it was dude, bro or any other words. I'm assuming he's spanish by the channels he is subbed to.
When you were peeling off the tape i thought you had a small dot of black paint on that beautiful yellow, but i was happy to notice it was just a small dot of crap on my screen :) nice work!
Once again, a great job. I do have a tip for masking the entire tank for when you painted the stencils... put the tank in a plastic bag and cut an opening in each side and tape that off instead of taping the entire tank.
