1930's Dietz "Little Wizard" Lantern. Restoration.
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2019
- I found this old lantern a few weeks ago. The owner stated that it belonged to his Grandfather. The owner stated that he has never seen the lantern lit. He's had it out in the shed since his Grandfather passed away many years ago. I tried to revive some of the life that lantern had when it lit the way for his Grandfather.
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Very nice job and I love the color!
I just bought a blue little wizard with a red globe. Never fired.....bought it off an old Man here in P.A for twenty bucks after driving an hour. I got it home and the wick was in the SHINY bottom.....Boy it's so pretty😊 It was just lit for the first time,
Nice!
I've got one of those too. Red globe with the clear bottom. These were workhorse lanterns used by road construction crews to mark their position, and throw a little light downwards with the clear bottom.
Great work on lattern. cool to see it live again. Good choice of colors.
My grandpa collected kerosene lamps too. I cleaned them because they were also heavy smokers. I never did clean out the tank because at the time I didn't know how. Now I know you need a paint thinner to rinse the residue and sludge out. I think we saved the lamps when we sold their house. My grandparents have been gone since 2001.
Wow what a big difference looks amazing and the rain makes it that much more relaxing to watch
Amazing work I found 2 exact lamps in house ruins in Mexico working on restoring one because one of the base of one is completely rusted. Thank for the video !! Happy new year 🎊
GREAT job Rusty !! Looks like brand new, top to bottom. Glad to see you aren't afraid to fire it up !
Nice clean-up! I might have skipped the primer on the inner chimney and top cap and went straight to the hi-temp paint. I expect it will bubble with use, as the chimney and cap get pretty hot.
These lanterns were designed for clean white kerosene, with a flash-point of 125-150 degrees F (50-65C). Fuels with a lower flashpoint (naphtha, Coleman fuel, gasoline) will result in a runaway, where the heat of the flame vaporizes the fuel in the tank, resulting in a fireball. Make sure your friend knows this. Many barns have burnt down because of it.
Fuels that are thicker, with a higher flashpoint will clog the wick on lanterns with larger wicks. The "paraffin" lamp oil you used is really intended for indoors lamps with small wicks and has a flashpoint of over 210 F according to its MSDS. Before the limeys weigh in, paraffin in the US is different from parraffin across the pond in the UK, where it's just another name for white Kerosene.
Try again with clean white Kerosene. It will burn better and almost twice as bright, with far less soot.
www.lanternnet.com/faqs.htm
If white Kerosene in the US is equivalent to Paraffin in the UK, then what is the UK equivalent of US Paraffin?
@@Frankowillo Believe it of not... petroleum based candle wax.
These hurricane lanterns are designed to circulate fresh air through the tank to prevent the buildup of fuel vapors and the resulting explosion.
Kerosene stinks though...Paraffin doesn't. And I disagree with the less soot comment...a properly "tuned" lantern should make next to no soot at all. I have a Dietz #80 with a 7/8" wick that works just fine on paraffin. Maybe up here in Canada we have a different "paraffin" than the US?
Don't turn the wick up so high it smokes
Looking for inspiration to go fiddle with my old lanterns. Thanks, I'm on my way. A couple of tips if I may. One, grease the wick before inserting. I just pinch a dab of axle grease into the first inch or so. Two, paint. I've been using automotive engine enamel on mine with good results. No primer, just paint. A cool color to try is old Pontiac blue. Metallic powder blue.
Thanks for the tips! Good luck restoring yours!
Nice result ! I did a d lite about 2 years ago and a little wizzard one from the 30s one from 42 . I did a black d lite with white hand painted stamping looks like a jack daniels label . Really cool looking. The little wizzard i did in red with black hand painted stampings. Its looks cool too
Nice job, looks great! I just did a 1930 D-lite very similar, forest green and the semi gloss high heat paint….. turned out amazing!
I like all the sighs. Your funny. Great job.👍🏻
Rhianna DeLerres Frustration does seem to find its way into the audio. 😂
Very beautiful result, thank you for sharing your amazing story. God bless you and your family
At first I was like " that blue?" Then I was like wow I like that!!!
Very nice! Trim the wick and it will burn better. Great job as always!
I have 2 of these that are origonal blue paint from the 30s. One has a little rust with no wick while the other looks brand new.
Holy crap! I just bought the same antique piece for 20 bucks at Goodwill. It was like a beam of light waiting for me; however it’s really jacked up like this one is. I want to restore it and use it for outside at night.
Thanks for the video, i’ll Keep you updated to tell you how it went. I’d appreciate some pointers along the way.
cody minecrack Sweet! Be careful prying on it. The wick chamber gets stuck in the position it’s in. It was difficult to get mine out. It can easily crack the structure holding it in place. You’ll see when you get into it. Please keep me updated on your progress. Good luck! RS.
@@RustyShepherd Hello! Not sure how pertinent this post still is, however the lantern is restored. I used a solution of salt and vinegar in a bucket and soaked it to eat the rust off; Worked like a charm with hours of scrubbing of corse. I was so damn happy with it that I restored another right after that belongs to my own grandfather - he gave me to do the same, lol.
This one I painted a glossy silver and cobalt blue. My grandfather’s (which is a little giant) I painted an oil rubbed bronze color that’s deep. Bro, I’m going to outfit them with led lights that look like real flames are in them… they are going to look LIT! XD
Cheers-
Awesome brother! I would love to see them.
Nicely done 👍👍👍
Great job. Cool color.
A nice restoration. Only one thing wrong, you should have trimmed the wick correctly.
