How to Polish Rusted Tools | Restore a 1950's Bergman Blue Bird Tin Snips

How to polish any antique tool with rust. A narrated restoration for Bergman Tool Manufacturing Co - Blue Bird line of tools. I break down the restoration with simple tips to help you restore the vintage Made in USA tools in your garage.

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My goal is to bring old, vintage American tools back to life. I hope to motivate, support and build a community of garage and restoration enthusiasts.

While this channel focuses on American-made tool restorations, the techniques can be used on any of your restoration projects. You will also see that my restorations are tools that I use around my shop. My passion developed over the years from being raised near the American automotive industry in Detroit, MI and Toledo, OH.

Thank you so much for your support in growing this channel to help more people restore their vintage tools!

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[zachtragni]

Favorite video yet. Very informational. Professional restoration. Great job

[mercoid]

It was nice to see how beautiful you made them. And good luck to anyone who chooses to take on a project like this. I hope they enjoy the process. As for me, that’s way too many hours to put into such a tool. I have these exact snips in roughly the same condition as you started with. I’ll remove the rust. Give them a light sanding, repaint and sharpen. It’s a tool. Keep it good condition, don’t mistreat it and use it to make things.

[stinlastout]

It's always a pleasure to get my hands on tools that are from the USA to restore and use here in the UK!

[mikebrock]

Nice to see a rusted tool returned to its former glory and put back to good use.

[kashmiriinventor]

Hatsoff for this restoration.. professional voice over

[fredwild]

A sandblaster and wire wheel will do a better job in a fraction of the time. The voice of experience. Thank you.

[DennisHicks]

One of the best description of the polishing process I've seen outside of professional jewellers classes I took in college.

One important factor you mentioned warrants further explanation.

Mentioning the importance of avoiding cross contamination of buffing wheels with different polishing compound is important. Explaining how to avoid that would be good additional information. The flipside I didn't hear mentioned if it was is to avoid cross contamination of the piece itself. This applies not polishing compounds, and sometimes to sanding paper as well.

We put our pieces into the ultrasound cleaning bath before going down to the next, finer polishing stage.

Even with sandpaper, it is important to assure no residual grit remains on the piece. (It is not always a problem with sandpaper, but important to be sure.)

If residual polishing compound, or grit shed from sandpaper remains on the piece, it can scratch the piece in a way that prevents that grit stage of polishing from success.

I don't imagine tool restoration usually involves ultrasound, so another cleaning method that is practical in the situation should be employed.

[restorationconstantines]

it looks like a fascinating journey into the past

[girosarnelli]

Good job!!!
Hello from the Dominican Republic...

[jamescox]

Just noticed the American made vise from your 1st video still looks great

[ivanstiles]

Those look great! Thanks for the sanding and polishing tip!

[jamescox]

Love this week's video learning more every week

[v-labrestore]

*you have revived it. That is very wonderful 👍👍👍*

[diyresttube]

thats require lots of lots of sanding...good job my friend.

[Urugami]

Great restoration. Would a nickel plating to prevent rust have been out of line for these?

[akafrosty]

Finally, someone that leaves all the original casting imperfections.

[TheDungeonCoach]

Love the audio in this restoration! Smoother than ever! Lookin SHARP (get it??)

[diygeneration]

*Great job! The scissors just sparkle! I love old tools too and sometimes make videos about them. ;-) I wish you more interesting projects!*

[sarabjorkgren]

I love the color choice! That turned out amazing!

[davidausterman]

Beautiful. How did the NOS snips compare? Probably not as shiny. I restored some rusty old Crescent USA 8 inch snips but not to this degree! Nothing beats old USA made tools.