Candy Makers React to Candy Drop Roller Restoration!

[@waffles3629]

That would be sand blasting. Various materials with different abrasivenesses can be used.

[@HerculesCandy]

The more you know! 🌈🌠

[@tjs114]

The sandblaster might also be using walnut shells, that's a common abrasive for delicate work.

[@waffles3629]

@@tjs114 yep, it's amazing how many different materials get used for sandblasting.

[@Flowbot]

Really is @@waffles3629

[@R3troZone]

@@tjs114 When I worked in a metal finishing facility, our sandblasters used various types of glass beads.

[@R3troZone]

So he disassembled it. Sandblasted it. Milled it. Filled the pitting with JB Weld. Powdercoat primered it. Wet sanded the primer. Powdercoated it again. Sonic cleaned and polished the rollers. Then reassembled.

[@Babs-Veterans-are-Family]

Forgot the buffing with buffing compound.

[@R3troZone]

@@Babs-Veterans-are-Family that was why I said polishing

[@alan11121959]

i hope Steve reads the comments, using JB weld as filler putty is genius, much better than bondo...

[@alfredoaguilar1202]

Came here to say everything you just said @VulgarrViking

[@R3troZone]

@@alfredoaguilar1202 I watch that channel a lot so I'm familiar with all the steps he takes.

[@gmaureen]

Hercules and Lofty Pursuits were 2 of the first candy makers with online videos. Now there are a couple dozen, at least. Nice to see small family businesses thriving. The online world isn't all bad.

[@HerculesCandy]

And he also posted a drop roller restoration video yesterday!

[@zackhenderson2392]

That last statement. It's a crying shame.

[@marycook1644]

One of my favorite videos from Rescue And Restore was when they restored a child’s plug in stove. Then he cooked a miniature meal with it !! 🍳

[@HerculesCandy]

I think it ends the video really well to actually use what he restores

[@jmmt1968]

Beautiful! It would be fabulous to have several of these gorgeous old time candy makers in a window at the shop and have someone use them for the customers to see periodically.

[@hraefn1821]

Like the taffy puller in the candy shop window at Old Town. c:

[@faeriesandrainbows]

I 100% was falling asleep while watching. Steve's not alone.

[@bjdefilippo447]

Stunningly beautiful process and result. I love seeing these older tools and devices being given new life. We throw way too much away, and much of what we replace it with doesn't have the quality and longevity of the older items.

[@christinastjohn3704]

He was a sand blaster he was using to get the rust off. He did a awesome job restoring it

[@HerculesCandy]

He really did! I don't think it looked that good the day it was created!

[@staceyhunt6769]

I actually watched the candy maker restoration a few weeks ago, I love restoration projects and expecially love vintage style pieces. Seeing actual candy makers react to that same thing today, absolutely brilliant. :) ❤

[@doreestone4487]

He was sandblasting it, not painting it. Then he sanded it with pads. Then he coated it to protect it from rust. Then he sanded it by hand to rough up the surface so it would allow the next coating to adhere better to it. Then another primer coat. Then the final coat. Very nicely done. Added a lot of life to the machine.

[@linzertube]

That was fun to watch with Terry and Steve. Thanks, Craig!👏🤩

[@HerculesCandy]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackbbya123]

Probably one of the most satisfying videos of restoration with my favorite peeps! Love y’all candy 🍭

[@HerculesCandy]

We loved shooting it!

[@jackbbya123]

@@HerculesCandy I absolutely love the sour candy lol

[@amystreasuresdesign]

I won't lie, when I first saw that restoration video earlier this year, I wanted one of those hand crank machines. I'm not a candy maker but it came out great.

[@HerculesCandy]

It looks so nice though, I don't blame ya!

[@HMCrazySS]

Loved this video! I love restoration videos to begin with because, as you said yourselves, what these people can do it just amazing, but I especially loved the added commentary from two people who really know the machine itself. Thanks for sharing!

[@Dierwolf2000]

i literally just watched this restoration and have been a subscriber of his for years. he did amazing on this one for sure

[@marleyfrost215]

Your parents are so adorable! I feel so safe when I watch your videos. They have fantastic vibes.

