Mint Tins - WAS Magnetic Letterboxes - Thread

Mint Tins - WAS Magnetic Letterboxes

From: Debbi Scott (dscott5377@earthlink.net) | Date: 2004-05-13 10:04:24 UTC-06:00

I am curious - for those of you who use mint tins and the little breath
strip boxes... do you paint these? If so, with what? If not - you must
hide them VERy well?

Debbi

-----Original Message-----
From: Christa Kinde [mailto:she_who_plants@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 3:20 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: Magnetic Letterboxes

I get the feeling that letterboxers all buy their mints in tins! Picked
up three boxes today at the grocery store! ;-)

Christa

mtnmudbug wrote:
For containers such as Altoids mint tins or tiny breath strip tins,
I've used Devcon 5 Minute Epoxy (found at WallyWorld). I sanded and
cleaned the metal surface of the container really well to get rid of
the slickness, then mixed some epoxy, blobbed some onto the
container, then put the magnet(s) into the goop and smeared more
epoxy around the sides.

The magnets I used are cheap little round ones, a pack from the craft
store got you a handful for a few bucks. Seem to work fine: they can
hold tins to a rail, a metal post, a 'fridge, etc....

I glued one magnet on the outside of a breath strips tin and it has
worked great hidden on the underside of a metal bridge railing post.
I glued three magnets inside the lid of a mint tin and it held well
to a parking area guardrail in the cold for several months. (I put
the magnets inside the container so they'd still be fairly secure
even if the epoxy bond let loose).

Both containers have stayed dry inside, too, knock on wood!

Mudbug

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RE: [LbNA] Mint Tins - WAS Magnetic Letterboxes

From: Pam Kleingers (pam@kleingers.net) | Date: 2004-05-13 13:11:19 UTC-04:00

And is there a problem with the scent of the mints attracting animals? I
know even the scent of baby wipes can entice curious creatures.

Mama Stork
aka Pam in Cynic
>
>
> I am curious - for those of you who use mint tins and the
> little breath
> strip boxes... do you paint these? If so, with what? If not
> - you must
> hide them VERy well?
>
>
> Debbi
>

Re: Mint Tins - WAS Magnetic Letterboxes

From: azobox (jparkerg@yahoo.com) | Date: 2004-05-13 19:05:46 UTC

All of mine that use small tins are inside urban buildings so I do
not repaint them (I *do* cover the lid of the tin, but just to cover
the logo). And, obviously the scent is not a factor.
They *ARE* well hidden -- usually with magnets, under bookshelves.

azobox

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Debbi Scott"
wrote:
> I am curious - for those of you who use mint tins and the little
breath
> strip boxes... do you paint these? If so, with what? If not - you
must
> hide them VERy well?
>
>
> Debbi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christa Kinde [mailto:she_who_plants@y...]
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 3:20 PM
> To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [LbNA] Re: Magnetic Letterboxes
>
>
> I get the feeling that letterboxers all buy their mints in tins!
Picked
> up three boxes today at the grocery store! ;-)
>
> Christa
>
> mtnmudbug wrote:
> For containers such as Altoids mint tins or tiny breath strip tins,
> I've used Devcon 5 Minute Epoxy (found at WallyWorld). I sanded
and
> cleaned the metal surface of the container really well to get rid
of
> the slickness, then mixed some epoxy, blobbed some onto the
> container, then put the magnet(s) into the goop and smeared more
> epoxy around the sides.
>
> The magnets I used are cheap little round ones, a pack from the
craft
> store got you a handful for a few bucks. Seem to work fine: they
can
> hold tins to a rail, a metal post, a 'fridge, etc....
>
> I glued one magnet on the outside of a breath strips tin and it has
> worked great hidden on the underside of a metal bridge railing post.
> I glued three magnets inside the lid of a mint tin and it held well
> to a parking area guardrail in the cold for several months. (I put
> the magnets inside the container so they'd still be fairly secure
> even if the epoxy bond let loose).
>
> Both containers have stayed dry inside, too, knock on wood!
>
> Mudbug
>
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