Preservation Very Rusty German Luftwaffe Helmet M40 ET64 - Restoration Project

In this video, I will show full preservation of the German Helmet M40 size 64 from the World War II. This helmet has been in the ground for 77 years. As a result of the restoration, the original paint and the color of the helmet were preserved.
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[@juri64]

Просто фантастика!чуствуется знаток своего дела.Жаль что в молодости 80-90г.XXвека мы считали что такие шлемы безнадёжно пропавшими и небрали!Благодарю автора за данное видео,получил удовольствие смотреть его работой и мастерством.

[@donreid6399]

I had always heard that the original German helmet decals were tough, but the fact that this Luftwaffe decal stayed on through all those years of moisture and rusting is amazing!

[@BadRonald1]

I was thinking the same thing. I was like " Damn, And that decal is still on there?"

[@FriedrichWilhelmViktorAlbert]

@@BadRonald1 and he's ruining history by restoring it, do not praise this man.

[@jaimisonreis2353]

Boa noite , acho esse trabalho muito interessante parabéns 👏👏👏

[@disastroustitanic8139]

Definitely worth a bit

[@redfox497]

Das gut, mein Freund

[@craigmiesterable]

If anyone wants to know what a tough restoration looks like. Here it is. Absolute stunning job.

[@kirdot2011]

if anyone wants to see a proper helmet restoration, here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJmUaZR_jNF5fck

[@hiker64]

Always happy to see a preservation instead of a full restoration. Great job!

[@benniebarrow348]

Just found this …….Wow!, bringing out the authenticity is so much more effective than a complete “like new” restoration. Excellent job.

[@alexanderalbach468]

This man knows what he is doing! Love it!

[@juri64]

Просто чудеса!из личинки шлем превратился в прекрасную бабочку!золотые руки мастер👍

[@stevefriswell5422]

Very sympathetic preservation job. I thought that you might have gone for a full restoration but in my opinion, what you have done is better.

[@Chiaroscuro1991]

Thank you for conserving rather than restoring that artifact.

[@russjordan243]

Just watched this and the other video of the restored helmet you welded from two parts. I’ll start by saying you’re far better at this than me! I have attempted with varying degrees of success to preserve different things over the years. I was wondering if you had ever used ospho, and your opinion of it. I used it on a large enamel petrol sign with many spots of rust, and it did a beautiful job of turning the rust into black primer, while leaving the enamel intact. Also used it on an old wheel barrow and it preserved the paint while neutralizing the rust. Only suggestion I might dare offer you on this helmet is the part where you used the pick to remove the heavy chunks of rust. I’m thinking perhaps a small hammer and a chisel might better direct the force where it is desired, but I don’t discount the idea that you may have considered this and have a reason not to use that method. Amazing work you do and I enjoy watching. Thanks for producing these clips.

[@shannonVwalker]

Not many veterans left from ww2 this helmet tells stories about what happened in ww2. Beautifully preserved.

[@markosterman419]

As a museum professional I would suggest that what you did was a nice job of “restoring” the helmet. “Preservation” is keeping the patina of an artifact with very little intervention. “Conservation” is maintaining the original found condition with additional steps to prevent further deterioration.

[@llopez9365]

Great job. I'm happy to see it wasn't sandblasted, filled with body filler and repainted.

[@truereaper4572]

Very well done. Amazed that you managed to preserve the original decal!

[@rogerdildeau7507]

I was amazed to see that much of the paint remaining! It looked as though the entire helmet was covered in rust. Great restoration job!

[@1977ajax]

The paint and decal surviving under THAT much rust was indeed unbelievable. I don't believe it for one. Something very fishy here, starting with the orange colour of the rust - it's _new_ rust. Why is that do you think!

[@AbsurdCats]

@@1977ajaxyup. Fishy

[@robertmartin5308]

What a beautiful job, this us absolutely amazing and saving a piece of history albeit a horrible reminder of terrible times.

[@stephenhenion8304]

Great technique. I prefer preservation over restoration!!

[@barrycopas1671]

A true preservation, some replace the helmet with filler and paint, destroying the authenticity, this is very well done.

[@PhillipHall01]

I enjoyed watching you restore this historical helmet. You saved it.... Good job indeed.......

