Playing with tins -show and tell


BushTramp

BushTramp

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While browsing the forum early this morning I read in the candle thread where Skab said he sanded his Altoid tin and put a vinegar patina on it.so bored and up too early to make much noise I decided to give it a try. This was just a test and I gained more ideas while doing.i used mustard (x2)-the pics don't show the finer lines but you get the idea
- lets see your tins , if you have pics post them up
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Good stuff. My "patina" wasn't from vinegar, it was just from using it in the fire to make charcloth. But, I like the result you got.
 
I know someone here has a pic of a cool marbled top tin that hides the Altoid name- I'm sure I stole the idea from someone on here
 
Those look pretty good! I thought you did it with heat until I reread it. Good idea on the vinegar

Bob
 



That's one I did using white vinegar...I discovered that paint stripper doesn't work on the lacquer they put on the tins. You have to either sand or burn it off.

PMZ
 
Yes I learned that too - see the pie plate in the first pic ,I poured stripper in and painted the tins and nothing happened at all
 
I keep a fire kit in my shooting bag made from an old Sucrets throat lozenge tin that I "japanned" in the fire. After I burned off the paint while the tin was still warm I rubbed it down with beeswax. A little trick I learned from Bryan King on here, and a friend of ours Ernie Smart
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BushTramp said:
While browsing the forum early this morning I read in the candle thread where Skab said he sanded his Altoid tin and put a vinegar patina on it.so bored and up too early to make much noise I decided to give it a try. This was just a test and I gained more ideas while doing.i used mustard (x2)-the pics don't show the finer lines but you get the idea
- lets see your tins , if you have pics post them up
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Where did you get the tin with the bees on it?
 
Carpe Arcus said:
Where did you get the tin with the bees on it?
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If it's any help, I just got one like it but has Super Mario on it from some bandaids.
 
I just stick mine in the fire and burn of the paint and call it a day....what I want to know is how are people polishing up the bottom of thier tins so they double as a signal mirror for thier PSK?
 
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Peacelovingirl said:
I just stick mine in the fire and brun of the paint and call it a day....what I want to know is how are people polishing up the bottom of thier tins so they double as a signal mirror for thie PSK
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Brasso works good.
 
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