I got this metal milk can from my grandma when she passed away. It's been sitting on my front porch looking sad for a while. I decided to give it some much needed TLC. Here is what I started out with.
I used a paint and epoxy stripper and let it sit for the recommended amount of time. The photo below is after completing the process twice of letting the stripper sit then scrapping it. Turns out, this can had at least 3 layers of paint on it.
I did a third round of paint stripper and scraping using a metal wire brush. I did get most of it off and decided to sand the rest.
Rustoleum makes a matte finish black spray paint that I decided to use.
I did 2 coats of spray paint and let the can dry over night.
With a Silhouette machine, I decided to make the can a little bit more personalized. I'm pretty new to the Silhouette but I will tell you, it wasn't easy getting this thing on. The vinyl was supposed to have a white circle around the lettering, but it started to take an oval shape so I tore it off.
The last thing I felt the can needed was a pretty bow. I decided to do a double bow to make it look fuller. I used about 2.5 yards of wired ribbon to do this. It's not a difficult process as all, just tie your first bow and without cutting the ribbon, tie another smaller bow on top of the first bow. Then finish it by cutting the ends all fancy.
And for comparison, here is a before and after. The can is now sitting proudly by my front door. Maybe I'll add some floral decor inside the can at a later time. I think my grandma would love it.
