#20127
Thu Feb 02 2006 07:19 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
[This message has been edited by thermactor (edited 02-02-2006).]
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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#20128
Thu Feb 02 2006 07:33 PM
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Your'e typing with a lisp Wes... LOL
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#20129
Thu Feb 02 2006 07:44 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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#20130
Thu Feb 02 2006 07:51 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!
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#20131
Thu Feb 02 2006 08:01 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
Always looking for SKELLY items.
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#20132
Thu Feb 02 2006 08:02 PM
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#20133
Thu Feb 02 2006 08:14 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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#20134
Fri Feb 03 2006 05:47 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.
Always looking for Texaco Canada, Supertest, White Rose, McColl Frontenac, and Miller Oil Co. info.
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#20135
Fri Feb 03 2006 08:04 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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