It turns out Great. You said your welds dont look good. Try this: increase the voltage on the welder just a little and Instead of just weld a dot, try to do a little longer weld. About 2-3 mm. The weld will sink in little more and will be less of grinding. Practise make knowledge. Sorry for some bad english. Greetings from sweden. 😊

@RestoreIt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Jesper! I'll give it a go. You're English is great!

@jesperfinnborn9888

2 жыл бұрын

@@RestoreIt Thanks! Just dont try that welding tecnik on larger flat surfaces. That can be wobbly.

@tuksee

2 жыл бұрын

A bad welder makes a good grinder

@jesperfinnborn9888

2 жыл бұрын

@@tuksee True. 🤣

@joe2mercs

2 жыл бұрын

Either a longer time or a higher voltage, the secret to welding on thin section metal is the balance of heat (voltage) and time. My timing is “one thousand and.. ”. I set the voltage so that if I say “..two” I burn through. But hey you are doing great. I work on W124s and they tend to rust in interesting areas too.

You're too hard on yourself, Steve. I think casting my mind back to your much earlier videos, your welding skills have come far. Don't be so hard on yourself; you deserve a pat on the back! Keep those videos coming. I always appreciate the time and effort you put in.

@RestoreIt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate i do appreciate it. 🙏🏼

I give you a lot of credit for challenging yourself, especially on a customer car. That definitely ups the stakes and ensures that you push yourself to deliver the best possible result. Professionals start somewhere, and I think you’re well passed the beginner stage. Bang up job!!

Fascinating to watch rust repair. I am restoring a 1993 Toyota MR2 with zero rust, so all my work is mechanical and cosmetic in nature. Just lucky!

I think your diligence is exemplary. Thanks for putting your work out there for us to enjoy and emulate. Cheers

You really do GREAT work. Always love watching the rust repair videos

This is great it's like a modern haynes manual but easier to follow. Not surprised you have so many subscribers, well done .

It’s not until doing this work yourself that you realize how unbelievably difficult it is. I don’t know how much money is in your swear jar, but I could be close to retiring on mine with a fraction of the work you’ve done.

@WARXion

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I only did a small metal work on my MX-5 but from now on I will happily pay a professional because there is no way I will do that again.

@StanislavG.

2 жыл бұрын

I was a mechanic in the army - dealing with this crap and patching fiberglass humvee bonnets was the shittiest of the shitty shit in the shitter

@volkerdorr8537

2 жыл бұрын

What is the use of a swear jar during restoration anyway Just moved from bucket to barrel recently. 😅

@manfredschmalbach9023

2 жыл бұрын

@@volkerdorr8537 .... to tank-truck ....

@rosco4659

2 жыл бұрын

When I started cutting the rust out of my E30 I realised I had a lot to learn.

Great video,you do not disappoint,as stated before you’ve gone above and beyond on this rust repair,just shows you cannot leave as is ,shows integrity.but I still hope you were compensated for all the extra work.the owner hopefully realizes that .kudos 👍👍👍😎😎😎

@notthisguyagain8557

2 жыл бұрын

He wasn't. He said in an earlier video that he should've charged more.

Wow. That looked daunting! Well done on buckling down and keeping going. It looks a trillion times better already - filler and paint will be the icing on the non-rusty car!

i love ur pasion so much. everything u are taking in ur hands is turning to gold. awesome job!!! greetings from austria and thank u for the great video 🙂

Wow man! I have full respect for you! Wish you all the best. Keep going on!

Thank you very much for honest to goodness videos! I can see you as a travelling lecturer going to technical schools, because all your experience is hands-on.

Came out great I love to see your progression in the patch fabrication

Brilliant mate. Come a long way. I hope the owner watches these videos to appreciate the time and effort thats gone into it

You are not a amateur ,great job ,i salute you!!

Very nice work, this restoration is on the right track

WOW!!!, RUST HELD TOGETHER BY HOLES...LOL...GOOD WORK. KEEP SAFE

@RestoreIt

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

The results looked great! Nice job!

