Full Restoration of a Large and Very Rusty toy excavator. I was Amazed by the Result!!!

For me it was difficult! Indeed, the restoration of this toy took me more than two weeks! Difficulties began already with the electrolysis process. In a common electrolysis bath, some parts did not want to give in to electrolysis, the current simply flowed through those parts where the resistance was less. Therefore, I had to clean individual parts from rust using electrolysis one at a time (I’ll tell you a secret, this didn’t make it into the video, but I lost my nerve and I bought myself a sandblasting chamber, I will definitely show it in the next video). After electrolysis, there was a long process of manual cleaning of rust residues using a small metal brush. Next came the spackling process. I did it for the first time. When you watch this process from the guys on other channels, everything seems so simple and fast, but in reality everything is not at all like that. Firstly, the putty, when mixed with a hardener, turns into a stone after 4-5 minutes. And I had to do a hundred small batches in order to have time to apply all the putty. Secondly, if you put putty on the part a little more than required, then it will take much more time to polish all the excess. Thirdly, a thicker layer of putty does not guarantee that this putty will not shrink when cured. And in any case, you will have to apply the putty again. At the beginning of the work, I was full of enthusiasm, and I was sure that I could handle sanding by hand (how wrong I was!). MANUAL GRINDING OF PUTTY IS A REAL...