Reloading Room Mess

[elk creek]

I was doing some spring cleaning in my favorite room of the house yesterday. I was making very good progress until I moved an old container of powder I had on my top Shelf. These old cans are just for decoration but still full. When I move this one to dust around it my thumb went right through the side,powder and a cloud of brown dust went everywhere. It took a few more hours than expected to finish the job...... I dumped the powder out of all the old cardboard cans after this.

 

[Dosh]

Just wondering if those vintage containers are worth $$?

 

[CVCOBRA1]

Anything with age is collectible to somebody. Call Danielle and she'll send Mike and Frank right over.........

 

[elk creek]

I just thought they were kinda neat to display. Wasn't to neat cleaning up the mess though!

 

[SwampDog13]

Should make for a good rose fertilizer, then put them back up as empty decorations.

 

[dmj]

I also have some power in those types of cans. So far they haven't failed, but will move it to a different container at first opportunity. Thanks for sharing.

Besides if vintage was worth anything I would be worth a small fortune. And I know that is untrue, just ask my wife.

 

[ronstone09]

View attachment 129252 I was doing some spring cleaning in my favorite room of the house yesterday. I was making very good progress until I moved an old container of powder I had on my top Shelf. These old cans are just for decoration but still full. When I move this one to dust around it my thumb went right through the side,powder and a cloud of brown dust went everywhere. It took a few more hours than expected to finish the job...... View attachment 129249 I dumped the powder out of all the old cardboard cans after this.

You will definitely know if the powder has gone bad ! If will about knock you over, hurt your eyes and has a terrible acrid smell ! Pretty easy to tell if the powder is bad

 

[Alibiiv]

Anything with age is collectible to somebody. Call Danielle and she'll send Mike and Frank right over.........

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! If old is valuable I ought to be worth a million dollars. But.........first send the body to a rendering plant for the fat and then send all the metal to the scrap yard and sell the parts!!!!!!!

 

[Elitejake80]

I inherited a couple hundred pounds of powder from my old neighbor and adopted grandfather. We reloaded shotgun and rifle together from the time I was big enough to pull the handle and not tip it all over. I still have most of the old cans. But yes. The powder will clear the house when it goes bad. There is not much in between good and bad. Yes roses loves old powder Heat makes it go bad faster. I keep my unopened and opened cans in the basement.

 

[hillbeast]

As rusty as that can is it was certainly not stored in an acceptable place. I have a bunch of cans that look like that but the metal is all still bright and shiny. The powder is as good as if it was bought today.