Ammo Can Smell?

[marklbucla]

There is a strong "metallic" smell around the .30 cal ammo cans I got from Midway a little while ago, sorta similar to the one given off by using Mpro7 (Yes, Mpro7 DOES has a smell!) on my guns.

I tried cleaning them off with Hoppes #9, but it still smells the same. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting them clean and odorless? I've got a sensitive nose and it really bothers me to just keep them inside the apartment.

 

[KiltedClaymore]

learn to love it! my nose is the nose of a milsurp-er, so i love that smell. like roses to me. same with cosmoline. other that the tried and true "deal with it" method, i could try stuffing them with dryer sheets or drenching them in airfreshener.

 

[Arkie]

I wonder if Ozium would get rid of the smell?

You can buy it almost anywhere and it does a real good job for other smells and they even use it in medical facilities.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

The ammo cans cannot smell; they stink: you smell.*

I have cleaned ammo cans with WD40.



(* yes it's an old joke and it's stolen)

 

[boredelmo]

Febreeze maybe? That would make for a great commercial, ammo can freshening

 

[Hardtarget]

Why not just wash them in a good strong cleanser. Then, after they dry, a light spray with WD-40. Good wipe down. I've never had one of the cans so I'm guessing.

Mark.

 

[1BLINDREF]

Send them to me- I like that smell

 

[DBR]

I think of it this way: it is partly residual smell from the paint and partly trapped air from who knows where. I open them outside and let them air out. I don't think anything good can come from breathing what comes out of them.

 

[230RN]

Open.

Sun.

+/- four hours around solar noon.

I personally would not recommend using WD-40 inside the cans. If it is not a fact, it is strongly suspected that WD-40 ruins primers.

I know, I know, it's heresy, and I'm even a Deacon in the Holy Apostolic Church of WD-40.

 

[never_retreat]

Clean them with Simple green, takes off everything.

 

[tank mechanic]

If my grandmother was on thr and read this thread, I know she would reply with bleach water and airing them out in the sun. That is her cure for everything.

 

[GlowinPontiac]

just leave em open for a few days outside and that should get rid of the smell.

but some will just smell on forever.......

 

[ZeSpectre]

Get one of those big white buckets and fill it with warm/hot water and Joy dishwashing detergent
Do a little sponge scrubbing (especially around the gaskets) and then rinse well.

Follow up with a few hours outside in the sun.

So far that seems to work for me and I'm a little "chemical smell" sensitive as well.

 

[jhco50]

You might dress up the smell with Hoppes #9. It makes a good aftershave as well.

 

[buttrap]

just use a couple squirts of Fabrize..that stuff will kill any stink.

 

[bogie]

One thing to consider - if the stink is TOO pungent, it can mean that stuff's going bad... I've heard of at least one (unverified) case of "really stinky" powder spontaneously cooking off...

Shoot it before it gets freaky, okay?

Climate control is your friend. I've got some 40 year old powder that I'm hoping will win me something in a coupla weeks.