Great episode @Restore It ! At the 10:43 I was rolling on the floor laughing, very funny comment. This is the first episode I can remember you calling yourself by name, too. Steve, you make great entertaining content and your attention to detail is exemplary. Despite calling yourself an amateur I think you always do fantastic work. Especially with this underlying rust bucket, you've really made it restored to former glory and I hope the owner really appreciates ($$$$$$) the real effort you've put into making it look the best you can. Always enthralled for the next episode. Rock on brother!

I can't imagine how much time that took but the end result looks excellent. Two small areas but so much work. 👌👍

Your welding has definitely improved and you should not be so down on your work. Your commitment to doing a quality repair is commendable.

Marvelous, splendid, georgous job... Well done..

That’s a really solid job!

Golden hands! Thanks!

Brilliant job! well done.

Better than what a lot of professional shops do, obsessing over perfection can screw up a decent repair job . 👍

Cracking job thanks for sharing.

Well done. Really nice work. I liked your very methodical approach

What tenacity, fantastic effort

Well done mate !

Fine job !

Great job ! Keep going, your work is really good !

Great work. Coming together nicely 👌

Excellent work there.

One of a few people on KZread that use weld through primer, great work!

Brilliant work for a beginner

Nice job done, good on yer for giving it a go!

Great - well done!

what a nice job!!

Thank you for your uploads..For me ,that`s what it`s about...

I have never even tried welding, but Ithink you're slowly getting better at it. "A good grinding machine is the poor welders best friend"

You do an amazing job

Love your work 👍

Top job mate

Nice work 🙂

Great video. Those welds look great. I enjoy watching your videos due to the realistic nature and use of editing that shows the true difficulty of the project you are on and what your thoughts are as it envelopes you into a greater and greater project. Please keep up the amazing work and stay motivated! :-)

Awesome, congrats for the hard work, mate!

Great video 👍

these videos are super interesting

Hi 👋🏻 Buddy. Your doing a fantastic job 🤩 Really enjoying your projects and video format 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Well done mate

How dare you call yourself an amateur! you are a pro!

Oh yes a next very good Job and nice Video a Lot of Work on it but you do it ❤️

Awesome!

BLOODY GOOD JOB FOR A ROOKIE👍.IVE LEARNT LOTS FROM YOU,AS I WILL BE REPAIRING SIMILAR DAMAGE ON MY 1997 TOYOTA LANDCRUISER TROOPCARRIER 👍👍💖💖

As always great :D

@RestoreIt

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Great job dude keep it up

Damn fine work fella 👌

You’re going ok keep up the good work

I remember your first forays into welding. You might have a way to go, but you've already come very, very far. This cars going to look great by the time you're done.

Very clever 👏 well enjoyed brilliant 👏

@georgeandrews6818

2 жыл бұрын

Hav you ever thought ov using a magnet for ur welder be better using a clamp

Waow quel patience, jolie travaille 👌

I hope the customer really appreciates all the extra work you're putting into this car. It should've gone to the scrap heap, but thanks to your persistence and attention to detail it'll end up like new once he gets it back. Hopefully you don't end up with more future projects like this, or put in a clause that any rust repair beyond what the customer states will be charged at shop rate at the customer's discretion. Doing great work!

Hey Bro hope everything is well with you . Happy to watch another video. You been practising your welds they are looking much better. The Pizza looks delicious, love pizza.

Absolutely fantastic work! 👏 It's the attention to detail for me..You said amateur,I honestly don't think so..And I do hope the owner compensates you accordingly. Well done.

Brilliant effort this. Yes it might not be perfect but the satisfaction of doing it yourself and seeing your work is always better. If you fucked it up there’s always a pro out there to help. But you stuck with it, bravo sir 👏🏼👏🏼

Looking good man 🤙🇨🇦

Wow impressive

Finger sander putting in some major overtime in this episode!

Great job, as always! And great job on making me crave pizza at this hour...

