Use about THREE TABLESPOONS OF WHITE VINEGAR to ONE QUART OF WATER. Thanks again for the help, and I'm sorry your wife has banished you from the kitchen :hapy0004: Sorry for all of the questions, but I obviously don't want to damage anything.
The soda method is suggested when a LIGHT abrasive is desired.Ĭool, thanks for the detailed info !!! So if I'm reading this right, just put the canteen in an old pot with an equal mix of vinegar and water and just boil the thing for 15 minutes ? If I don't like the results the 1st time around, just keep doing it until I like the results ? Will this basically kill two birds with one stone and clean the inside as well ? One more thing, this won't damage the plastic cap or the cork insert will it ? Obviously, vinegar is an acid and baking soda is alkaline. You'll have to judge for yourself by dissolving the powder in hot water and then (with your hands) rubbing around on the surface to see if any effect is had. With baking soda, you just don't want to get a paste built up when you apply it to the canteen. You can repeat that ^ procedure several times until you are satisfied that everything you don't like looking at is gone. In worst case, you must build a campfire and do this outdoors. If, like me, you have been banned from the kitchen, then find something she'll let you put on her stove from out of your garage. The best way is to fill up a cooking pan with as much of this as would cover up your canteen and let it go for 15 minutes at a rolling boil. You would use roughly 3 tablespoons of WHITE vinegar to each quart of hot water. Also, if I decide to go with the baking soda and water, how much of that do I use ? Thanks for the tip, but do you have a recipe for this ? How much vinegar and hot water do you use. So, it depends on how much you value the surface as it is now the result of aging. A mild abrasive can be achieved using a cloth with baking soda and water.īut, if you choose to use an SOS pad or anything involving metal on metal, you absolutely will scratch the surface quite noticeably. If you care about preserving the naturally aged patina on that surface, then use a simple cloth or plastic scrubbing pad with white vinegar and hot water, only.
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While I did find a very detailed three page thread on how to clean the inside of the canteen, I don't think anyone mentioned how to clean, shine, or polish the outside ?Īny tried and true thoughts, ideas, suggestions, or methods on how to clean the outside ? I'm thinking just using an SOS pad or some good old fashioned steel wool, but I figured I ask and see what everyone else has used. I did a search in this section, but I couldn't find any info on how to clean the outside of an aluminum canteen.
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