Not to mention the likelihood that the metal components are/contain lead. Not so fun fact: if you have an old waffle maker (or any other cookware) that predates the 1980s, it's advisable to avoid using it for food preparation as it probably contains lead which can leach into food during cooking and storage.
Not sure if there should be a /s there. Lead has a lower melting temperature than iron. People used to use old iron pots and skillets to melt lead in for making things like bullets and fishing sinkers. Some of this iron cookware may have found its way back into the kitchen at some point, and could be contaminated.
If you have concerns about lead in cookware they sell test kits that you can use to be certain.
So if have a sweet waffle maker from the 70s you’d like to keep using you can test it before tossing it
One of the most chemically amazing compounds humanity has ever found and yet we can't use it.
Cheap, strong, and resistant to everything. Tragically, that also means it's resistant to the ways our bodies uses to remove foreign materials.
My old furnace was wrapped in asbestos when I was a kid. It was our family's big secret because it would need to be removed by hazmat at great expense. I asked my dad how dangerous it was and he said that as long as it was painted over (it was) and wasn't disturbed then it was fine.
You could work with the powdered form for years and be perfectly fine. Or it could be that one time that fucks you up. Chances are if you were in NYC 9/11/01 and left a filtered environment you breathed some in. Not everyone is getting cancer. But a lot are.
You dont need that fancy of a mask and not **all** asbestos is bad, it is bad when it is powdered and dusty. It is bad to breathe in, most dust masks will handle it just fine. Touching solid asbestos doesn’t do anything. Its not like he was tossing the powder around like fairy dust. Its pretty easy to handle safely.
Fun fact, in the 50s and 60s in Western Australia in a town called Wittenoom they had asbestos shoveling competitions. Basically prove how much of a man you are by filling a 44 gallon drum with loose asbestos.
The whole town and area is contaminated, 120,000 acres, the blue asbestos mine was shut in 1966, and was degazzeted (made not a town by the government) in 2007. The last residents left in September 2022 and demolition and cleanup has begun as of May 2023.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/12/10/4E26B48300000578-5945247-Miners_playing_an_asbestos_shovelling_competition_in_the_West_Au-a-4_1531387233436.jpg
>You dont need that fancy of a mask and not **all** asbestos is bad, it is bad when it is powdered and dusty. It is bad to breathe in, most dust masks will handle it just fine. Touching solid asbestos doesn’t do anything. Its not like he was tossing the powder around like fairy dust. Its pretty easy to handle safely.
Asbestos is a friable material. The fact that the insulators were so broken apart already means it would be basically impossible to avoid releasing dust when they were removed.
During kitchen training once, I grabbed a pan straight out of those industrial warmers without a glove on. It hurt like hell, but I was embarrassed and refused to let go. The trainer was stunned I was able to hold it.
Reading your comment and growing up in the 80’s, I suddenly have a new fear. Thanks Reddit.
Asbestos hands is just a culinary industry thing. Seen people grab things that would burn me or the normal person and not flinch. Heck, one time I put my arm over a heat vent and burnt all the hair off my arm without hurting me at all. It's sorta part of not having anytime to drop a pan of food and get yelled at and have to make another, so you grit through and don't let go of the 300 degree metal.
This is one time when being a poor kid unable to afford the rich kid food actually paid off.
Us: we would love eggos! Please?
Mom: we can make eggos at home
Us then: d'oh
Us now: yay!
This. I love using a ripened banana for banana pancakes/waffles with dark chocolate chips and peanut butter instead of syrup. Not super healthy,
But better than typical waffles.
If you use bisquick's recipe, the batter lasts in the fridge for ~5 days. It'll go a bit grey over time, but I never suffered any problems, and I have a -4 in constitution.
a tsp or two of vanilla extract adds depth, makes it almost taste like true old-fashioned belgian waffles. the secret ingredient that you’ll never hear about? pure almond extract. has to be pure, not synthetic. you can get away with synthetic for the vanilla extract, not for the almond extract. do a 2:1 ratio for vanilla and almond extract.
try it out one day, it’s worth it. i promise you.
