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From: Decatur, IL
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posted 02-02-2006 08:19 PM            

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And now for something completely different... Has anyone dealt with the cleaning of cardboard cans? I've got one that's nice but has some oil on it...

Thanks,
Wes

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From: Elbert County Colorado
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posted 02-02-2006 08:33 PM            

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Your'e typing with a lisp Wes... LOL

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posted 02-02-2006 08:44 PM            

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My bad... I fixed it... That's what you get for typing while on the phone.

Wes

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From: LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
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posted 02-02-2006 08:51 PM            

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I WOULDN'T USE ANYTHING HARSH. MAYBE JUST SOAP AND WATER...LIKE DISHWASHING LIQUID...NOT DISHWASHER DETERGENT....SOMETHING LIKE DAWN OR JOY OR SIMILAR. I KNOW I'VE MESSED UP A FEW COMPOSITE CANS BY USING THE WRONG FLUID OR RUBBING TOO HARD....HECK, IT'S JUST INK ON FOIL-LIKE CARDBAORD, RIGHT.
GO EASY!

BEFORE AND AFTER PICS PLEASE!

DOC @ TAG.WEST

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From: Cedar Rapids, IA
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posted 02-02-2006 09:01 PM            

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If there full and you scrap even a little of the foil off, there going to leak. I've got four or five of them cans that leave a ring when you move them.

Brian

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From: Tyler, Texas
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posted 02-02-2006 09:02 PM            

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Maybe Goo Gone?

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posted 02-02-2006 09:14 PM            

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No Goo Gone. Soap and water only for me. Sometimes you can't save them as the oil lifts the color off or makes it very soft.

Keith

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From: Ontario, Canada
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posted 02-03-2006 06:47 PM         

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I have a couple that were open and partially full when I found them, but the labelling/colours were in really good shape. Oily/dirty on the outside.
I emptied the oil, and flushed the can with warm soapy water. I cleaned the outside with soapy water also - no rubbing, I could see that the foil and cardboard was spongy.
I filled the cans with Oil-Dri, and they are fine. I empty the Oil-Dri every now and then, and refill with clean. Even after all these years, the oil-dri still absorbs some oil from the cardboard.

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posted 02-03-2006 09:04 PM            

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never had any luck no matter what i did ... so... i don't collect these cans..

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