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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeaGoat, post: 4495196, member: 1136&quot;]I put it off for weeks, but I finally finished cleaning it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I used a dawn, vinegar, and water solution with a scrub brush. It did have to be soaked down many times, but I immediately dried it with old towels and it held up fine. It lost a lot of the patina, but most of it was absolutely disgusting with what im guessing was some sort of caked food, and since it was going in my kitchen to store (non-food) items, it was a price I had to pay. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie55" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The top had to be sanded down, it was so thick with a black grime, several washes and scrubs didn&#039;t take it off.</p><p>I added a little natural color stain back to the top and bare wood areas so it didn&#039;t stick out *as* bad, then applied a paste wax to the outside paint, and to the outside and inside of the tin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tin was in such bad shape in places, I didn&#039;t want to risk it disintegrating on me..</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall I&#039;m happy with it. It doesn&#039;t smell anymore and I get more storage in my kitchen <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]392516[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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