Hey, Everyone! I've been on quite a roll lately, with lots of projects and so little time to do them! My family has had these old milk cans for as long as I can remember. After doing some landscaping, my parents asked me to add some life to these milk cans to put in front of the house. The only problem was after I had refinished the milk cans, they look so good that my parents are worried someone might steal them! Now they're a new addition to the fenced in backyard. :) This was quite a new experience for me, as I don't have a lot of practise working with metal! The cans were already rusted out, so I attached a sanding head to a drill and sanded the chips of paint and rust off.
These are the cans after sanding, bits of paint and rust came off, but most of it still stuck on. I made sure to get a very good rust proof and weather proof paint that would adhere strongly to the metal.
We decided to go with a glossy off white paint colour for the middle of the milk cans and a glossy black paint colour for the bottom rings and the tops of the cans. After a bit of deliberation, I went with Tremclad's spray paints as they are a trustworthy brand and had exactly what I needed to make sure they can withstand the weather.
After doing a few coats of the off white paint, we let it dry. Once it was thoroughly dry, we taped newspaper over top to prevent any black paint from being sprayed onto it.
And here we have the unveiled milk cans, looking beautiful and ready for decoration! The last thing we needed to do was to put on Tremclad's clear gloss spray as another layer of protection.
Wow! Even looking at these photos I just can't believe what a difference some good paint can make! These paint cans will be beautiful accessories to the backyard and will be able to withstand the winter weather to come!
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