Originally Posted By: gulfiend!
Originally Posted By: Cuillerier
Hi, what do you guys recommend for cardboard cans, after you have drained them and they get that ring around the bottom, and you can wipe it away 10 times, and it still comes back?
Ive tried putting them on napkins, and stuffing Kleenex inside, and still leaks.
I find if you drain a can before it leaks, when full, it stays better and you don't get the ring at the bottom.



...I'm just throwing this out there, but has anyone tried using the granular stuff they use to soak up oil/gas drips/spills at the gas station - Oilsorb(?) or something like it?...I wonder if suspect composite cans were drained and then surrounded by that material if it would draw out the oil?...would it be safe for the printed surface of the cans?


Never used the granular stuff. I have a grate that I sit them on for a few days and let the oil just drip out over a pan. I also use some brake cleaner inside the can. I use a straw and put it in the hole and spray. Swish it around and 99% of it comes out. DO NOT LET THE BRAKE CLEANER GET ON THE CANS GRAPHICS. It will take the color off composites and the litho off of metal cans. So be careful.


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