Rusty Mining Lamp - Restoration

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In today's episode we will show the renovation of an old mining lamp.
I bought this lamp on a garage sale and wanted to refurbish it into a modern style.

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action index:

00:01 Introducing the original rusty lantern
00:44 Dismantling of the lamp. Most of the rivets had to be ground.
05:17 The flashlight had a lot of dents that had to be leveled.
06:04 The biggest problem was to unscrew the reflective part of the lamp.
08:42 I used the bolt and nut releaser to fit the lamp lock.
09:16 The hole in the lamp housing had to be boiled off with CO2.
12:24 I decided to make a new handle because it was very rusty and would be very thin after grinding.
12:30 To cut the new handle I tried the cutting diamond wheels Graff Black Professional: www.graff-tools.com.
13:35 Test of cutting discs.
18:15 I applied a rust remover to the cleaned parts.
19:30 Base color
19:37 For coarse bonding I have chosen two-component polyester putty.
20:23 After polishing polyester putty, we use P360 spray putty.
20:48 Second layer of base paint followed.
20:57 I used a synthetic gray RAL 7005 shade on the inside of the lamp
21:18 After drying the base color I used a synthetic top color shade yellow RAL 1021.
21:50 I galvanized several parts (for detailed galvanizing of hot bath see my video:    • Old rusty lighter 4 Restoration  
22:25 A broken bakelite center had to be made new.
23:40 Adjusting the screw head.
24:30 And there was a new riveting.
26:17 Since I could not get the original battery and the new one is no longer produced, it was necessary to back up the new battery.
27:03 Just when my car went wrong, a beautiful repairman came and helped me :))
27:43 Comparison before and after renovation.

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