The research aims to determine the optimal modes of hardfacing when restoring the shafts of electric motors, taking into account the resulting hardness of the deposited layer for further machining. When conducting a full-scale experiment on hardfacing, samples (200 × 100 × 10 mm) of steel 3 were used, which were preliminarily ground. For hardfacing, such hardfacing materials were used as 1/S -7018, Sv-08G2S.The advantages and disadvantages of various surfacing methods are established. The hardness values of the deposited layer with material 1/S -7018.1 were determined in manual hardfacing, with Sv08G2S material -in semi-automatic hardfacing in a protective gas environment (CO2 -100%), with Sv-08G2S material -automatic surfacing under the layer flux. It has been established that the most effective and economical method of surfacing during the restoration of electric motor shafts is a semi-automatic method in a carbon dioxide environment. Regression analysis was used to build a mathematical model for determining the optimal hardfacing modes, taking into account the hardness of the deposited layer. The correlation coefficients are determined, which indicate a strong linear relationship between the hardness of the deposited layer and such technological parameters as current strength, welding arc voltage, and effective power. For the first time, a mathematical model was obtained for the dependence of the hardness of the deposited layer on the technological parameters of the coating -current strength, voltage, and arc power. The existence of a connection between the technological parameters of surfacing has been established.