[@Uniquelyyours1]

This was so cool, Craig, I never got sleepy at all. Lol. Thanks for another fun vidya.

[@HerculesCandy]

Good for you! Steve couldn't handle it 😂

[@nanabobana]

We sold a humbug machine my MIL had in her shop back in the 30's and 40's to Greg. He was glad to have it because it was a size he didn't have. He made a video for it but it was his first musical video with his friend and he didn't really talk about the machine much. Pretty cool!

[@george217]

I've seen a half dozen candy makers restored, but in my opinion, this is the best.

[@funfungerman8401]

yes you need to use the king card, since it has the perfect thickness but also softness to spread the paint in an even layer, you could also use the joker since its universal but since they rare you normally use them only if you used all your kings

[@hollydatsopoulos7998]

When I saw Hercules’ drop roller, I immediately thought about this video! I’m so glad they reacted to it! 😊 As far as the rollers go, I didn’t see any on ebay, but there were some on Etsy. However, they look like they would need some serious cleaning. By the way, the restorer sand blasted the rust off of the metal pieces. The sand blasting was always one of my favorite parts to watch.

[@amystreasuresdesign]

When I saw theirs that was my first thought too. In fact, I think I shared a link to this video on their video.

[@juliebaker6969]

4:17 the stuff they used with the playing card is gap filler. He's applying it, then sanding it to make the metal smooth prior to painting or powder coating.

[@goo3168]

thank you Hercules Candy Co. for not only providing people with delicious treats, but also putting these videos up for us to enjoy as well. i know it may come off weird from just a random viewer on the internet, but you guys have helped me so much just by having these videos up and just by being yourselves. i have been watching since...2018 i think. love the smiles, laughs, i love the way your family treats each other and how you treat your employees. i wish you guys ALLLL the best, abundance of blessings, and continued success for Hercules Candy ❤️

[@HerculesCandy]

Thanks for watching and supporting us for so long!

[@buchandoreen8546]

So fun to watch this restoration. I am a silversmith and when I was young I did the job Steve wanted, ski instructor. Fun to be a guide for blind skiers.

[@HerculesCandy]

How cool!

[@Schiffon]

How beautiful!

[@AJR-zg2py]

1:52 My dad is an auto body repair technician. The restorer in the video is sandblasting to get rust off. I know that kind of equipment from anywhere - on a bigger scale (obviously) but it's very similar. The surface isn't being painted but instead the sand's abrasive properties is removing the rust layer.

[@TheBeefSlayer]

We take for granted all the things we know. I have a problem assuming everyone knows everything I know. To see this couple watching this with their years of experience and knowledge between them but haven’t done or seen these types of mechanical and chemical processes before… it really humbled me. It made me feel so proud of my knowledge base I earned through hard work and research. There is much I still don’t know. But I’m blessed to be someone that can learn anything about anything. There literally are no concepts that are beyond me. Factoring…. Algebra factoring gets me. Which form did you want the problem in. It’s the same any way you wrote it! I can do it…. But….When is it done???!!! The simplest form for me might not be the simplest form for the professor! I digress. I thank god for that. I am so blessed with comprehension. So many generations before me did one job their whole lives and didn’t have time or need to learn about everything else. Having scientific and mechanical knowledge is a blessing. Thank you to everyone that helped me and thought me along the way. I can’t spell for crap…. But I understand that. 😂😂😂😂 God Bless.

[@gavinjenkins899]

I mean, powder coating and stuff is fairly obscure knowledge for most people, it's not like something they teach everyone in high school

[@lstone.09]

I've watched this guy transform several different things into Kool looking pieces. Totally dig the powder coating process. Once that heat hits the powder it totally transforms it into a work of art. Totally enjoy your videos.

[@vandergriff65]

1:55 that is a sand blaster. its used to remove pretty much everything off of metal. when you use it, you have a couple of hours to put on a protective layer or the metal will grow rust

[@thatgirlinokc3975]

Yes very neat and satisfying to watch! Thanks for the heads up about your new ASMR channel. I love the banter and laugh a lot but some people just like to watch

[@Kazbag9991]

FACTS

[@HerculesCandy]

Yeah and when we've posted them in the past some people love and other really hate it 😂 so we thought we'd start a new channel so we don't have to mingle videos!

