A day at the spa for a Clear Lake

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A day at the spa for a Clear Lake

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I've had this Clear Lake on the shelf for awhile, and it displayed well. But I figured it could use a make over, if you will. Clean rims and some repair to the backside would improve the overall shape of the can.
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Note in the second pic the dent and hole on the back of the can. This is where the repair will administered. I decide to remove the bottom lid, which is unopened. I used a long screwdriver to push out the lid.
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Once the lid is off, I use aluminum tape to back the holes from the inside of the can.
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Once backed, I use the Smoller method of patching, using glue and rust powder. This is how it looks after patching and straightening out the dents (covered on a different post).
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And the final pic of the cans display side with the rims cleaned. The backside is straight and patched as well as having clean rims now. The method I use for cleaning the rims will be covered in another post.
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Looks much better. Super photos. :smt023
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Beamer, once you get your Dremel, you too can start taking some of your cans to the spa for a make over. I sent Chris the article on rim cleaning for the next Rustlings, then I'll post it here.
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Scott,
I look forward to the article. Quite a few of my cans could use a little "spa" time. Hopefully this weekend I will have time to go Dremel shopping.

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