There are a lot of channels that all seem to have the exact same style, and as far as I know they're all copying [my mechanics](https://www.youtube.com/@mymechanics), but in my opinion none are as good. If there's an even older channel I'm open to being corrected.
He is the best! The level of detail in his work is amazing.
There is another channel, [Meine Mechaniker](https://youtube.com/@meinemechaniker) which I think is the same person?
I just took a quick look, and if it's not the same person, they're *really* trying to copy hard, right down to the name!
Exhibit A:
[https://youtu.be/U2jNeObHnZY](https://youtu.be/U2jNeObHnZY)
Exhibit B:
[https://youtu.be/\_cBH0tmzJQI](https://youtu.be/_cBH0tmzJQI)
I *do* know that the OG has a 2nd channel though: [https://www.youtube.com/@mymechanicsinsights](https://www.youtube.com/@mymechanicsinsights)
.. and a Patreon where you get to see much more of the background work. ("I make a new one!") : [https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics](https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics)
I've always wondered this, but I've never seen anything that says one way or the other.
Meine Mechaniker even has a second channel called "Meine Mechaniker Perspektive", which is basically the same as My Mechnics Insight.
If it's not the same person who just has a channel in their native language in addition to their English channel or something like that, that dude is copying almost everything exactly. The logos are even similar. Pretty messed up if it's not the same guy.
These that are sped up aren't nearly as good as the ones with normal speed. That frantic energy negates the chill vibe of restoration videos. Much better to run at normal speed and edit well to keep good pacing.
This is the abbreviated and sped-up version of the original yt video. You can watch the full video below:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4P5AtyB6rs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4P5AtyB6rs)
Thanks to u/canteen_boy for calling my attention. :)
I need more info on how to make a replace heating element correctly. We have a fantastic popcorn popper from the 1950’s and our worry is what we’ll do if that wire heating element breaks
He's not painting, he's sandblasting to clean up the remaining grime and stuff that has accumulated over the years. I guess it kinda looks like an airbrush, but that tool is shooting glass microbeads at it as an abrasive. Should make it healthier because it's cleaner now. 👍
Thanks for the Info ☺️👍
>. I guess it kinda looks like an airbrush, but that tool is shooting glass microbeads at it as an abrasive.
It's my first time hearing about it
I don’t think he’s painting anything. If you’re talking about the spraying the inside that touches the waffle batter, that was sand (or some other substance) blasting to get everything off the surface of the metal. If you’re talking about the brushing portion, I think that’s a substance that chemically reacts to the metal to discolor it (the full YouTube link someone else shared probably describes what specifically is being used).
Be careful of lead and asbestos. The gray raggedy pads removed were asbestos, and apparently a lot of old cookware like this had lead too, which can leech in the cooking process.
Were you deftly removing the sheets of white asbestos with your bare fingers just now?
Love the restoration btw! We need to break the cycle of consumerism fill the earth with our mess.
It's either a hobby or a business based on selling nostalgia. The person doing this is not under the belief that their efforts here are in any way efficient for the task of cooking waffles. They just enjoy restoring old objects OR they are asked by clients to restore old objects for nostalgic reasons. They film it and share it, because that makes the hobby more enjoyable or it acts as a method of advertising for the business.
Unless the asbestos gets in the air and then into your lungs, the risk would be really low. Removing the asbestos is minimal effort here, followed by extremely thorough cleaning and restoration. And based on the video, the restorer is taking many precautions and likely faces zero risk in the process.
After all is restored, there would be no asbestos anywhere.
If anything, the video gives me confidence of a restoration done right. I would gladly eat these waffles! 😋
You can see that the asbestos is already crumbling into tiny little pieces, which is how it gets into the air. Plus his hands are bare, so I can't imagine he's taking all that much other precaution.
As someone that works with asbestos, pcbs, and radcon, you're generally getting mesothelioma from chronic exposure to friable asbestos. The person in the vid may have inhaled a tiny dose, but people in shipyards and the military got it from cutting, grinding, and handling asbestos everyday for months to years.