[@larryfontenot9018]

As someone who's seen a number of restoration videos, I can describe what was happening. Usually the restorer will look up plans for the device he's working on. If none are available, he'll take notes about how it was assembled. After disassembly, he took the parts to a sandblasting chamber. Restorers don't use actual sand. It's normally a power that won't eat away the metal underneath the rust. Baking soda is one of the candidates. It takes a long time, so they will often speed up that section of the recording because they don't want to overstep the viewer's attention span. After using a two-part epoxy type filler, JB Weld in this case, to coat the part, it was sanded down so that the epoxy just filled the pitting. After that, it was time for painting. Painting, in this case, was done by a process called Powder Coat. A tiny electrical charge is run through the metal that attracts the power via static, and the extremely fine powdered paint is sprayed around it. They don't have to spray it at every square inch of the metal because the static electricity takes care of making sure the whole thing is evenly coated. After the powder coating, the parts are put into an oven to melt the paint and fuse it. That causes the paint to take on its real coloring and the finish is very tough and durable. The first coat was not the color he wanted the end product to be, so he sanded it down and recoated it twice, ending with his finish color. That was probably to make the paint even tougher. A rust remover bath to chemically clean the rust without damaging the rollers, and final polishing to finish them up. Then some parts fabrication to replace things that weren't worth restoring, reassembly, and there you go.

[@astrinymris9953]

5:48 How many people thought Terry was saying, "Now the Pizza Resistance!" That put such a weird image in my mind... 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelbradley7529]

I do wish someone was there to answer the questions you guys have while watching the video. Like the sand blaster, polishing compound, epoxy filler, and the powder coating process.

[@mudpuddle8805]

Watching that restoration brought tears to my eyes. What an excellent job!

[@ShinKyuubi]

I can't tell you how glad I am that there are people who still use the vintage machines...I do wish there was a candy store like that in my area that I could go to...even though I'm cutting back on my sugar intake to lose weight and I can't really have hard candy that I need to bite into due to having a complete upper permanent denture set of teeth...do NOT want to crack something I paid out the wazoo for..but I'd make an exception for soft candies and the like or just letting the hard candy like these melt till I can crunch them safely lol. As I've gotten older I've gotten MUCH more appreciative of the older devices like these vintage candy machines...they are a part of our history that's largely lost due to automated machines that need little human interaction aside from smaller places that make these candies by hand with vintage machines..which are few and far between at least from what I've seen. There's a sit down food joint in my town that while they HAVE modern stuff, they still keep an older feel to the store and the main checkout at the front of the place is an old crank register.

[@discmania5677]

its called sand blasting it takes the rust or paint off

[@FullmetalAngyl]

"And now the pizza resistance!" 🤣 LADY, YOU ARE A CLASS ACT!

[@Corntassels]

Ironically, I watched this restoration video a few months before I found your channel, so this reaction video is extra neat haha. 10/10 Did NOT see Steve nod off lol

[@savvon420]

😂

[@lemurianseahorse]

That was fantastic to watch, such talent!❤ Ty for posting!

[@solidmoon8266]

Jeez that machine looks so crisp and fresh now. I can just imagine how easy it would be now to make a whole boat load of candy drops like that...

[@9liveslisa]

That was an impressive restoration! Thanks for sharing!

[@Kanthalas]

The part you weren't sure about at the beginning was Sand Blasting, basically you shoot out sand at a high PSI which removes the top layer of the material you shoot it at. Judging by the color of the objects afterwards, he was probably using Titanium Oxide as his medium. The other part is Powder Coat, which is a resin that requires it to be heated to activate and cure.

[@elizdavidson]

For a hot minute I thought your parents were going to open up a box with the new restored roller! :)

[@HerculesCandy]

I know they'd at least love some more shapes of the rollers!

[@Cantfi]

​@@HerculesCandyThere's a few rollers and full machines on ebay right now!

[@karendaniel262]

I’m so excited you guys got to watch the restoration. I saw it and thought of you. Love you guys!

