Rusty Vintage Hair Dryer Restoration
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2019
- Its a change of pace from the tool restorations but it was a very cool project! One shocking discovery was the lack of earth on a metal appliance that would be used by a person covered in water.
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Noice! Also, tip for cloth covered wire or hose: You can buy flat shoelaces and cut the ends off and slide the wire or tubing through them.
+Hand Tool Rescue Nice tip!
Another alternative: gutted paracord. It comes in various gauges and endless colors.
The asbestos element mandrel places the dryer before 1970. The two-prong plug dates the device to before 1969. A non-polarized ac plug dates it back before 1962. And the wooden handle suggests that it may have been made prior to WW II. Regardless of vintage, however, the aqua and white paint scheme well suits it. Thank you for sharing.
+Dan Kolar Thanks for the info Dan!
Something about your comment still confuses me though. The motor appeared brushless to me, and to my knowledge, brushless technology didn't kick off until much later than 1970. Is that true, or do I have my history wrong?
Also - the sheet metal construction (Rather than cast) definitely seems more 70s or 80s to me. Unless it was just a super cheap hair dryer in its time. What do you think?
Accalia Murray Music I bow to your superior knowledge. Nevertheless, I suggest that other motor types might be similar in appearance.
Accalia Murray Music definitely not, hairdryers since the 50s and 60s used Bakelite and in the 70s and 80s plastic , even the cheap ones. The one show is most likely 30s or 40s
Good video. It is rare to see a hair dryer made entirely of metal. Not only because it involves a risk when in contact with wet hair, but because I imagine that the entire device would get very hot! The device was very beautiful.
When I saw the holes in the table, all I could think of was how many times I have had small parts fall through something like that and how much time I have spent looking for them.
Thanks for sharing this video of that cool hair dryer.
Love the channel and the Sea Foam Green paint! Yours and Hand Tool Rescue and the best at restoring all things properly! Looking forward to your next restoration video!
Love to see some of this older stuff restored. It was made in a time that things were made to be repaired if needed and not thrown away.
Absolutely LOVE the color. And it works! Great job!
Awesome video. I think it's great that you can bring old stuff back to life again.
It's great to see you bring these pieces of history back to life. Thanks for sharing!
All shiny and new and gorgeous
Love the paint choice!
Awesome restoration
Just amazed at the quality of work ...
Justin! The Best of the Land! Thanks for sharing. I really like your paint choice.
Great job and good choice of colours!
Can’t believe that wooden handle is still in such good condition.
It's beautiful and you did an amazing job on the restoration.
Brilliant work again!!! I just can't get enough of your restoration vids mate keep it up 👍🏻
Love the color combination looks amazing Justin
Once again I have to comment about the back ground sounds, it just adds so much to your videos. Great video, thanks
Awesome ... it looks brand new ... good Job 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽🤙🏽
I recently picked up a 1940s skilsaw model 77 and it worked but needed work. I took it apart digging out a ton of old packed saw dust that just never ended I finally put it in my sink sprayed it all down with gunk engine degreaser and that stuff did wonders on it. I reassembled it and it ran great. I gave it to my dad who has a bad right hand. Now I'm looking for another one.
+Allen McKinney You can't beat an old skilsaw
good save at the end 👍
That’s a first rate restoration. It looks really nice.
Excellent job! and some great closeups...
Justin, that was a good choice in colors. Fits the age period! Good job!
Justin you did an awesome job!! excellent inside project for these past few frigid Texas days
Good hands...doing good work. Justin My hat is off you you brother.
Killer work by the way my friend!
So thats what that was... EDIT - Dig these style videos, its like ASMR for dudes. Almost had a nap : ]
Neat find and great resto!
briliant ! it would have also been nice if you made a quick demonstration of its power...by blowing the candle for example:D
Very cool.
This is the dominion smoothaire hair dryer, very rare!!! Dates back from the early 20’s, like another person said.
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Very cool
Nice job
Well done...
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
The Dominion hair dryers that I used to repair when I was a kid in high school were a light green in color. It seemed that most of the neighbor women in my little town really liked the brand, as they were recommended by the two ladies in town who did hair. Nice simple machines.
Awsome!
Long before double insulated appliances,I.e. plastic frames. Reminds me of my aunt in the 70s,she used one of these,by Sunbeam,iirc,and it would occasionally knock the stew out of her,causing her to chunk it across the room...
Love that Hawaiian blue paint!
Cool video
Nicely done, never saw a hair dryer like that, and yea no ground and a wet body are a bad combo, still a beautiful restoration!
Nice work! Thank you for putting a cloth cord on it. I was hoping you'd do that when you were taking it apart!
At first I thought it’s just a fricken hair drier.
Next thing your putting it on the window ledge.
Great restore Justin and the colors you chose are perfect for it.
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This is a cool project that makes things hot.
The colors scheme is great and it reminds me of a 1960's hair dresser salons I have seen in movies.
I would add a grounded wire just to be on the safe side.
Also I would add heat shrink on the entire wires inside, I did that to a B&D drill I restored, to help keep those vintage wires intact, (can see on My Channel)
Great Job Thanks for Sharing
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That was the original plan. I bought a vintage woven cord with a ground but just couldn't bring myself to installing it. I am the only person that would ever plug it in and wanted to keep it somewhat period correct because it is a part of the museum collection. Now I gotta get over to your channel and check out you vid! Thanks brother!
@@TheGoodoftheLand Thank you... Appreciate it very much..
