100yrs old.. FML

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Nothing like spending a few weekends restoring 100yo hardware..

 

[Boatymcboatface]

You know the make things called gloves?

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

 

[Familyties]

You know the make things called gloves?

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[NicPaus]

Yeah . Your hands look a 100 years old! What you dunking them in!

 

[Gelcoater]

Fuck dude!

I don’t envy “the peel” your hands are going to be doing the next few days.

A dead guy floating a few days doesn’t look as bad as your fingers.Get some gloves, man!!

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

You know the make things called gloves?

I have never been able to work with gloves on. Especially when doing this, stripping, wire brush and finish with 1000 grit. The chems I'm using would probably melt latex/nitrile to my hands anyway.

I have never been accused of doing shit the "right way". But I have been accused of just getting shit done

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Yeah . Your hands look a 100 years old! What you dunking them in!

AirCraft stripper. Probably stuff you cant get in cali...

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Fuck dude!

I don’t envy “the peel” your hands are going to be doing the next few days.

A dead guy floating a few days doesn’t look as bad as your fingers.Get some gloves, man!!

They will be fine.. maybe remove some of the calluses

 

[zhandfull]

Nice job on clean up that hardware. Looks great.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

It is the "Old City Hall" my boss bought and I am turning it into a boutique motel. This is all the hardware for the windows and nobody would touch it. Well fuk, I'm dumb enough to say, "hell I can do it"

Our guys Rebuilding the fire escape..

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Fuck that shit.

Let’s go boating tomorrow afternoon. Supposedly going to be close to 80

 

[RiverDave]

Hardware came out good! Hands

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Had my buddy that does "dustless" blasting come strip the building..

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Exterior getting some paint.. and windows, that we had to rebuild going back in..

All done "in-house" with me as the fearless leader

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Smooth as my wives inner thigh now..

 

[monkeyswrench]

@JUSTWANNARACE , a trick I learned working on my brother's 100yo house with hardware that had been painted...a lot: thrift store crock pot on low, all the hardware you can fit, then fill with whatever cheap cola you can find. In 5-6 hours, all the paint and oxidation wipe off.

Really made me wonder about cola though

 

[TonyFanelli]

You know the make things called gloves?

Them's some P Diddy diddlers there!

 

[regor]

@JUSTWANNARACE , a trick I learned working on my brother's 100yo house with hardware that had been painted...a lot: thrift store crock pot on low, all the hardware you can fit, then fill with whatever cheap cola you can find. In 5-6 hours, all the paint and oxidation wipe off.

Really made me wonder about cola though

Used to clean my brass Ping irons with Coke, works wonders.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

@JUSTWANNARACE , a trick I learned working on my brother's 100yo house with hardware that had been painted...a lot: thrift store crock pot on low, all the hardware you can fit, then fill with whatever cheap cola you can find. In 5-6 hours, all the paint and oxidation wipe off.

Really made me wonder about cola though

I tried cola, but no dice(not in a "crockpot though"). Not sure if it's the lead paint or what but it took 2 days and still a ton of work. They have probably 5 layers of paint on them. This stuff I soak for 2-3hrs and spray it off with a hose. Clean up threads and and pins with a brass brush and hit the surfaces with some 1000g. Seems to be the quickest route for me.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Used to clean my brass Ping irons with Coke, works wonders.

Fuk, that had to get expensive I thought Coke was just a motivator to get you to clean your irons

 

[shintoooo]

Bruh

It’s like an old D.A.R.E. Commercial

This is your hand before acid

This is your hand after acid

Any questions?

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Bruh

It’s like an old D.A.R.E. Commercial

This is your hand before acid
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This is your hand after acid
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Any questions?

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the funny thing is that you have it backward. The wrinkly pic was first, the other pic is a few hours after when I went back out after letting shit soak. To start doing it again..

 

[2Driver]

Im gonna hurl.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Im gonna hurl.

Sorry you feel that way

 

[timstoy]

I think it’s great that you are restoring the original hardware! It will probably last another hundred years and is better quality than the Chinese crap everyone sells today!

 

[Sharky]

Nice work on the brass.

Hoping you & the crew wore masks/respirators doing the blasting & painting.


Doing great work is one thing. You got that handled. Killing your self slowly is another.

Take care of your self first so you can continue to do great work.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

I think it’s great that you are restoring the original hardware! It will probably last another hundred years and is better quality than the Chinese crap everyone sells today!

