Pop cans

Model Railroader Layouts and layout building
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Couldn’t find much on search on this, maybe just didn’t hit the right subject.

I am cutting up pop cans and making roof tin.

What glue is recomended ? They pop off very easy if I use white glue .

How do I weather them? Tried some wood stain, it stayed wet for days and wipes off.

Any one have a way to make them corrugated or look that way?

Using the outside of the can you can make a nice pepsi billboard,[:D] If you have a pepsi can.

Thanks in advance.

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There is a modeler on the Classic Toy Train forum that has done what you describe. I would do a search there.

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Contact glue (Walthers Goo, etc.)

Spray paint.

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Aluminum foil is a lot easier to work with than soda cans. I’d imagine that you could use an ordinary hair comb to “corrugate” foil. Try spraying with Dul-Cote, and then weathering with rust-colored powders to get some rust. Or, use a thin wash of rust paint.

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Prime it with a rattle can of automotive primer or anything else you try to paint onto it will just flake and peel off.

For fastening it down, try latex caulk or Goop.

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And to make what should be a perfectly safe and innocent topic into a hot potato…

In the world of equal rights, if you use a pop can, don’t you also have to use a mom can?

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Here is a link to a post with lots of good pictures showing how to make a simple little corrugating tool. You have to have an account there to see the post but signup is free.

http://www.zealot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=164109&page=2

The post is about halfway down the page.

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lock the mom can in the oven and start the clean cycle.[tup]

Play loud music so know one knows when she blows her top ![#offtopic]