[@davidr6447]

Sand Blasting followed by powder coat polish cleaner.....primer....and power coating with a baked on finish! Tumbler polisher is used to clean and restore the small parts like nuts and bolts! Followed by finish polishing with a rouge wheel. All brass parts are burnished to a fine finish. It looks like an acid bath or possible electrolysis cleaning for the press! Lots of good technique used on restoring this one!

[@nateatkins3285]

At 6:45 that's finishing clay. It's a clay bar and fills the gaps before you polish something. A lot of professional car detailers will clay bar a vehicle before they put a ceramic coating on. It seals and small scratches to the naked eye so they buff out cleaner.

[@thomasmills4321]

I, T. Mills approve of this restoration! 😂 😂 😂

[@derekmills5394]

Granddad!

[@thomasmills4321]

@@derekmills5394 😂😂😂

[@mysticmaven6261]

I love watching restoring videos. Thank-you for sharing

[@melissashaw3583]

Wow! What transformation! That was absolutely beautiful!! Dang. Thanks for sharing!! Love you guys!

[@Gabe54607]

That was unbelievable! Thank you for sharing that with us. That person can do it all, lol..he can totally restore the candy roller and fabricate bent or broken pieces 😲🤯 then make the candy to show how well it works! It's crazy but that candy roller is beautiful now!

[@HerculesCandy]

He's a real renaissance man!

[@unityagar7385]

2:21 and around there. It's called sand blasting, where you use small sand particles (of different abrasiveness depending on your needs) forced out at high speeds like sand paper, clearing debres from the surface of a metal without taking away much if any of the material being cleaned. Used commonly to get rid of surface rust, and anything stuck, surface stained, or painted on. This process is also used to strip paint from cars, without damaging the cars themselves. This goes staight to the surface of the metal, and stops there.

[@lesleygilbert1945]

Great video and a beautifully finished machine

[@kay9520]

either sand blasting or bead blasting...uses high power air to shoot the sand or tiny glass beads at the item to remove the rust and other corrosion

[@damealeta3541]

Fun video! I LOVE the candy apple red color he used on the base of the machine. Stunning. Naw, I didn't get sleepy but I could see how some of these videos have a very sopoforic effect. Now I want hard handy! 🍬

[@shampoovta]

It’s a sand blaster. You can get small sand blasting cabinets at Harbor Freight. The filler is probably Bondo of some kind like auto repair. The sand vibrate is for cleaning bullet shells. The paint is Anodized Paint.

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

How many people are muttering about, “ it’s sand blasting!!!”

[@tidalboxer]

2:35 that’s sand blasting. Kinda like power washing. Power wash uses concentrated hard powered water to clean things. Sandblasting does the same thing with tiny sand spraying. It’s like sandpaper in an air gun basically. Used for harder to sand things.

[@jonosono]

"Wow. Wow. Wow. Yea. Yea. Wow. That was great."

[@Voodoomaria]

01:50 The procedure causing them some confusion is Sand Blasting the rust is being removed right down to clean bright metal.

[@Jim_86]

2:06. That's a sandblasting machine. Small grains of sand are ejected with high pressure. This way, you can remove paint and surface rust (like seen in this video) in small spaces that are difficult to reach with sandpaper.

[@PghFlip]

Since you were curious: Initial sandblasting in the hood. Milling the face to remove majority of . then filling the divots with epoxy/metal filler. Primed with a heat baked powder coat primer. (or baked enamel will just call powder coat but could be either) Wet sanding for smoother finish. Color coat with powder coat Clear coat with powder coat tumble clean the hardware Polish some of the hardware Cleaning and polishing the brass parts. hypersonic cleaning of rollers. (probably a detergent mix) polish of same. mask the rollers and powder coat the gears Lube with food safe mineral oil (hopefully) refine and Polish other brass pieces. assemble. make new hardware on lathe turning new handle. lock tight on screw to keep it in place, but permit removal later. Hope this helps!

[@raymondgallardo576]

Hi Steve and Terry and Craig! I just wanted to say that I'm glad to see you find that restoration very fascinating! I also watch those restoration videos, especially for toys. Talk to you later!

[@joeldykman7591]

6:08 that's an ultrasonic cleaning machine. An object is put into a basket submerged in a cleaning liquid then the machine is turned on where it vibrates at a hypersonic frequency. It's a really fine detail cleaning method thats very low risk to the object.