Nice work! Can't wait to start with e30's again :)

Good job. Cheers

@RestoreIt

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sony

Nice Work ..i know from experience how hard is it sometimes to re create things

its nice work bro

Obvious Fitzee has had an influence on you. And you can't expect his results instantly. He's been doing that for a long time. And you already improved on the second side yourself. So keep doing it and you will see how it is a little easier every time... Thumbs Up!

Complex repair, but it looks very good!

EXCELENTE

Man this was so satisfying to watch. Excellent work. 💯

Your work is amazing. I have said before that you are WAY too hard on yourself. I would never have the patience or skill to do what you do. Can't wait to see how this turns out. I have to say that I hope the new paint job will be different from that 70s brown!

What a clever fellow.

Tanks for the vid ,very nice work !! Tomorrow is my turn ....... windscreen rust w201....

Mate, I feel you... I am restoring my Datsun 240Z. That thing is just a bag of rust on wheels. And I started welding around the same time as you did on your videos, but your learning curve got MUCH higher than mine! I think you're doing great. And who cares about your high welds... It's welded, and then you grind it. It's not structural, so you'll be fine! And I remember your welds in your first videos. You really improved to a great level! I'm became pretty careful with residual rust, so, personally, I would cut further than you do (in the areas where it's pitted). But maybe I am just too cautious... Is your rust converter acid phosphoric based? This acid chimically eats the iron oxid without touching the good iron. It's the only product that ACTUALLY removes & converts the rust, and don't just insulate it from oxygen. Be careful with that. Lots of rust converter are junk

Finally!

Damn, if only I was living in England with my relatives. I would come work for you in a heartbeat doing this stuff.

Nice! Cant wait for the BMW series start again.

Perfecto 😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I have a 124. they are great cars. its good to see someone do this to a car most would say isnt worth it. and maybe it isnt if you have a shop do it. but doing it yourself is always a good idea even if it doesnt work out so well. it looks to me like this will work just fine for you. if you happen to be able to get a tig welding machine, that may help you have more faith in your welding ability. even though you are doing fine. its just fine if you put down a solid weld and dont have to get out the torch and a shrinking hammer

Again, great work. I looked at an E30 M3 with visible rust around the windscreen. I'm glad I passed on the car. Now I have a strange craving for pizza for lunch.

@RestoreIt

2 жыл бұрын

Haha cheers Keith!

You have definitely come a long way since you first started welding on the BM. Well done. But please wear that welding shield at all times....

Good Job! Don't worry about how long it takes you right now. With more practice it will get faster and easier. Check with your paint guy regarding the rust converter. I have seen new paint come off down to bare metal in some cases after using a rust converter. It can happen very soon or in several years. My buddy who has done some car painting and restoration would epoxy prime over the metal and not rust convert? My old 83 300D is still in service and has over 430K miles on the clock. You probably could have found a car without the rust problems in the South West USA but the interior would not have been as nice as your car! That interior is very nice! I hope you can find all the parts you need! Some items are very difficult to source and even if you can find it the quality of Chinesium parts can be very poor.

A grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't. When you think your patches and welding are not up to par, go back and watch some of your first welding episodes to see just how far you've come! Far better than most all of your subscribers I'll bet.

I found with working on cars like this that I ended up spending a lot of time undoing other people's crap work. It's why if I ever get another project car, I'd go for something that hadn't been messed with already (if possible).

Luckily I was wearing glasses, I almost got a spark in my eye!!

I've been welding alot on my 1978 dodge aspen lately, I don't find it very hard to shape and weld the metal but I've set the car on fire twice! :o I'm a professional welder but working on cars (safe) is quite a challenge sometimes!

Excellent video. You show what is possible for the enthusiastic amateur. Have you seen Fitzee Fabrication use a wire coat hanger when filling holes with weld?

hi that pizza went faster then your welding LOL doing a great job

Great work. You say you'll strip it and get ready for paint in the next episode. Based on previous form, I guess you'll discover additional rust when you strip it, and will spend several episodes reworking that before you're ready for paint. OK, prove me wrong !!

Oh man… if you call this hell, then what is my windscreen corners going to be, now I’m scared 😂

Amateur or not you did a great job well done mate