HOW TO AGE A GALVANIZED METAL

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2dwSAJviIegu1rwKSvHn7ANT_SPRv5nby2sDMiEuzcIOanA3V8o58CuJ4Q2yWLNCyRpOoUsnTlFnBxOjBt7EnlefBHgEwnoEtmRtM3EgoNUjwDcDf6l2YmxMc6eatuRZybhRG8NyYjc/s1600/Aging+Galvanized+Metal~+Title+Page+-+BLOG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2dwSAJviIegu1rwKSvHn7ANT_SPRv5nby2sDMiEuzcIOanA3V8o58CuJ4Q2yWLNCyRpOoUsnTlFnBxOjBt7EnlefBHgEwnoEtmRtM3EgoNUjwDcDf6l2YmxMc6eatuRZybhRG8NyYjc/s640/Aging+Galvanized+Metal~+Title+Page+-+BLOG.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We have the world's WORST tree stand... aesthetically speaking! It does keep our tree watered and fresh... but it is a monster... more like an octopus!   Bobby LOVES this motley tree stand and I don't have the heart to tell him to get rid of it. He is almost gleeful when he takes it out to use it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't cover it with a tree skirt because the water basin is open...  the tree skirt gets wet and then wicks moisture to all the gifts We have opened soggy gifts more than one year!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year I found the solution to the ugly tree stand... a galvanized tub! The stand and tree fits in it perfectly! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But with one problem solved... comes another challenge... the ugly shiny "new" patina, or lack of, on the tub!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a name="more"></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But I have that licked too! I am probably going to be galvanized metal obsessed! I love the new look of the tub with the tree in it!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finding a "recipe" to give a new "old" look to galvanized metal was a search! First I tried vinegar...the finish did not budge. Then vinegar and salt... not very good. Then clorex... nothing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I knew that Muriatic acid would work... but I was was not too keen on using it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I read... on pinterest... I think... that the finish could be aged by Lysol toilet bowl cleaner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is my solution to age galvanized metal!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I first sanded the tub. Or should I say Bobby did! He has been such a project helper, lately!!! He got out his electric hand sander to make the process easier. But a regular piece of sand paper and some elbow grease would work just as well!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj47_ZES-H4fNEgKN8ofhtJvFq62QGxbZjEUbsRm3jGW80pCoNXsudroB0EsvRGlL_2UPgSZqpTVOE-obcKxqTrMfyZcrEqk8-Wp5ijUn1FmredlTMfTZChMqHubolEG87OdkYII6bKAc/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj47_ZES-H4fNEgKN8ofhtJvFq62QGxbZjEUbsRm3jGW80pCoNXsudroB0EsvRGlL_2UPgSZqpTVOE-obcKxqTrMfyZcrEqk8-Wp5ijUn1FmredlTMfTZChMqHubolEG87OdkYII6bKAc/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2405.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHjGdS3hABOGprzFA5sHazuzTaNhfQWf2-2-NX4WQ4v1B3Ad-mVOCF8OBmoJJ8D9rwpPyXFetLw69pCPEGTJ797p_P7a_fv8FV2yZPZIeHd10IAowb8ZDkylx561S3JB9_jitv0dKcd0/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHjGdS3hABOGprzFA5sHazuzTaNhfQWf2-2-NX4WQ4v1B3Ad-mVOCF8OBmoJJ8D9rwpPyXFetLw69pCPEGTJ797p_P7a_fv8FV2yZPZIeHd10IAowb8ZDkylx561S3JB9_jitv0dKcd0/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2407.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found ACID TOILET BOWL CLEANER in Lowe's. I thought the acid would do the trick.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEKkwp16FbTjMoWODYI4hfBZQS6IwSKSgecrYfxpOUPiyq5RUNOMMThz3aEDNgvl_i7vbRTWkuV0PMN66Hx3SBmdP0wXezjOPvBDEhVnf2UmQBKyTscXMqsxASB8X7UtydY7ZJm3a4xs/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2408.