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#49233
Fri Aug 10 2007 06:33 PM
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I've been given several different old cardboard oil cans for a gas station storage shed I build in my backyard. I'd
plan on placing them in a window I placed to make the shed look like a gas station.
Does anybody know how I preserve the outside of the oil cans to stop the fading of the colors and printing on the cans?
Varnish, Clear coat ?
Thanks DZ
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#49234
Fri Aug 10 2007 06:39 PM
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WELCOME TO OLDGAS
Do not place ANY CAN in DIRECT SUN, they will BLEACH OUT no matter what you seal them with.
db
[This message has been edited by Dick Bennett (edited 08-10-2007).]
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#49235
Fri Aug 10 2007 07:38 PM
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Take a picture and have it blown up....then place in window
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#49236
Fri Aug 10 2007 09:13 PM
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Better make a few copies, it will fade & deteriorate also.
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#49237
Sun Aug 12 2007 01:58 AM
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Here's what I did - plan to have some kind of sunshade installed...//Claes 
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Sun Aug 12 2007 08:02 AM
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what about clear uv film on the windows ???
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Sun Aug 12 2007 09:31 AM
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It will SLOW the process, but not stop it.
Keep an ample supply & change out as needed.
db
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Sun Aug 12 2007 06:49 PM
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Claes, How about some more shots of that station you got ,Looks pretty nice.
Chris Holt
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