Nice job, Justin....and I love the colors you chose! LOL I realize that you were trying to do a restoration, but I would most definitely have modified it to add a ground wire and 3-prong plug, just to be safe. The horror stories you hear about electrocutions are often because of appliances just like this one. Ground to anywhere on the metal body of the dryer. There are companies that specialize in resto parts and wire for old lamps, and they would have something that would allow grounding without it looking too obviously new. Fun video, though. Thanks! :-)
I second this. I restore vintage sewing machines, and an earth is always a safe bet to add.
better than what you buy to day
Lovely restoration, I wonder how many modern hair dryers will last as well as this old beauty.
Hi Justin...
You've made a lovely looking job of that...but two things:
1) I may have re-varnished them field windings
2) please put a 3 core flex on it... 😊
Do You know what that type of varnish is called?
(I wonder because i hawe some old things i wish to fix up)
Just like the pioneers used back in covered wagon days.
love that color ...cool vid..love seeing tools but this was a familiar item that was interesting to see as well..if only it could talk lmao
Man just think about all the burning hair that thing has produced in it's lifetime lol😂😂
new hair dryer for amy lol love your channel I tell everyone about ya
real nice, would of like to seen new wires added though.
That is one very cool hair dryer. How old is it? You do very good work on everything you touch. :)
Found my wife one of those about 20 yrs. ago at a flea market she is a beautician and displays it in her shop.
Can i perhaps buy that for my grandma? Well if i do buy that i wish it wouldn't go out of my budget ehhehehe nice job tho color combo is spectacular
Great work!!!
Do you have to use a High heat paint with something that can get that hot?
Great job on the hair dryer, I bet the lack of a ground (earth) wire was back in the day people were smart enough not to try to use a hair dryer in the shower. LOL
I like
It's funny how today's hair dryers are 1000 to 1500 watts...this one was 330 watts and heated up just fine!
What solvent are you using in the partswasher? Love the work you do!
How old was that thing?? Couldn’t believe how advanced it was on that motor! That thing was surely top of the line at some point and probably expensive for the time
A wooden handle, there's your shock protection! ;) (not really though) Certainly shows the age! Nice metal construction, switches you can actually work on! (reminds me of this antique heater I have, had to rebuild/grease the thermostat after it seized, well designed for being worked on! The heating element is close kin to those found on electric stove-tops, which was invented by this guy (can't recall enough to look him up) that later created the company that sold my heater. It's a nice green hammertone finish and the thermostat is a proper copper-tubing one, not the cheap bi-metal ones you see in space heaters now, though this old thermostat is possibly mercury-filled...) Oh I like the turquoise! Nice simple motors, easily cleaned and lubed for many more years of service! (unless the oil-felts have been worn away after the brass bearing seized to the shaft due to lack of maintenance, have a couple motors that need a bit of love with that, just have to find a good dense felt for it) Suppose those are asbestos-covered wires? My old heater has an asbestos pad where one end of the element is clamped down, not sure what I can replace it with. Huh, that's an interesting design, the switch being between the two portions of the motor like that.
Sure turned out a beauty!
I would have thought this would be Zinc plated
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I bet it didn't look that smart when it was first sold, nice job.
Looks great, the wiring for the heater needs to be replaced, that's probably the worst insulation I've ever seen. Heat shrink is meant to be heated up once, having it that close to the heating element will melt it, there should also be heat shielding on the wires.
Lack of earth wire? Did you mean grounding wire? What made you pick those colors? They look good , kinda reminds me of the 2 tone appliances of the 60s.
Can I come work for you? I enjoy restoring antique tractors. You do good work.
I'd be more worried about the asbestos than the lead in the paint.
Hand forging sounds on anvil in background ; i don't know why, but are tranquilizing.
That was an absolute stunning restoration but how comes there wasn't an earth wire? Could you shed some light on this?
because back then women folk could take a good jolt.....sometimes they did it on purpose
What year is the hair dryer?
I kind of miss the look of the old plug. Safety is for sissies! Lol
i have a few plugs like those on radios and such, they are actually designed so you cannot easily touch the front
An interesting restoration video. You usually restore "manly" things so this is a change.
Now, the question on everyone's mind, are you going to hook it to an antique riveter's forge, and run it as a blower?
+TrollForge / TrollFarm Ha! It does match my Alcosa.
I hope you were careful with the filament support and the wires coming from it, could be asbestos
Curious how much of cleaning that motor was CRC and how much sweat with a brush was involved? I don't do restorations, but a lot of general electronics and I'll tell anybody the fan motor is always totally nasty. Dust, Oil, and lots of nooks and crannies. By the way, you seem to be the only creator with any kind of clue how to solder - Kudos!
+Brian Alexander I'm working on an old Ge. It's very dirty inside and the smartwasher will do an amazing job on the cleanup but I'm concerned that it will remove the coating from the station. I have had it remove paint in the past. What are your thoughts? As for brushing, it takes none. If you use the brush it makes it faster but is not necessary. I have never seen anything else like this washer befor.
My experience with magnet wire is that some is lacquer coated for insulation and more modern high temp stuff is enameled... the enamel might hold up better than lacquer, but I wouldn't chance it on an irreplaceable vintage motor. They can be rewound, but that's an expensive and time consuming outsourced project.
@@Only1Shadow Thanks. It certainly makes me nervous when dealing with irreplaceable components.
I've seen plenty of parts washers and that one seems like good hardware considering they don't make metal out of metal anymore, but that wash solution is downright amazing.
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Is there like a background noise ???? :-D
I saw the entire testosterone to find out what was that. I think looks better than new.
Was hoping for a shower scene, a little disappointed. Nice restoration though!
+Goose Gosselin Shower scene is live on Instagram!
Very cool.
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