My good friend from Mt. Pleasant, SC finally gave me this milk can about 2 years ago. I had begged her for 3 years previously. Shame on me for not fixing it up sooner after she was so sweet to give it to me. I fixed one up like this back in 1973 for a Citadel cadet. The milk cans are very hard to find. This one dates back to the early 1900's. This one is cast iron, not tin.
I made a pillow for the top to make it an extra sitting space in the apartment that my son shares with 3 other guys. I told them I could make a table out of it, but they wanted to keep it plain and use it as a centerpiece or topic of discussion. The apartment is close to the University of South Carolina. It's cheaper to live off campus than on campus. I never had anything this nice while going to college, or even after college before marriage...haha
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I hand painted the while and black part of the "C" which stands for CAROLINA. The gamecock is vinyl which I cut out using my Silhouette Cameo
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I had already scraped a lot of rust off. I was now brushed with naval jelly |
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close up, the pink stuff is naval jelly used to get more rust off |
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You can see the milk can over by the door |