Laser stripping a Lada shell (and weighing it before and after)
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Published 2024-07-23
How much paint, sound deadening, sealer and... Rust will come off of it?
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All Comments (21)
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666 kgs the Lada from hell 😂
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This channel never runs out of crazy ideas.
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a Nascar team owner way back in the 60s once repeatedly acid dipped a car chassis to cut over 100 lbs, dude is responsible for quite a few of the entries in the rule book
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You guys have the answer to all the questions I had since I'm 10
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The germans noticed this same thing in the old days as the old Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union race cars were called the silver arrows as the bodies of the cars were polished bare aluminium. Weight reduction by removal of paint.
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I'm stunned that they lifted the Lada by it's roof 😅 and it didn't snap! I knew Ladas are tough but this is amazing 👍
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Well, it was a combination of rust, dirt, grease, sound deadening, and paint. just removing sound deadening would have been at least half the weight I would reckon; as I've stripped a car's interior before and learned just how much everything weighed.
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Polish the bare metal now and then clear coat it so it keeps that look without the chance of rusting. Will look very cool. Nice work guys. Love this channel.
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6:35 - What's that goof doing in the background? 😂
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I like how they are inhaling the fumes
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This is low key my favorite channel because of all the crazy curious things they do. They do cool stuff ive wondered about. Crazy thing is, it’s a Russian channel. Love them though and love the content.
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6:36 he found the secret bucket.
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Take the shell and soak it in salt water for a year. Probably be a big difference with the metal having no protection on it over the other car you put in salt water. Thanks for the videos!! Always enjoy watching them!
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If you let the body panels develop “sugar rust” like that, and then immerse it in boiling water for an hour or so, it’ll convert to the black iron oxide, which is commonly called “bluing” on firearms. It’s a stable protective coating that doesn’t add any mass like paint.
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I've been wanting to know how these lasers go on rusty metal for SO LONG! Thanks for this video guys!!!! It's actually good that it burns away thin areas so you can see what really needs to be replaced.
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Also a big benefit, there is no dust from sanding down paint. Nice laser 👍🏻
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Probably the best use case i have seen of one of these. Probably way more expensive in labour and running costs than an acid dip or sandblast though. But significantly less space required and less messy. Small car restoration businesses would benefit from it.
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Lol. No mask, breathing in that sweet sweet microscopic paint, rust, and metal. Good stuff.
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Do a full clearcoat! Yeah!
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Within seconds of putting the laser to work, I had to boot up Powerwash Simulator.