This is the main reasons I'm doing it. The hinges, They are all hand machined from solid brass, steel inserts for the hinge pins. Latches and latch hooks casted from brass. Each set individually #ed. Great hardware, that will never be created again. Honestly pretty fulfilling restoring shit that was going to end up in a landfill..

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Nice work on the brass.

Hoping you & the crew wore masks/respirators doing the blasting & painting.


Doing great work is one thing. You got that handled. Killing your self slowly is another.

Take care of your self first so you can continue to do great work.

My whole crew is "lead certified".. I'm the only idiot that doesn't worry about that stuff. But I require them to be legit and respirator up, tyvek suits, ect, when necessary.

Ohh and my dustless blasting guy, but he says "it's all good" the water shields the lead

 

[spectra3279]

In the navy we cleaned all the brass work with kool-aid would take off paint also

 

[sprintcvx]

I remember when the concrete guys would spray coke on a fresh pour to expose the aggragate in the driveway or walks. This job in Salem?

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

These windows were all block filled with CMU. Knocked out the CMU and found they still had the old windows..

Well hell let's restore those too. Have to build a complete one because it was removed to put in a door at some point. Door is gone so framed it in to install the original style window we are building.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

I remember when the concrete guys would spray coke on a fresh pour to expose the aggragate in the driveway or walks. This job in Salem?

Old City Hall in Albany

I'll get some pics of all the jail cells and other crap.. we will be utilizing those as lounge areas and wine cellers

 

[NicPaus]

What's the budget on the restoration?

Looks great hopefully it's profitable in the long run.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Upper roof was shot, reframed/repaired 2 layers of 3/4 PT plywood installed and new PVC roof..

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

What's the budget on the restoration?

Looks great hopefully it's profitable in the long run.

The budget? It's a cash burn investment off his other properties. We are doing the majority "in-house" little subs as possible. My goal it to keep it around $4m. As we are putting in an elevator and alot of fancy stuff. if it doesnt work as a boutique Hotel it will just be swapped to apartments.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Upper roof was shot, reframed/repaired 2 layers of 3/4 PT plywood installed and new PVC roof..

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The T&G that we didnt pull was still in good shape. But we overlayed the whole roof, after fixing the rot, with PT plywood.

 

[Melloyellovector]

If I was ever body swapped w a female for a day, this is exactly how my hands would look

 

[4Waters]

Smooth as my wives inner thigh now..

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Gonna need a pic of inner thighs for comparison

 

[n2otoofast4u]

Gonna need a pic of inner thighs for comparison

PM me for the good pics. She doesn’t share with him, only me.

 

[Mandelon]

Will you apply a clear coat to the brass to keep it shiny for a while? Or is the natural patina gonna be the plan?

 

[ChumpChange]

I keep my hands “ribbed” for her pleasure.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Will you apply a clear coat to the brass to keep it shiny for a while? Or is the natural patina gonna be the plan?

No clear coat. Just wiped down with Never Dull as they get installed.

 

[rivermobster]

I have never been able to work with gloves on. Especially when doing this, stripping, wire brush and finish with 1000 grit. The chems I'm using would probably melt latex/nitrile to my hands anyway.

I have never been accused of doing shit the "right way". But I have been accused of just getting shit done

When I first started using them, it was a Royal pain in the azz!!! Hated it, but eventually, I got Real used to wearing them.

It's nice to be finished with a dirty job, and not have to go wash your hands just to write something down.

Some jobs go a lot quicker, once you Force yourself to get used to em.

Building looks amazing. Nice work!

 

[Willie B]

… looks like your restoration job is going to turn out simply amazing… This is how it was in a late 60s …anybody that could take on the restoration of an old house even if it was a rental went for it… This kind of deal was just how it was back in the hippie era

 

[rrrr]

PM me for the good pics. She doesn’t share with him, only me.

I'm dyin' laughing.



@JUSTWANNARACE

Your project is one of those that comes along once or twice in a career. The satisfaction of restoring that building to its former glory will stay with you forever.

Thanks for sharing the journey.

 

[Kachina26]

Took me a bit to realize the thread title wasn’t referring to your hands.

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Some more of the window restoration.

Exterior paint almost done

 

[JUSTWANNARACE]

Most Federal Buildings have a "cornerstone" which is normally one of the first blocks layed. Removed some bushes to do the paint and found the "cornerstone". Pretty cool!

 

[TonyFanelli]

Some more of the window restoration.

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Exterior paint almost done
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Damn, you don't mess around do ya! Looking good!