[@imkerrusin]

Incredible job with the restoration. The fact that most of the surface remaining intact after all of this time is astounding. Those old helmets were definitely built to last! I wonder if there was a name inscribed somewhere? I absolute love how you handled this restoration with extra care and delicacy. I imagine this would be a potential museum piece somewhere? :)

[@user-he4zm8fh3j]

Повезло солдату что нет дырки он нашей пули. Больше не приходите к нам!

[@Impuesto.]

@@user-he4zm8fh3j what

[@CheshireTheMaid]

@@Impuesto. don't worry. Just some angsty Soviet fanboy

[@okandmanniska1183]

they never inscribed their names into the helmet they only would, paint and chalk their names on the helmets in either white, black or red I've heard

[@benscoles5085]

@@Impuesto. Google Tranlator.. The soldier was lucky that he did not have a hole in our bullet. Don't visit us again!

[@michaelknapp8961]

Back in the early 60s my dad went to a antique store in Oregon and bought a WW2 German dagger knife. It had the name Schneider engraved above the handle and a swastica above the name. It came with a sheath too. He also bought a German flag that was rittled with bullet holes. I have no idea what he did with this stuff but this helmet we just watched brought back some memories.

[@edwardparnell6134]

Thanks for not sandblasting the surface. Not new but well used in it time. Great job

[@jackfarrell4727]

Growing up I had a friend who's father brought one home with him from " the war". I hope he still has it.

[@user-xq3og4su1m]

Отличная работа. Только каски люфтваффе не заслуживают такой чести. Найдите советскую каску и восстановите

[@the_real_ali]

حوذتكم حايسه

[@theranger7924]

Soviets weren't much better, and regardless it's still a neat piece of history

[@jonfoulkes3160]

The use of the heat gun and candle wax was inspired!! Thanks for the video

[@georgekoroneos3892]

Its very respective work involving the removing of rust & pitting problems i called it valuable especially when coming to the particularly point to preserved one of the best helmets of W W 2 .which in fact gave very satisfactory all around complete head protection but what i enjoy most is the techniques used & expressed in order to preserved it ...

[@donreid6399]

I enjoyed this. The person doing this restoration looked like they knew what they were doing. So many of these KZbin restoration videos are done in a ham-fisted way, where they do more harm than good to the artifact. Excellent work!

[@kevintaylor6312]

Awsome job.Love your work.

[@mkivy]

The man who wore this helmet, loved, laughed, danced, cried, had a mother may be a father, maybe had brothers and sisters and grandma and grandpa. He was loved. He may have been married with children. So who are we to say that he was less than human? Because he was the German, because he believed in Hitler‘s ideology? I don’t know I don’t know the man. But we do know he was a human and all humans have those traits. 80 years gone it’s a blessing. They’re all dying by the thousands about 3000 a day Americans that is

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

Just found your channel I love world war relics being restored the right way I go metal detecting and I've got tonnes and tonnes of bags full of stuff going back to early civilization they just keep mounting up been detecting for 35 years that's probably why..SUBBED 👍

[@LBG-cf8gu]

at first i thought you were going to strip every last atom of rust, fill all pits with metal or bondo, paint it factory new. Excellent work. I love these artisan channels. Amazing how much is left of eagle. Thanks for the upload

[@asmongoldsmouth9839]

Terrific job freezing it in time in the condition it SHOULD be in by this age. 👍 Looks terrific.

[@troyrosenbaugh9935]

Stick it in a 3 gallon bucket of evaporust, worked great on my resto.

[@josefcosta8267]

Du bist noch nicht fertig Bruder!! haha du bist ein talentierter, geduldiger Kunstler...gut gemacht!

[@TheGuyWhoLikesHistory]

Got the same luftwaffe helmet M40, nice to see someone do the totally same :D

[@dianeruiz0721]

As soon as I saw the gram scale come out I knew this was gonna be good. Great job my friend and a grim reminder of a horrible time.

[@Friendroid]

Why Paraloid B72 on the metal strip but candle wax on the helmet? And why did you change from a solution of micro-crystalline wax to candlewax? I have been reading about conservation of metals and would like to know your (practical) opinion. Thank you for the videos.

