Candy Makers React to Candy Drop Roller Restoration!

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

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.

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.

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 !! 🍳

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

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

He’s sand blasting it. Uses high pressure and sand, it’s the same as sand paper essentially :)

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.

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.

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

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

its called sand blasting it takes the rust or paint off

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.

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.

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!

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. :) ❤

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

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

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.

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