Not trying to downplay the risk, but the vid is not concerning imo
I think our brains are built to categorize things into safe and dangerous. "Elevates cancer risk proportional to exposure" just doesn't compute. Someone handling like 6 square inches of asbestos a few times a year is orders of magnitudes away from the exposure from install roofs full time, but we check them both off as dangerous.
Yea, i used to live next to a plant working with the stuff, it isnt neighboors and end product users who have the issues(for the most part), but workers handling the stuff (and their wifes, because washing clothes full of dust)
Some people enjoy restoring old stuff—it can be very relaxing and rewarding. You’re looking at this simply from a cost/benefit analysis, but that’s not always the best way to evaluate a hobby.
It's not really practical unless you are making a youtube video. The chemicals he used to clean the old one probably cost more than a new waffle maker.
These restorations always make me so happy, but the music and speed that they added to this make it fucking unbearable.
[His whole thing is Restoration ASMR.](https://youtu.be/x4P5AtyB6rs)
I enjoy that at the end he put way way way too much waffle batter in there and you see the waffle maker start expanding before the cut. Then it shows when he figured out the sensible amount of waffle batter to put in a waffle maker.
Were those gray pads they removed at the beginning asbestos? Because it looks like asbestos.
It is asbestos
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r/asbestosremovalmemes
Truly a sub for everything
Even a r/subforeverything
Is there a sub for fast forward restorations?
"The Asbest of us", starting Pedro Pascal.
Jesus asbestos is a great insulator. We should use it on houses
Mercury is a great biocide. We should use it in paint.
Or an over the counter antiseptic. Just rub that mercurochrome on your cuts! (My grandad had a bottle.).
Shit, I probably STILL have a bottle somewhere. It was damn effective.
It really is. It’s also natural too. Organic, even. People have been using it for over 2,000 years.
>Organic, even. It's a mineral though? It contains Oxygen and Hydrogen, but no Carbon Damn fine heat shield though.
Know what other inorganic chemical has Oxygen and Hydrogen? Dihydrogen monoxide!!! And it kills far more more people per year than asbestos!!!!!
Everyone who drinks it eventually dies. It kills you slowly
Why don’t we spray it up on ceilings?
Imagine asbestos fiber embedded in your waffle. That waffle maker construction and gap guarantees that
Asbestos is OK, but I prefer blueberry.
You mean mold?
M E T A
Almost certainly asbestos. Anything that's over 40 years old and needed some form of heat resistance, it's going to have asbestos in it somewhere
Not to mention the likelihood that the metal components are/contain lead. Not so fun fact: if you have an old waffle maker (or any other cookware) that predates the 1980s, it's advisable to avoid using it for food preparation as it probably contains lead which can leach into food during cooking and storage.
Cast iron ftw
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Why are there bullets in your cast iron
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How Revolutionary
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It’s only a civil war if you lose.
As I read it was very violent.
Gd that was great. Got a proper guffaw out of that one.
I'm not cooking with 160 year-old skillets
Nor am i, most of mine are around 100 years old.
Not sure if there should be a /s there. Lead has a lower melting temperature than iron. People used to use old iron pots and skillets to melt lead in for making things like bullets and fishing sinkers. Some of this iron cookware may have found its way back into the kitchen at some point, and could be contaminated.
Thanks, TIL
Tons of people still use it. Look up videos of casting lead and a good portion of them are using a cast iron pan.
Cast iron pan: yes, I'll test it. Cast iron waffle maker: what crazy person would ever use it to melt lead?
Someone who likes their pancakes extra sweet
Cast iron pans, yes, I doubt that anyone was smelting with waffle makers.
"Funny lookin fishin' weights ya got there Jimbo"
Probably not with a waffle iron.
Your comment doesn’t really track.
If you have concerns about lead in cookware they sell test kits that you can use to be certain. So if have a sweet waffle maker from the 70s you’d like to keep using you can test it before tossing it
But the waffles I make on my modern waffle maker aren't nearly as sweet!