This came out great, love the blue, subscribed!
very nice
Just a request, install a light in the media blaster. Makes video much easier to see. Great effort and good work!
Very cool bro. good job
Little late but Trim the wick it will burn better, cleaner, brighter, just trim to match the burner head. Half moon shape.
I did just that, after another viewer told me the same. Thanks for watching!🙏🏻
love the color
You definitely need some of that MC-51 Rust Remover that the other CZcams restorers use :)
Sabır isteyen, güzel bir çalışmaydı. Tebrikler dostum.
Nice!
Very nice job on the resto, I kind of like them left crusty tho.
Me too. I own this exact lamp, it looked almost identical in shape. I cleaned it up just enough to remove all the rust and it still had original paint on it. Alot of it actually, and it really pops.
A question what good is the high heat paint if you didn't use high heat primer? just asking for a need to know good or bad. or an I don't know will all be accepted answers. or it was all I had mate get off my case lol
Can you expand on how that stove goes back into the top portion? Does the spring go inside the lip or outside? Do you push it up over the tabs at the top of the ring or does it sit below them
A good lantern to have around if the power goes out
i have a black one i got from a thrift store. it needs glass
is your split flame intended? You can get a brighter flame with less soot if you trim your wick .
nice work as always, tho I'm not sure about the blue, it's not a bad choice. A silverish galvanized look would have been my first choice for the tank and most of the parts. Black hi temp is the only choice for other parts. Back in the day they used plain old coal oil (kerosene), not ultra pure stuff, so it did not burn nice and clean like now. You can also use the same stuff you put in coleman lanterns and liquid gas stoves, the "white gas" they use. Or you can use lighter fluid but that's an expensive choice for a lamp. which takes a lot of it. Does give you a brighter flame though. This was actually a popular lantern back in the day, tho Dietz was the name in lanterns back then, they made many other models as well, but this one was hugely popular... I don't know why. Easy lighting and such I suppose. I don't recall why, but I researched this lamp a while back, don't recall all I found.
Dennis P. where do you get your stupid information? What the f do you know about it? Lighter fluid is great in wicked things, duh lighters have wicks, and no control at all. Many old coleman stoves and the like are not pressurized. Pressurized gas less dangerous, are you simply out of you mind or what? Kiss my foot.
Hello from Seattle! I just purchased a vintage Dietz red glass Police Lantern in which I would like to know it's date. POLICE is etched in the red glass and the only markings on it are on the bottom which reads "RE DIETZ COMPANY NEW YORK USA THE NUMBER 38 is also on the bottom. Thank you in advance! I love it!
I’d need to see a picture of it, but most Dietz lanterns are from the 30’s.
Thank you for your quick reply! How might I send it to you?
Lisa 11:11 rustyshepherdrestore@yahoo.com
I'm on it!
Hi bro 👋👋👋very good restoration lamp 👍👍👍and video cool 🤝🤝🤝
I am starting to do mine and the fuel cap keeps spinning!!! Help! Great work.
were you able to accurately date this lantern? It is not the earliest of the streamlined Dietz as it has a stepped fount and is not smooth as the first generation were. the age would be after 1937 I would guess not sure when though will see if I can find out and will post.
A friend who is a serious Dietz collector tells me your lantern would have been built some time between 1938 and the early 1940's and now it is good for another hundred years thanks to your hard work.
Nice clean up,but it will stink TF when in use.
How do I find out the worh of a Dietz Little Wizard. I have two I would like to sell?
Check current eBay listings under sold items.
If you have a blaster, use it the right way..then you don`t have to sand it afterwards..thats what a blaster is for.
Sanding smooths out what the blaster leaves behind.
@@RustyShepherd use the media blaster correctly and then fix any rust hole issues then primer and you smooth it out that way. But whatever, you do you.
Did you use walnut shell to blast with?
Aluminum oxide
Thanks for sharing it looks great. I have a question, why didn't the sand blaster remove all of the rust for you? I don't think I've ever seen a blaster not remove a high portion of rust.
Arizona74Frog It did remove all the rust. What was left was discolored metal from where the rust was. RS.
@@RustyShepherd what media did you use? Glass ? Walnut? Oxide? Thanks and nice restoration
What kind of paint did you use? I'm afraid of mine melting, I just used regular spray paint.
stektirade The black paint is high temp paint for painting BBQ’s and other things that get hot. The blue paint is regular paint. Those parts won’t get hot. RS
by the way I think the colour of the primer you used is excellent and I would like to paint a lantern that colour and top coat it with several coats o clear semigloss hi-ttemp paint.
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Dear Sir, Nice clean. Isn't the old good traditional restoration.
The blue is a terrible colour for a lantern!
Primeiro salve
There is nothing 'restored' about this. It was altered to a Disney or fantasy lantern. Cute, but not restored.
your wick looks terrible on first light
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You know, if you hold the button down the paint will continue to come out of the can. Reducing the chance of splotching leaveing a smooth finish on the surface. Also not huffing while do this implies you're enjoying making the video and you don't find it a chore to do. Just saying.
John Parisi I appreciate your advice. I will take it to heart. RS
The color sucks
I agree...HAHAHA!
Say you used Crylon paint. Is it matte black or glossy? it looks almost transparent
I used matte black. It’s the paint that is used for Bbq’s. Heat resistant.
@@RustyShepherd well, I'm also interested in what kind of primer you have for heat-resistant paint. did you use normal acrylic primer?
@@vovapantera1646 High heat primer from rust-oleum.