“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)
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.
@@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 RU-vid from what I remember.
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.
@@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
Me: browsing blockbuster movies: "nope, nothing good." RU-vid: _"Wanna see a guy restoring an old US Army lighter to it's glory days?"_ Me: "You're goddamn right."
@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.)
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.
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.
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!!
@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!!
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 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
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".
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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
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.
I restored a few of these in my time and soldered emblems and coins to them. You applied the solder to the outside edge thus making a messy pool of solder there which would look even more obvious on a brass zippo. To overcome this, I made a tiny ring of multicore solder and clamped it under the emblem, applied heat from a blow torch and when the solder melts, the clamp pushes the emblem onto the surface of the case. Done!
So u restore these all the time and your not even call out the fact this entire video is fake hahaha. 90’s zippo are brass they don’t rust like this one when all the chrome comes off lol
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.
one week ago - randomly recommended a video from this channel. one week later - subscribed and watched every single video on this channel. RU-vid - 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.
6:20 I thougth that was lithium grease and you were going to make the ketchup joke again, turns out it was just ketchup.equal amounts of vinegar salt and flour make a good rust remover for copper alloys. Tried it myself with a old brass mortar and it worked perfectly, but it takes a couple days.
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.
