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[Tarnacc]

I ran accross an old altoid box today. Nothing unsual there, I like the mints and the carcasses linger as I love the tins and find stuff to use them for. Anyway, this one is special in that it is an older one without the raised letering and logos. With the newer ones even if you strip it to the bare metal there is no mistaking it for what it is, an altoids tin. I am in the proccess of removing the paint and underneath is a wonderfly shiny surface!

So now I am not sure what I want to do with the surface and am looking for some ideas. I could leave it as is, it looks pretty damn good.

I could paint it. Flat, glossy, black, white, green....

I could cover it with some kind of texture though I am not sure what this would be. maybe even some kind of rubberized coating?

 

[gandrfab]

Polish it and make it really shine.

 

[Tarnacc]

That is what I am leaning towards. Keeping in mind that my paint jobs are dicy at best.

 

[Stosh]

Ooooohhhhhhhh, shiny seems to be really popular 'round here

 

[emus]

Sounds good.
Keep in mind that unprotected tin rusts.
Powder coat may be more durable than paint.
No biggie either way since those tins are cheap.

 

[Tarnacc]

I thought about the rust. I was thinking that it is always with me in a pocket as opposed to the garage. That being the case and since it is shiny I will be likely to keep it clean.

 

[emus]

I thought about the rust. I was thinking that it is always with me in a pocket as opposed to the garage. That being the case and since it is shiny I will be likely to keep it clean.

Kinda like moss doesn't grow on rolling stones.

 

[LukeTheDuke]

i came across a site that sells tins and specialty tins also,

i was looking for a super drool coffin box and googled across this site instead, ill have to dig it up,

.... they had straight barebones hinged tins, and ALSO altoids type tins with a CLEAR see through top lid... i thought that was kinda neat...

thought id share, ill lookem up again, stuff was real cheap if i remember right...

still cannot find that damned gothic looking coffin tin dood from youtube has i think he was slanger or someone

 

[GAC]

If ya like those altoids boxes here ya go
Altoids Gum sized tin ID: 16 - $2.00 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
Altoids mints sized tin ID: 97 - $2.50 : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
I have done some 14500 mods with the little guys to give to friends, they have a pretty nice shine on em too

 

[GAC]

Oh and for rubber coating use Plasti Dip Protective Coating Products | Plasti Dip Protective Coating Products | Rubber Dip Coating
I use this stuff to regrip all my tools but it would work great for a coating on a daily use pv
I am actually about to use it to coat my maxi-roughstack and my krimson kustoms evercool box, I will post some pics after I get it done

 

[Tarnacc]

I could not make up my mind about a finish so I just shined it up and wired it. I will carry it for a while like this and see how I feel about it. If I want to I can always apply another finish later or make a new one, not much to it anyway.

So here it is in shiny form.

 

[LukeTheDuke]

NICE

i love how just freakin tough these cases are, i mean i dont purposefully beat the crap outta anything that goes in my pockets it just happens that way but with these things its no worries... LOVE it,

i like how you used the foam pieces to keep everything in line and rattle free, great job and execution on that part braa,


i have an idea for my next tin and ill share it here when iam done, iam thinking up... hmmm should i share it now? lol

dang iam having modding with draws, its been 3 days with not solder in hand...

 

[Tarnacc]

The foam is actually a pretty inefficient use of space but how many extra cartos do I really need? This way its nice and tight with no rattle.