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Suggestions for rehabilitating an old hip flask? I found it in a storage unit, and it probably hasn't been used since the 1970s. I have no idea what kind of metal it is or how to figure out.

>> No.353421

Start by posting a decent picture of it.

>> No.353424

>>353421
Would you believe that there's not a single digital camera in my house?

>> No.353430
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>>353424
Well can you find any markings on it?

>> No.353451

>>353430
Totally featureless. I'm assuming my late grandmother bought it, and she was cheap as hell.

>> No.353456

>>353451
Okay, back to basics.
Sheen/color/hardness

>> No.353470

Make sure it isn't made of a metal that is hazardous to your health.

>> No.353688

>>353470
yes please stay away from depleted uranium hip flasks

ffs

>> No.353784

>>353456
Pretty shiney and reflective. Lot of crud on the outside though.

>> No.353787

>>353688
Like aluminum.

>> No.353967

>>353787
Yes please rationalize:
Cakepans
pop cans
beer cans
aluminum foil
frozen dinners of old
Evreyother fucking thing made of aluminum that we eat off of

Dickhead

>> No.353982

>>353967
The sale of aluminum cookware is banned in some countries like France, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary and Belguim because it is a health hazard.

>> No.354260

>>353967
most has a plastic coating dummy =P

>> No.354261

I've debating whether to try Isopropyl Alcohol. I know I have some somewhere from the time I had to reseat my heat sink.

>> No.354289

>>353418

if it's crudded up, fill with very coarse sand, or sandblast grit, or a box of small nuts, and shake it for a long time.

>> No.354679

I finally found a label (it was on the bottom.) "English Pewter, made by Brooks Brothers."

>> No.354682

>>354679
either you're trolling us or you're a fool

>> No.354893

>>354682
Why can't it be both?

>> No.354904

>>354679
Pewter is made with lead.
While it is still probably fine to drink out of (it takes a lot of lead to kill you) -- I wouldn't recommend it.

>> No.354919

>>354904

English Pewter contains no lead.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_pewter

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355357

>mfw this thread has been up for 3 days without a single post of advice
This is why we can't have nice things.

>> No.355363

>>353982
oh so all the pussy countries? Lol.

>> No.355364

>>353418
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatFoVQb6xQ

wut?

>> No.355372

>>>>355357

i did. >354289
this technique works. i hav epersonally done it (not to a flash but same diff)

stop whining when you dont get a magic solution you like.

>> No.355416

>>354919
It does contain antimony which is just as dangerous.