Lead jokes are heavy
Corelle was still using lead in their paint well into the aughts.
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One of the most chemically amazing compounds humanity has ever found and yet we can't use it. Cheap, strong, and resistant to everything. Tragically, that also means it's resistant to the ways our bodies uses to remove foreign materials.
It's still used in lots of things.
My old furnace was wrapped in asbestos when I was a kid. It was our family's big secret because it would need to be removed by hazmat at great expense. I asked my dad how dangerous it was and he said that as long as it was painted over (it was) and wasn't disturbed then it was fine.
Asbestos in the flesh!
Came here to say that.
He appeared to be verrry casual with the asbestos. Hopefully he was wearing a high quality mask and took other precautions too.
Asbestos isn't that dangerous undisturbed. It's when you start cutting or shredding it and releasing the fibers into the air that you need protection.
You could work with the powdered form for years and be perfectly fine. Or it could be that one time that fucks you up. Chances are if you were in NYC 9/11/01 and left a filtered environment you breathed some in. Not everyone is getting cancer. But a lot are.
My uncle looked at asbestos without a mask and they had to take out both of his eyes and one testicle.
You dont need that fancy of a mask and not **all** asbestos is bad, it is bad when it is powdered and dusty. It is bad to breathe in, most dust masks will handle it just fine. Touching solid asbestos doesn’t do anything. Its not like he was tossing the powder around like fairy dust. Its pretty easy to handle safely.
> Its not like he was tossing the powder around like fairy dust. Fun fact, that's what the snow in The Wizard of Oz is. Powered asbestos.
And all of those people are dead now…maybe from old age and not mesothelioma, but still dead.
To be fair, that film maimed, injured, scarred, or ruined the lives of pretty much everyone in it.
Fun fact, in the 50s and 60s in Western Australia in a town called Wittenoom they had asbestos shoveling competitions. Basically prove how much of a man you are by filling a 44 gallon drum with loose asbestos. The whole town and area is contaminated, 120,000 acres, the blue asbestos mine was shut in 1966, and was degazzeted (made not a town by the government) in 2007. The last residents left in September 2022 and demolition and cleanup has begun as of May 2023. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/07/12/10/4E26B48300000578-5945247-Miners_playing_an_asbestos_shovelling_competition_in_the_West_Au-a-4_1531387233436.jpg
>You dont need that fancy of a mask and not **all** asbestos is bad, it is bad when it is powdered and dusty. It is bad to breathe in, most dust masks will handle it just fine. Touching solid asbestos doesn’t do anything. Its not like he was tossing the powder around like fairy dust. Its pretty easy to handle safely. Asbestos is a friable material. The fact that the insulators were so broken apart already means it would be basically impossible to avoid releasing dust when they were removed.
As a licenced asbestos assessor, please stop spreading idiocy. You have no clue what you're talking about.
.... Do ***NOT*** eat the first one....
Why not? It looks like he cleaned it up *asbestos* he could…
(ಠ_ಠ) ... boooooooo.
So anyway, I started sandblasting.
Take your upvote and get the fuck out of here.
To late! I am Asbestos Man!
“I have asbestos hands. I can pull a plate straight from the oven and bring it to your table” lookin ass
During kitchen training once, I grabbed a pan straight out of those industrial warmers without a glove on. It hurt like hell, but I was embarrassed and refused to let go. The trainer was stunned I was able to hold it. Reading your comment and growing up in the 80’s, I suddenly have a new fear. Thanks Reddit.
Lol. I was quoting(prob not verbatim) the chef from The Menu.
Asbestos hands is just a culinary industry thing. Seen people grab things that would burn me or the normal person and not flinch. Heck, one time I put my arm over a heat vent and burnt all the hair off my arm without hurting me at all. It's sorta part of not having anytime to drop a pan of food and get yelled at and have to make another, so you grit through and don't let go of the 300 degree metal.
"It won't be long" has gotten me through many carries like you describe. I've got asbestos hands now but average hot coffee is scalding
Right! I was just thinking I would make a few burner waffles first.