[@RepairRenewRestore]

Nice. Love history restorations

[@nv1493]

Fantastic work, so glad you didn't sand blast it and paint with Rustoleum!

[@letsplaybarrysmod5815]

Well done! Looks amazing.

[@wwiituberestoration1011]

I didn't expect such a good result too.

[@letsplaybarrysmod5815]

@WWII Tube Restoration me too! The luftwaffe M40 helmet looks very nice. You did a good job getting rid of the rust and revealing the original blue paint and decal!

[@jimwatson3382]

I like a guy that keeps his helmet clean.

[@robertjessen1554]

Amazing work, well done !!

[@erwinhoes5090]

Preserving and restoring is trusted to your hands!!!

[@chuckbickford120]

As close to perfect as you can get awesome job 👍

[@MjrCarnyx]

Great job as always!

[@wwiituberestoration1011]

Thank you so much!

[@krugmeister7301]

I Would use A sponge liner for the inside ..That metal headrest looks rough..

[@raziel3726]

Amazing Restoration 👍👍

[@ww2historyfinderl587]

You did a Nice job preserving it It looks stunning 😁👍🏻

[@user-ci8ih5ec5q]

Дружище,когда консервируешь,проще возьми безцветный обувной воск,он и втирается лучше и греть ничего не надо.эффект тот же самый что и от свечки

[@johnnanny4872]

Wow a very nice cleaning job. On the actual German helmet. 😂

[@bulliesboy]

Nicely done. It is so much better to try and retain the original if possible. Here is a tip for rust removal, 10:1 ratio of water and molasses, just let it soak for a week or so, it is gentle on the metal

[@loydevan1311]

Those knights from the middle ages would heat up their armor and helmets. They would liberally apply beeswax wax to the raw steel that acted as a preservative and make the surface slippery thus allowing glancing blows to not penetrate. Great video

[@PortmanRd]

I love watching your videos. Peaceful Quite and no one droning on. Keep up the good work.👍

[@tomcat2395]

Lovely job

[@myrestorations]

Great work 👏

[@starfish-tw9kr]

GREAT JOB. Greetings FROM GERMANY.

[@krugmeister7301]

INCREDIBLE HELMET..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗😑

[@wwiituberestoration1011]

Yeah. I'm surprised at the end result, too.

[@markpalmer9158]

Sergeant Schultz would be happy you found his helmet

[@user-sm1oi3jk9k]

Приветствую! Хороший результат!

[@ultrajd]

I don’t know exactly what year but I can tell you that it is a early war helmet due to the fact that the edge of the helmet is rolled over. By the later stage of the war of the helmets were just simply left rough cut around the edge.

[@georgenikolaev6784]

The video (14.40) shows a half of a personal medallion. Half means that the non-commissioned officer broke the medallion in half after the death of a soldier. He took half with him for reporting, and inserted the other half into the teeth of the deceased (the skull is the least susceptible to decomposition). Usually, when such medallions are found, it is customary to give them to German veteran organizations with an indication of the place of discovery, so that they inform their relatives that the place of death of their relative has been found. At least this is standard practice for historical search clubs.

[@thefreshprince8005]

Dam that’s a old as helmet good job bringing it back to life.

[@Ace-xe2uo]

Magnificent souvenir you restored impressive job restoring that piece of history.

[@richardkey4289]

I saw an old as helmet at an estate auction, almost this rusty , it had ss on one side, the other side was bare, it sold for $300. A plain iron cross went for $80

[@alexie832]

Hm

[@jerk5959]

As time goes this stuff gets harder to find.

[@billy_dingo7]

That's why I watch these shows. I have no idea what oxalic acid solution is except it cleans shit up nicely.

[@shurabalaganov2235]

Спасибо за видео 👍 Необычная форма реставрации, но интересная. Близость к оригиналу делает ценнее.

[@luizcarloscunha6121]

Fantastic restoration...

[@disastroustitanic8139]

That original decal is still there worth quite a bit of money.

[@mikeelder6298]

At the end of the war the Americans dynamited all the German bunkers so they couldn't regroup and keep the war going. In 1971 to 1973 my dad was stationed at Zweibrucken Air Station in Germany, and we went with him. As we were moving back to the U.S. a new bank was being built on base. While digging the foundation a previously unknown bunker was discovered. It was like a time capsule. German weapons and uniforms with skeletal remains were found. A particular helmet was found with a bullet hole and blood stains.

