I finally mustered up the courage to restore this old wheelbarrow that had been sitting around. Most of you don’t know this, but my biggest inspiration for making restoration videos was a video by Restoration and Metal where they restored a wheelbarrow. Well… this is my tribute to them.

This is my firsttime doing sheet metal work of any kind so don’t be too harsh. I’ve never welded in patch panels let alone fabricated my own. I learned a lot along the way, and I was really happy with how it turned out considering my limited/nonexistent amount of experience. I hope you guys enjoy this restoration as I spent wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much time making this video.

I had to get creative with finishing/paint products because this is a wheelbarrow that will be abused. Specifically I used POR 15 patch as a body filler to fill in any blemishes in the sheet metal including some sever pitting and pin holes. I didn’t want to use regular old body filler because I didn’t think it would withstand the abuse that comes with wheelbarrow use. I wanted something that would be more impact resistant. In my experience POR 15 is very durable (as long as you can get good adhesion) so that is what I ended up using.

If you’re out there POR 15 reps: I would still like to do a sponsorship video with you some day…

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Products used in video:
National Brand Engineering Paper: https://amzn.to/3PX4PZR
POR 15 Patch (used as filler): https://amzn.to/46LUoiL
POR 15 Paint (top/glaze coat over filler): https://amzn.to/3M1HmFX
Boeshield T9: https://amzn.to/3LZFspe