[@Jim_86]

4:23. That's powder coating. A paint in the form of powder. The powder is electrically charged to the metal and then baked in an oven that melts the powder onto the metal. 5:37. That's clear coat in a powder form which works just like the paint.

[@pookie2986]

The "acid" the rollers went into is an ultrasonic cleaner. Its a bath that creates very very high frequency vibrations in water to clean. They're pretty useful for cleaning things with fine detail like the leaf shape of the roller.

[@Antonp21654]

The color on the gears, and the main body is what it called a powder coat. Just like you saw it is applied as a powder then baked. Other tools that are used are a media blaster, or sand blaster, and also a media sander / tumbler.

[@PunYT]

There's a part of me that finds it endearing, with how wholesome the xommentary is. It's great.

[@yiyou4661]

Yes sand blasting os what was going onwith the little gun. Basically removes any paint work and remain rust debryand ive watched heaps of restoration videos lol. Such a fun process to watch

[@shebeesstitchyworld]

That guy did it all from beginning to end. Amazing what can be done to restore stuff like this.

[@HerculesCandy]

He really did!

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

I bet the actual process took a few weeks, since he has to work around a camera. But still very impressive work.

[@amystreasuresdesign]

I watch many of those restoration channels, they all do the same. They take these items that look like they're gone for good, take them apart and bring them back to life.

[@LakeOuachita]

That was not “restored.” They were not painted or enameled in the 1880’s. This was one persons idea of how to take a Victorian candy machine, and enamel it. Not a true “restoration.”

[@claire4167]

Loved this, there are a few rollers on eBay in the UK. However would be interesting to know if there was someone with metal work skills who could make you one with a H in it so the round candy has the Hercules H on each one lol. The guy in the video was pretty handy with the metal work he may do a commission piece

[@IHateYoutubeHandles615]

The hemisphere holes would be relatively easy to do with modern tooling. But the other things would require a tool and die maker to manually carve out the shapes.

[@mdunn4555]

This person is professional restorer with high end equipment. Poor Greg has to do all his restoring by hand with home owner tools He was sand blasting the rust off. He then put layers of enamel paint that had to baked on at a high temperature

[@ryanverdin5255]

If you turn on subtitles for restoration videos like this one you get a lot more information.

[@HerculesCandy]

That's really good to know!

[@adamb89]

Besides sandblasting another rust removal technique is via a technique called laser ablation. A high powered laser is blasted at the metal, which breaks the bonds holding the rust to the pure metal underneath, and the heat carries it away in the air as fine dust.

[@Emmuzka]

I had to check if the ASMR channel was a joke, but nope! It's there!

[@HerculesCandy]

Just started it! We've shot 2 videos so far, but only posted 1, many more to come!

[@StoneyProductions]

Nice vid , very entertaining 😁👍💯

[@somecajunguy]

@ 2:15 he begins sand blasting it to remove the rust. @ 3:50 filling in any pitting or imperfections. @ 4:25 he is applying an enamel paint. @ 4:43 he bakes the enamel.@ 6:34 wax and polish.

[@nateatkins3285]

It's a sand blaster we use them all the time in the navy to clean dirty metal. Saves a lot of time from wet and dry sanding with sand paper. They use high pressure air to blast super fine sand to sand items.

[@AngelusNielson]

There is something deeply satisfying about seeing literal junk turned useful.

[@HerculesCandy]

I agree

[@connieparker8896]

This video and you guys are really wonderful

[@HerculesCandy]

Awww shucks

[@FruScarpia]

In the (far away) island where my parents live, there is a small candy making factory that uses really old metal molds, just like this one… I go there once a year to stock up on Christmas candy!

[@TheBeefSlayer]

😂”I hope he’s taking Photos.” He’s literally recording it making a movie basically. 😂😂😂 hope he’s taking photos. 😂😂😂 that got me. Cute.