[@danielminor1693]

Cool story 👍

[@csababalo4118]

Thanks for this video! You are restoring beautifully! Congratulations! I have a question. What is the spray you use to brush down the sticker? Any fixer? Thank you in advance for your answer! Greetings: from Serbia.

[@marcelocarrico7255]

Ficou top demais 👏👏👏👏. Saudações do Brasil. From Brazil.

[@Lal-ocura]

Did you put the helmet in the oven to fully dry it of moisture it absorved after the last bath with oxalic acid?

[@JustaGuy1250]

what the actual fuck how are you so good at this!? you turn helmets that look unsaveable regarding rust thickness, into helmets that seem like they were only buried for a week

[@emilioalcazar4170]

Like magic..and the old veteran shine again..!

[@steellion1803]

Still has its paint, really shows you how over well made they are

[@pfdfdg]

Круто, я не думал, что получится столько краски вытянуть! 👍🏻

[@hawanlaydee7043]

I came here from tiktok and I'm so glad I did! 😊 this is the most soothing video I've ever seen 😍 Thank you

[@stanleyhornbeck1625]

Nice restoration work from a molecular standpoint, even though I find anything about Nazis to be distasteful!

[@vintagemachineworks]

Nice preservation

[@sgtainsley7214]

We are gaining knowledge

[@gwiyomikim5988]

Fine restoration through chemistry….and elbow grease.👍🏼

[@SomeRenoGuy]

Have you ever done a helmet that has paint covering the original paint and decals?

[@williamcherry3262]

Wow your end product looks like the beginning of other such projects on other restoration videos!

[@jonathanechols9985]

Achtung! Good morning to you too Shultz.

[@giovannimilano7764]

awesome job!!

[@shintokatana17]

You are amazing!

[@gungner6166]

Very well done! I,ve nerver restored a Helmer befor but havet restored a lot of bicycles etc and in the final stage when you used sandpapper i'd use Steel wool and solution, if You're ever going to reapply candlewax and want to remove the last bits of rust i highly suggest it, it can smear the paint tho bit so van sandpapper anyway, again, really Good job!

[@ivanodorbolo9838]

Hi, you did a fantastic job. There is a reason, because you colose on top, the box with water and oxalic? After oxalic, did you put the helmet in water + baking soda, or not? Thanks in advance. Ivano

[@Geneva-bm5ko]

Do you take project helmets from people and fix them up? Or do you only do personal restorations?

[@krb551]

Hello, really a very, very excellent job. I am also starting my restoration of my Luftwaffe helmets and wanted to ask if you can give me a tip which matt lacquer you use for the emblem? Manufacturer or something? Best regards from Germany :-)

[@lightfox11]

Uh oh... a proud german

[@rdred8693]

@@lightfox11 Nothing wrong with that.

[@andrewdonovan219]

that is extremely impressive work

[@petergriss6131]

Nice job, looks great

[@jeffburnham6611]

I would have thought the severity of the rust had compromised the integrity of the helmet to the point where it had become so brittle as to just fall apart. If only tat helmet could talk, I bet it would have quite the story to tell.

[@olivierquaderi8766]

Good job .Thanks

[@wwiituberestoration1011]

Thanks bro!

[@user-yg9py4tt3s]

Хорошая работа !

[@Blaze_1961]

Nice job conserving the item. I am glad to see it not restored.

[@brucey39]

That's a fairly decent result .

[@wow2]

Правильная реставрация.!

[@brydenb.1095]

Looks nice

[@andyandy4306]

Thanks for saving the history

[@ironmike5138]

Hello and congratulations on your fantastic work! Can I ask you what is the spray you sprayed in the lid to give it on the decal at minute 4.20 and what is the green liquid inside the long neck bottle at minute 5.40? Thank you, I would love to learn from your tricks thanks, a greeting. Mike

[@wwiituberestoration1011]

Hello. 4.20 - Matt lacquer 5.40 - Toilet cleanser with hydrochloric acid

[@ironmike5138]

@@wwiituberestoration1011 thank you so much!

[@dernettemann6325]

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