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Debt Instrument, Paid-In Kind Interest, Paid-In Kind Interest Payment, Percentage

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Number of common stock shares cancellation.

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Percentage Of Outstanding Shares.

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Percent of Stock Holders Needed to Resale Shares

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)								6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 17, 2018	Jun. 01, 2018	Jan. 12, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 29, 2017 $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) installment	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) installment	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Paid-in kind interest								$ 600,000
Long term debt									$ 4,129,000						$ 15,744,000
Percent of stock holders needed to resale shares									6666.67%
EBGL Sellers
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fair value of deferred payments owing to EBGL Sellers						$ 750,000
Monthly payments payable						890,000		890,000
Long term debt						$ 1,800,000		1,800,000					$ 1,600,000
Initial payment of deferred consideration								200,000
Payments for previous acquisition								$ 200,000
Deferred payments, remaining installments \| installment						16		16
Amended deferred payments to EBGL Sellers
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate									15.14%
Long term debt												$ 1,034,000		$ 1,440,000	0
Debt instrument periodic payment						$ 100,000			$ 100,000,000
Fair value Inputs, discount rate									15.14%
LSVI and LSV Co-Invest I Promissory Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate									10.00%
LSVI and LSV Co-Invest I Promissory Notes \| Payment In-Kind
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt principal amount															$ 1,100,000
Promissory notes, annual interest rate							12.00%
LSV Co-Invest I Promissory Note, Issued January 12, 2018 \| Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest payment percentage in cash							50.00%
Interest payment percentage in PIK interest							50.00%
Securities Purchase Agreement \| Lone Star Value Co-Invest I. LP
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate							10.00%
Debt principal amount							$ 500,000
Securities Purchase Agreement \| Payment In-Kind \| Lone Star Value Co-Invest I. LP
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate									12.00%
Exchange Agreement \| LSVI
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding shares				45.00%	45.00%
Exchange Agreement \| LSVM
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares owned (in shares) \| shares				10,000
Registration Rights Agreement \| LSVI
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Converted into common stock (in shares) \| shares										107,297
Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock \| Exchange Agreement \| LSVI and LSV Co-Invest I
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of common stock shares exchange (in shares) \| shares				132,548
Dividend rate percentage					10.00%
Par value of Series B Stock (in shares) \| $ / shares				$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Number of common stock shares cancellation				$ 13,300,000
ATRM Holdings, Inc. \| LSVI
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of shares owned (in shares) \| shares					1,067,855
Subsequent Event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt principal amount											$ 1,400,000.0
Subsequent Event \| LSV Co-Invest I Promissory Note, Issued January 12, 2018 \| Promissory Note
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt interest rate			10.00%
Debt principal amount			$ 500,000.0
Promissory notes, annual interest rate			12.00%
Interest payment percentage in cash			50.00%
Interest payment percentage in PIK interest			50.00%
Subsequent Event \| Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Dividend rate percentage	10.00%	10.00%
Subsequent Event \| ATRM Holdings, Inc. \| LSVI
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding shares			45.10%