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnEKkwp16FbTjMoWODYI4hfBZQS6IwSKSgecrYfxpOUPiyq5RUNOMMThz3aEDNgvl_i7vbRTWkuV0PMN66Hx3SBmdP0wXezjOPvBDEhVnf2UmQBKyTscXMqsxASB8X7UtydY7ZJm3a4xs/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2408.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bobby scrubbed the toilet bowl cleaner into the metal with steel wool and we let it sit about a half an hour before rinsing it off. Please wear rubber gloves and take wise precautions!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Because the toilet bowl cleaner was a gel, it did not run and streak.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GjGOVk7RShyphenhyphen34YvLK9FVPljsK7mOFJVV3-GYUGwmgndzk6FYZfUU3aBPSNgsjeC-2G_X771irsufcGAencepDOxp6nnZvLC9BWXZ3WKBjvFl4HlKvS3F86BmQFWXlAURlf_0KQ1_XvY/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GjGOVk7RShyphenhyphen34YvLK9FVPljsK7mOFJVV3-GYUGwmgndzk6FYZfUU3aBPSNgsjeC-2G_X771irsufcGAencepDOxp6nnZvLC9BWXZ3WKBjvFl4HlKvS3F86BmQFWXlAURlf_0KQ1_XvY/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2409.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Very easy... little work... and a very nice aged look.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaNt2EKszImdREFuAZbARp44-QCawsNbD8HVx68t0Ye7-wUL5e1il4nX0ogtklbNem2bKtX88nctxb2n5lSZFbmV0KaSirvJ66oiF18UJ6QWMTme623IDt01Yw0NFfgaJtz_jTvUucDQ/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2411.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaNt2EKszImdREFuAZbARp44-QCawsNbD8HVx68t0Ye7-wUL5e1il4nX0ogtklbNem2bKtX88nctxb2n5lSZFbmV0KaSirvJ66oiF18UJ6QWMTme623IDt01Yw0NFfgaJtz_jTvUucDQ/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2411.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Next week I'll show you my Christmas tree in the tub!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dPO1OnlRLzaEhFzxCh_s1DSdOuIIF7aSh_z5MOzipNz1i-KMQyoxgSOlajAYvA3gMXAj5KOWn_H08eqLm_s4un1tnAapFarcmkcvC4zuB3G862xRyn8glSPDqVG5MG8VE7dmHJXkAB0/s1600/Copy+of+IMG_2666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dPO1OnlRLzaEhFzxCh_s1DSdOuIIF7aSh_z5MOzipNz1i-KMQyoxgSOlajAYvA3gMXAj5KOWn_H08eqLm_s4un1tnAapFarcmkcvC4zuB3G862xRyn8glSPDqVG5MG8VE7dmHJXkAB0/s640/Copy+of+IMG_2666.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=927889236153598968" style="color: #909674; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;"><b>Remember, <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBIT</span></span>S goes live tonight at 8:00 pm!</b></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=927889236153598968" style="color: #909674; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;"><b><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="color: #909674; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=927889236153598968" style="color: #909674; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial;">Show up... show us... and show off your creative projects, great tips and any other little tidbit!</a></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 19.200000762939453px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSC3Rc4rGg2lmcETzFMjnAdwIEU-pkW7FWZgWmr5k40e4kqqpW7eJDLLtTHo41FCL2MeEDUTqA5tjpWta4lgw0GqSZa5eDEUlCVMC8V3eUv-p1-c0nWrHRunx71xIgfNpLUzYupdQWX8U/s320/TTT+Logo+-+Button.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="javascript:void((function(){var%20e=document.createElement('script');e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');e.setAttribute('src','http://assets.pinterest.com/js/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());"><img alt="Pin It" class="aligncenter" src="http://www.clickinmoms.com/cmprodaily/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinit.jpg" /></a></div></div> </div>

HOW TO AGE A GALVANIZED METAL

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