[@nikiTricoteuse]

Wow. What an outstanding job. It looks stunning. So glad that they kept it usable AND actually made some candy. Also, if that block of red stuff at 6:30 is what l think it is, it's Jewelers' rouge. We used it to polish jewelry that came in to be cleaned at the jewellery store l worked in decades ago. We put it on a cloth buffing wheel and it was almost magical to watch it work. Using it to clean the jewellery was one of my favourite jobs. So satisfying. So glad they turned the handle around. It really botherd me to see it on backwards. 12:36

[@marycook1644]

I love Restore And Rescue !! Fun video ! Merging 2 great channels, WOW ! Blessings from California. 🧸🍯🍡

[@victoriastevens3166]

😂❤😊 that was great, thanks for sharing!

[@treverse_]

Rescue and Restore is such a good night time watch! Steve knows now too!

[@HerculesCandy]

😴

[@jo6520]

That paint process is called powder coding. Goes on as a powder and bakes on for a hard coding.

[@LilKittyCat1512]

it's a sand blasting.. spraying sand in high pressure to a metal surface to remove thin layer above it.. or manually same as sand papering without paper

[@nivlacgaming9211]

Great concept, love it! Keep up the great content! Much love from Canada

[@sorroua1658]

Reaction channels WISH they had as much to say as these two, very wholesome.

[@yutub561]

2:40 is sandblasting. i love that she said "amaz-za-zing" and really hope shes quoting benchwarmers

[@Dallen9]

The order of how he restored the Candy roller after disassembly 1. Sandblasting 2. resurfacing by milling and filling with Regular JB weld 3. Primed and powder coated the base 4. Sand tumbled the hardware 5. Sand and polished the brass bushings 6. Sonic cleaned the rollers 7. Polished with wire tips of a dimmel 8. powder coated the roller 9. Remade broken hardware 10. Remade handle and stained/oiled it

[@juliebaker6969]

2:37 That's sand blasting. The high pressure sand knocks the rust and old paint off of the metal, leaving it as clean as it's possible to get it. Not even the WD40 will be left.

[@MrJever180]

the thing that looks like spraying to removingthe rust is a process called sandblasting. its sprayng sand on it with high air pressure. its basicly like using sandpaper but more agressive

[@dogm40]

sand blasting, then a lathe, powder coating. vibrating polish, wire wheel, various buffers, acid bath, turning more steel on lathe for new bolts. band saw, disk grinder/sander, wood turning, red glue lock tight

[@ippaku]

Commenting😊 to support the family and the video

[@HerculesCandy]

Ayyy thank you!

[@danielcarter305]

I dunno if it was for this roller or another brand but they did make an attachment to fold ribbon candy. I bet you would love to have an attachment like that!😊😊😊😊

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

Disassembly, sandblast, powder coat, curing, polishing, reassembly (mostly). He milled down the sides for some reason. Maybe he wanted it shinier, maybe the metal was too uneven. He used an ultrasonic cleaner for the roller dies to clean them most of the way off. I thought it was electrolysis at first (you can use that to remove rust from cast iron), but then I remembered what the ultrasonic looked like on other channels, and there were no electrodes connected to the dies.

[@daveklein2826]

Why do you need to repeat what we just watched?

[@DEADLY12GUN]

That new candy roller you got is such a remarkable piece of history, It was created by Thomas and Mills brothers out of New York If I'm not mistaking. The roller you have was made and given to pharmacist that primarily made cough drops back in the mid to late 1800's. The name "Cough Drop" came from this machine because the pharmacist or candy make would pick up the sheet of candy and drop them on the table to break them apart. The roller machine is rare but what's even more rare is the different shapes that you can get for them, a lot of the shapes can go from $300 to upwards of $3,000. There may be some antique candy equipment surplus store near by you guys so you can actually go and look, I know that sometimes rollers from ebay can be hit and miss. Anything Thomas and Mills Bros is really hard to track down because there isn't many of their past equipment left to be found that is still in usable shape. But once again Such an awesome tool for your shop, just really amazing and cool.

[@thehippie3610]

Watching this made me feel nostalgic for a time I wasn't even around for

[@jefflewis2096]

Glass beads sand blasting is the only blasting method approved for food prep. Seals the metal grain. The baked paint is powder coating

[@christiedecker2724]

I was hoping that at the end, it would be presented to Terry and Steve. It would have been so nice to see them have this or have theirs restored like this...maybe someday! Blessings.