I’ve made several watering cans as gifts for people recently. They were all old beaten up watering cans that I fixed up to match colors of someones house or on this one on the left, the owner of the house had designed a pattern for the glass inlet on her front door. I just transferred the design to the can and now it sits out on her front steps.
My father-in-law had several old watering cans that he was still using, but with much persuasion, and a gift of a couple of new lighter plastic ones, I got several good old originals to work with.
The older the watering can, the more stable the metal is. The newer ones are made to be lighter, but they tend to bend and flex more.
One important thing to remember is to sand the whole watering can down to remove dirt and rust. Then cover the whole can with a metal primer. I use the higher quality grout with more flexibility because the metal of the watering cans might still give if it is left outside when it gets colder. I also advise all the new owners not to leave them out in the frost and not to use them as a watering can, but only as a decoration because of the possible flexing of the metal.
Gieskannen– In letzter Zeit, habe ich mehrere alte Gieskannen in Dekorationstücke umgewandelt. Ein Stück oben links hat einen Muster, der eine Freundin von mir für den Glaseinsatz ihrer Eingangstür entworfen hat. Jetzt sitzt die Gieskanne vor ihr Haus und passt perfekt zur Tür.
Meistens benutzte ich alte Gieskannen. Sie haben mehr Charakter und sind meistens stabiler gebaut. Die neuere Gieskannen sind leichter, aber das Metall biegt sich viel leichter. Ich schleife alle Kannen gut ab um Rost und Dreck loszuwerden. Dann behandle ich sie mit einer Schicht Metall Basislack bevor ich den Mosaik lege. Alle Gieskannen werden mit den besten Fugenmittel wegen der natürliche Dehnung des Metalls bei Temperaturschwankungen verfugt.