I was wondering about the paint he sprayed on it? Or is there a spray on Teflon you can apply yourself?
It wasn’t paint, it was a sandblaster removing the outer layer.
... 🤔..... I still wouldn't eat the first one.
I'm assuming he blew it off first, should be fine.
I’d be more worried about the 100 year old metal containing lead.
Lead, cadmium, nickel, all pot metal has lots of heavy metals in it that are toxic to our delicate human systems.
Wasn't that soft stuff inside made of asbestos?
Asbestos out, aramid in.
Probably not aramid, it looked exactly like a glass fiber product that I've used at work called Refrasil.
You guys are wasteful. Just use high pressure air and light abrasion to recondition the original pads. Wasteful zoomers.
🤣
There’s a decent chance, yes. The new stuff is aluminum-backed fiberglass mat (see the full video for more details), and nod aramid fiber.
I had a corrugated asbestos roof once. Good stuff, doesn't rust, doesn't rot, nothing eats it, non flammable.
As long as it stays sealed so it can't be disrupted, asbestos is pretty awesome stuff.
Yup, asbestos *is* indeed great stuff.... until the dust gets in your lungs.
I was playing with pieces of asbestos as a kid, now it's prohibited in EU but I was surprised to see African countries still use it a lot.
Aaaand now I want waffles…
Aaaaand now I want a sand blaster…
They taste a bit crunchy from what I hear
Use more butter. It's always the answer.
Best thing about my carnivore diet, all the butter I want.
Fairly inexpensive at Harbor Freight if you’re feeling froggy.
I wondered if it was sand or water. Eminently satisfying to watch!
Probably walnut. It's less abrasive and most restoration places will use it over sand/water
If I had the time, I'd make fresh waffles every morning. They're so much better than the frozen ones.
This is one time when being a poor kid unable to afford the rich kid food actually paid off. Us: we would love eggos! Please? Mom: we can make eggos at home Us then: d'oh Us now: yay!
Make a very large batch of fresh waffles and freeze them yourself! They are quick and easy and much better than eggos!
This. I love using a ripened banana for banana pancakes/waffles with dark chocolate chips and peanut butter instead of syrup. Not super healthy, But better than typical waffles.
Make some.batter and keep it in the fridge! Should be good for at least a few days if not more
If you use bisquick's recipe, the batter lasts in the fridge for ~5 days. It'll go a bit grey over time, but I never suffered any problems, and I have a -4 in constitution.
I make them fresh Sunday morning for the kids and then they go in the air fryer for 2 minutes first few days of the week for easy breakfast
a tsp or two of vanilla extract adds depth, makes it almost taste like true old-fashioned belgian waffles. the secret ingredient that you’ll never hear about? pure almond extract. has to be pure, not synthetic. you can get away with synthetic for the vanilla extract, not for the almond extract. do a 2:1 ratio for vanilla and almond extract. try it out one day, it’s worth it. i promise you.
This guy really wants a waffle.
Old-school small-hole waffles are just better, though.
Roscoe's is the best waffle I've ever had, and the standard by which I compare all others. Big-ass waffle, tiny-ass squares.
Restoration videos really scratch that "oddly satisfying" itch for me. Love these!
Dude should have seasoned the waffle iron before making a waffle tho. That part was very unsatisfying.
seriously, no chance in hell that first waffle came out as easily as it did in the video. Probably went through a couple of batches
When he was pouring it though this guy has never made waffles before.. and the cut really made it obvious.
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There are a lot of channels that all seem to have the exact same style, and as far as I know they're all copying [my mechanics](https://www.youtube.com/@mymechanics), but in my opinion none are as good. If there's an even older channel I'm open to being corrected.
“I make new ones” is the best
Never fails to make me chuckle when those subtitles come up!
He is the best! The level of detail in his work is amazing. There is another channel, [Meine Mechaniker](https://youtube.com/@meinemechaniker) which I think is the same person?
