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Dipster
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 Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:56 pm Post subject: Spratts type petrol can screw tops |
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My brother has just passed on to me an old tool box that my deceased father left him. He never got around to exploring it. I have.
One interesting item among the many tools I found is an old cast screw top that would have been used on the 2 gallon petrol cans of yore. The one I have is branded Shell.
My question is simply what would it have been made of? I have tried buffing it up with Duraglit to no avail.
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Rick
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PAUL BEAUMONT
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I am sure you are right Rick. I recall an old farm building near my childhood home being adorned by a Spratt's dog food enamel sign. I think this headder should read "Pratts"
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peter scott
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I have one of these on the wall of my playroom:
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Peter_L
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http://vintagegarage.co.uk/msc/anglo-american-oil-co-ltd-2-gallon-cans
Duraglit is likely not abrasive enough. Perhaps buffing compound on a buffing wheel. I used some held in a drill and with coarse to fine compound to polish up a ships bell that was pulled out of the water
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Riley Blue
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If it's brass, the obvious answer is surely
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Dipster
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Concerning the name I am sure you are all right!
It was Pratts perhaps that was the petrol company. In my childhood there was a van that parked up at night in the garage that belonged to the Spratts dog food firm, so I think confusion crept in. |
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Rootes75
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On the back of the current 'Bonio' dog biscuit box is a lovely picture of an old Spratts van.
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