It’s 1 inch (:

Thank you! We really spent some time thinking about what color to paint it

Thank you for your support!

Haha you are right about that one! It was fun to see if we could make it functional again

Thanks!

I’d say to remove as much rust as possible from the inside because if you leave just a little bit of rust on the metal and paint over it, it will just rust all over again and bubble up the paint. Also if it’s just bare metal on the inside it’s just going to rust no matter what. So remove all the rust and paint it as well as you can so there is no exposed metal.

Thanks for the idea! Is it ok to paint the inner surface and plunger? I'm worrying the paint will get stripped when pumping water

Yeah doing this build was super fun, looking back there are a few things we would’ve done differently but we love the idea of klunker builds and we have created many of them prior to creating a KZbin channel. And thank you! It’d be so cool to see your build!

Thanks! it’s nice to see the original video of ours getting some love haha

I've been gathering up my parts to build a clunker for some time now and now that I've got some down time while recouping from a pretty major surgery, looks like I'll finally get around to it. Been looking up other builds but some guys just go above and beyond. I'm wanting to keep it clean, simple and budget friendly.

Yeah, I think some people definitely make something super cool but do put so much into their builds. We do something that’s budget friendly with hopes that it’s functional haha! We’d definitely love to see your Klunker when it’s finished!

@@J23Restorations I spent yesterday with white vinegar and steel wool to polish the rust off my rims. I'm doing a cheap Kent 26" single speed coaster. Got one rim all primered and first base coat. The 2nd isn't quite there yet. Tires will be here next week. I'm not too tech savvy but I will be trying to at least do a slide show of images and try to make a clip. If I'm able to, I'll post the link in comments.

Yeah it’s super hard to get into those corners, we were thinking about getting a sand blaster so in scenarios like this we can get every spot

And thanks by the way!

Thanks! Yeah, what we’ll soon be getting will be a sand blaster so we can get in the small crevices! We used some paint remover on our newest video, go check it out (: Restoration - Old 1950's Chatillon Scale kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIq3mGOBbryAfLM

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed! 🍻

Thanks! Nice to see one of our early videos getting appreciated (:

So we use a car battery charger, which is passing 12 volts. And we don’t use trickle charge, we use high pass through. You can use acid but honestly we tested so many ways and the results always ended up being similar. We tried vinegar, baking soda together. We tried baking soda by itself. We tried salt with baking soda. We’ve tried acid as well. To be honest, it never made a difference from what we had seen. So now we just use baking soda and water. And sometimes we throw in simple green. I know it sounds crazy but it still works really good.

The best results came more from what steel we used as the sacrificial piece plus how much area the sacrificial metal covered inside the electrolysis solution. So more coverage across your bin or tote or whatever you use works really well to hit the entire rusty object. I don’t know all the info about all the science but just that’s it works very very well. Check out the pliers video we uploaded shortly after this one, it will give you a better visual of what I’m saying (:

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, we are working harder to make even more dramatic changes and things. Side note, we do try to keep things original when it comes to the pitting and overall aesthetic. I understand it may not look 100% brand new, but getting it close is what we aim for. :)

Yeah that's the fun thing about these little objects, they can serve whatever applicable purpose you'd like/ come up with! Thanks for continuing to support the channel :)

Yeah we think about the same thing all the time while we are doing it!

Thanks! And yeah as long as we keep it in the right place haha

Thank you for the continued support!

Thanks 👍

The brand is Proto (:

They say proto is a good brand too.

Yeah we decided to start doing that on the videos after this one. And for electrolysis we changed over to using a piece of large, flat, rectangle scrap steel and we bend it into a U shape and have gotten better results, overall works more effectively. Thank you for the informative feedback! I’m glad we stepped in that direction following this video (:

Thank you! Yeah the screw was the only real problem on this tool, the torch came in handy lol

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it (:

Thanks! Same goes to you, keep up the good work too! (:

Yeah, we do that intentionally and I’m glad you noticed that. :) We just posted a rusty pair of pliers on the channel if you want to check it out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWSbh4p-nrZnjrc

@@J23Restorations On it!. 🤣

Thanks!

Haha yes very true, we’ll consider using this tool for a rainy day. Thanks for the feedback by the way!

@@J23Restorations OK it doesn't look like it was made yesterday, but it's still probably better than the new junk from CCP.

That'd be a unique idea!

Thanks, your feedback is very helpful! If you haven’t dropped a sub, please do we’d love to show you some more! (:

Had to translate your message, but thank you for the support!

Thank you means the world to us, glad you’re still here for the journey

Thank you, we really appreciate the feedback. It means the world to us! Glad you enjoyed the content and continue to support the channel :)

Did you watch the same video?

@@francissobotka8725 I did. Key word, almost. Poor sad guy hating on a small channel.

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Thank you for watching, we definitely wanted to see what we could do to it!

Thank you so much! We plan to release videos once a week, so stay tuned :)