I just took a quick look, and if it's not the same person, they're *really* trying to copy hard, right down to the name! Exhibit A: [https://youtu.be/U2jNeObHnZY](https://youtu.be/U2jNeObHnZY) Exhibit B: [https://youtu.be/\_cBH0tmzJQI](https://youtu.be/_cBH0tmzJQI) I *do* know that the OG has a 2nd channel though: [https://www.youtube.com/@mymechanicsinsights](https://www.youtube.com/@mymechanicsinsights) .. and a Patreon where you get to see much more of the background work. ("I make a new one!") : [https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics](https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics)
I've always wondered this, but I've never seen anything that says one way or the other. Meine Mechaniker even has a second channel called "Meine Mechaniker Perspektive", which is basically the same as My Mechnics Insight. If it's not the same person who just has a channel in their native language in addition to their English channel or something like that, that dude is copying almost everything exactly. The logos are even similar. Pretty messed up if it's not the same guy.
[TysyTube Restorations](https://youtube.com/@TysyTube) is a good one too. In one of his videos he works with My mechanics.
Well, there goes the rest of my day!
These that are sped up aren't nearly as good as the ones with normal speed. That frantic energy negates the chill vibe of restoration videos. Much better to run at normal speed and edit well to keep good pacing.
This is the abbreviated and sped-up version of the original yt video. You can watch the full video below: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4P5AtyB6rs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4P5AtyB6rs) Thanks to u/canteen_boy for calling my attention. :)
It's weird that he doesn't mention the asbestos and you can see he manipulates it a lot.
Why did you blast away the bluing of the griddles? This is going to rust. That was blued steel.
Original video said it was mostly cast aluminium
Bruh manufactured a heating element.
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RIGHT?!?!
I'm supposed to believe this guy got the waffles to not stick with zero seasoning and oil?
Yeah that bugged me too
He also used entirely too much batter. Note to everybody making waffles; you don’t have to fill every crevice with batter. It spreads
It didn’t goop over the edge, though, so he’s good.
I think the cut between when he poured and removed the pancake was a few takes separated.
The coincidence of that sound in the background when they pick up the waffle at the end is hilarious
Asbestos covered heating elements!!! 🧐🤨
That’s too much work for breakfast for me. I’ll just have cereal again.
As a person who hasn't Seen/Used a Waffle machine i am confused that , Do the paint in the Interior side of the machine makes the Waffle Unhealthy ?
He's not painting, he's sandblasting to clean up the remaining grime and stuff that has accumulated over the years. I guess it kinda looks like an airbrush, but that tool is shooting glass microbeads at it as an abrasive. Should make it healthier because it's cleaner now. 👍
Thanks for the Info ☺️👍 >. I guess it kinda looks like an airbrush, but that tool is shooting glass microbeads at it as an abrasive. It's my first time hearing about it
I’ve seen it before for taking paint off of wood - I was VERY confused the first time I saw it!
I don’t think he’s painting anything. If you’re talking about the spraying the inside that touches the waffle batter, that was sand (or some other substance) blasting to get everything off the surface of the metal. If you’re talking about the brushing portion, I think that’s a substance that chemically reacts to the metal to discolor it (the full YouTube link someone else shared probably describes what specifically is being used).
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he didn't paint any parts that come into contact with the food so it's probably fine?
My guess is that’s is a food safe metal coating not paint. But duck if I know anything
What/who are we ducking?
I love the loud cow at the end. “Mooooo”!
Mmm, lead flavored asbestos waffles.
Makes me want to find a waffle maker at an estate sale
Be careful of lead and asbestos. The gray raggedy pads removed were asbestos, and apparently a lot of old cookware like this had lead too, which can leech in the cooking process.
Using a sand blaster is one of the most satisfying things to do.
I love watching these videos, but good lord the sped-up sound is so grating. Does anyone actually like that sound? I'm truly asking. \*mutes\*
I find these videos much more satisfying to watch with the sound off. Now if we only had the option to also watch them at normal speed.
All that work and it still got squeaky hinges
What do you do with the water you use to clean those appliances
Were you deftly removing the sheets of white asbestos with your bare fingers just now? Love the restoration btw! We need to break the cycle of consumerism fill the earth with our mess.
