Ammo Can Restoration

[@jamescarter4175]

Thanks for the great presentation!

[@ericlaird7508]

Oustanding job on the cans,I am sure they function as good as they look!....KEEP ON ROCKING IT!...AJC....

[@EeZ3-808]

Great job! I also use evaporust. Cans look great, I hope mine come out half as good.

[@Notsohappyproductions]

I found the same exact ammo can in a antique store and this was a pretty good tutorial

[@01100101011100100111]

Thank you for this. I just got some surplus ammo cans, and was wondering how to go about cleaning/restoring them. This will help me a lot.

[@metal_slug7729]

Great job. Those Ammo cans look great.

[@ClarenceCochran-ne7du]

I start by checking that the can for one will steal sral by filling it with water and turning it upside down, if it passes, it's dried, then sandblasted inside and out. The recoated with 3 coats of Epoxy Enamel, heat curing between each coat. Silicone treatment of the gasket, and graphite lubrication of all moving parts of the can.

[@chrisjensen9941]

Excellent method. Thanks💯❤️

[@diymco2728]

i have been looking for a video like this. thank you youtube! if a gasket needs to be replaced, do you know of a good place to find one?

[@feartheduck6664]

Nice work!

[@CincinnatiDan]

well done, they doo look really good.

[@davidbjorkstrom4124]

I would just have cleaned it and put some clear coat on to save the patina on there. U did an amazing job tho, looks real good.👏👏

[@TheUnchosenOne]

looks fantastic!

[@STL_Ammo_Man]

Did you replace your rubber gaskets? I’m going to do a restoration of two Navy Small Arms Ammunition cans, and my seals are are very hard to get out.

[@ajcj1970]

My gaskets were in good shape and came out with very little persuasion, then I applied a silicone lubricant to rejuvenate them and reinstalled them. My first thought on removal of a hard to remove gasket would be to heat up the outside of the can (opposite the gasket) with a heat gun to see if that would loosen the original adhesive. I personally would try everything to reuse the original gasket (as long as it’s not dry rotted) if possible. I’ve also seen a gentleman remove the gasket, then filled the gasket channel with a silicone caulk, using that as the new gasket. Hope that helped.

[@bg4097]

Which silicone lubricant? Thanks

[@thisguy4614]

How did you know what kind of can it was? I am looking for a similar model but have nothing to search other than "square ammo can" which brought me here. Any help is appreciated. Great job with the clean up and video.

[@ajcj1970]

It took awhile to figure it out. Type in mod 0 ammo can into the google search. You’ll see some pictures and information come up.

[@thisguy4614]

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[@ajcj1970]

Glad I could help.

[@tedr.richardson4655]

Thank you for this advise

[@chaosneutral9227]

How did you dispose of the used evaporust liquid? Thanks

[@ajcj1970]

It’s biodegradable and extremely safe. You can pour it down the drain or in your yard if you like.

[@chaosneutral9227]

@@ajcj1970 thanks a bunch.

[@chrissewell1608]

Great good!

[@tomubl2655]

thanks

[@pte.bennett]

Thank you for the video I have some H50 British ammo boxes to restore for me WW2 Reenactment I think I will use on my ammo box kurust so it don't take away a lot from ammo box

[@teddyrasputin3850]

nice.

[@merlin750]

Restoration? totally the wrong color.