VINTAGE WOODSCRAFT HOW TO CLEAN A OLD CANTEEN

vintage woodscraft kit..a 1930's boy scout canteen

[RobertFireLionBlueHawkWinkler]

Also, you can fill it almost full of cold water and freeze it to get the dents out...

[TheCamarors]

Thanks Blackie. Great tips to help me restore an old canteen to a safe condition. As usual, you’re a great site to have the helpful tips. Best to you from WNC

[saradreaming]

Surgitate (sp) is my new favorite word! haha! Great tip. I do about the same thing to a couple old percolators I'm not ready to give up. Thanks Blackie!

[bosswhale]

i got an old boy scout canteen of ebay. Great condition, still had the buttons and button clasps on it, still had the fabric, still original emblem on it, not that rusted, only problem is that the scout that had it had spit his sunflower seed shells into it and let it sit for years. i got to cleaning it out with dish soap and salt water just to get the main saliva and seed out. For main cleaning for it, this was really useful. Now its back to its original form. I dont want to let the old Boy Scout stuff rot away, Its time to put it back in use, the old scout garrison caps, use em, old berets, use em, i love to use the boy scout canteen because the boy scouts now just make cheap clear plastic canteens!

[jelkel]

Great tip and one that I needed! Thanks! That canteen is the shape of the old style bed warmers, boil up some water in it, wrap it in some non artificial fibre clothes/blanket/towel ect. so you don't get burnt, stick it in your sleeping bag/bedroll on a cold night. Hot water bottle!

[Mrtubbs]

I've always done mine with sand. But it takes for ever. Some good advice there Blackie. Thanks

[ChelseaChii]

I almost threw mine away, thank you for this video!!!

[quarterjukebox]

Cool that should work on my 1942 GI canteen.

[Tnav]

Thanks ! I was wondering because I have an old Swedish canteen and I wasn't sure how & what to use. Thanks your a great help Brother!

[lifetimesofjcm]

man thats' such a cool looking canteen, wish the still made those! i wanna collect one!

[jenniferbauman]

Good video. Good tip. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts.

[CaseCold]

Thank you, I bought a canteen the other and wanted to know how to clean it before using it

[KdawgCrazyOutdoors]

Looks like that canteen was also meant to be used as a kettle on the fire. Pretty cool design. I never noticed that before.

[linklesstennessee]

Good information blackie I still have one of those

[StumpGreenwoodSC]

Shake the snot out of it. Yes Sir that's good old southern talk right there ! Nothing like old school ways of doing things.

[kullcraven]

This is a great tip, thanks for sharing that man :)

[gonecamping]

Hey blacky, i am collecting canteens of interest, and i got this ww2 stainless steel one that i'm refurbishing, but the inside has a slightly tacky film in it, i've tried the salt method, a-jax, and boiling water, but it wont come out. any ideas?

[isaakpenunuri]

Would alcohol be okay instead of water? I feel like you’d get more abrasion from the salt as it doesn’t dissolve in water.

[lilshoelace]

I have black spots on the bottom of my old Soviet canteen and I think it might be black mold

[tomritter]

never ought salt used bleach and sand before  that works the same concept love them old canteens had the two qt  .but busted the seem stay safe brother g.a.w is on so let me know