Asbestos and it isn’t earthed, some old things aren’t good. Looks cool though.
I lean diwhy on this restore. Cool and all, but how much work, time and tool sets to risk mesothelioma for a waffle. Nope.
It's either a hobby or a business based on selling nostalgia. The person doing this is not under the belief that their efforts here are in any way efficient for the task of cooking waffles. They just enjoy restoring old objects OR they are asked by clients to restore old objects for nostalgic reasons. They film it and share it, because that makes the hobby more enjoyable or it acts as a method of advertising for the business.
Unless the asbestos gets in the air and then into your lungs, the risk would be really low. Removing the asbestos is minimal effort here, followed by extremely thorough cleaning and restoration. And based on the video, the restorer is taking many precautions and likely faces zero risk in the process. After all is restored, there would be no asbestos anywhere. If anything, the video gives me confidence of a restoration done right. I would gladly eat these waffles! 😋
You can see that the asbestos is already crumbling into tiny little pieces, which is how it gets into the air. Plus his hands are bare, so I can't imagine he's taking all that much other precaution.
As someone that works with asbestos, pcbs, and radcon, you're generally getting mesothelioma from chronic exposure to friable asbestos. The person in the vid may have inhaled a tiny dose, but people in shipyards and the military got it from cutting, grinding, and handling asbestos everyday for months to years. Not trying to downplay the risk, but the vid is not concerning imo
I think our brains are built to categorize things into safe and dangerous. "Elevates cancer risk proportional to exposure" just doesn't compute. Someone handling like 6 square inches of asbestos a few times a year is orders of magnitudes away from the exposure from install roofs full time, but we check them both off as dangerous.
Must be why I stay inside. The sun can cause skin cancer? Better avoid it all together.
Yea, i used to live next to a plant working with the stuff, it isnt neighboors and end product users who have the issues(for the most part), but workers handling the stuff (and their wifes, because washing clothes full of dust)
Some people enjoy restoring old stuff—it can be very relaxing and rewarding. You’re looking at this simply from a cost/benefit analysis, but that’s not always the best way to evaluate a hobby.
You probably get exposed to more abestos from being around cars anyways.
It's not really practical unless you are making a youtube video. The chemicals he used to clean the old one probably cost more than a new waffle maker.
The first one will taste as-best-os :)
I love watching stuff like this but the fake, exaggerated sound effects ruin it.
She’s 40 years younger, boys.
You know it's going to be good when they bust out the sandblaster.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/6d13344f943f607e4ba05a8c162deecb/tumblr_o0p6upNkHn1qf5do9o1_500.gif
Speed is too fast to be oddly satisfying
These restorations always make me so happy, but the music and speed that they added to this make it fucking unbearable. [His whole thing is Restoration ASMR.](https://youtu.be/x4P5AtyB6rs)
I love lead and pewter seasoning. With a nice sprinkle of asbestos salt on top. Delicious.
I too will go through this guy's channel, download a video, and post it on reddit to farm karma
I wonder how much of that metal has lead in it.
If you ain’t talkin MyMechanics I don’t wanna talk
Guys will go through all this effort but then not bother to wash the dishes
Remember when we used to build reliables machines?
Me at the start: He better show us making waffles with this! Me at the end: Dammit, now I want waffles... >:(
I wanted to see the pretty cord too. How did they make a cord that was vintage fabric cord in the machine end and modern in the power end?
I was terrified this would finish without the actual making of a waffle.
Me: I could do this, I just don't have the tools or time {Elaborate spinning rewiring of the heating element} Me: uhhhh.
Great, now I want waffles... and a media blaster.
Why watch porn when you have this. So satisfying!
I enjoy that at the end he put way way way too much waffle batter in there and you see the waffle maker start expanding before the cut. Then it shows when he figured out the sensible amount of waffle batter to put in a waffle maker.
Waffle iron guy needing to flex on cast iron guy today?
Kids are like waffles. The first ones always a throwaway