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[Juca]

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Originally Posted by *MeatballStunts* i am curious as to why you collect old paint cans?

cuz i'm hoarder

[Juca]

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Originally Posted by *MeatballStunts* what you doin with old empty spray pain cans... just wondering cause i got alot of paint cans in my garage from using them.

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Originally Posted by Juca @ doke @ meat,i collect them.

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Originally Posted by *Gswitch33 That sir is a random thing to collect.

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Originally Posted by *MeatballStunts* i am curious as to why you collect old paint cans?

i'm lazy to type so... here's why and what :

“You collect what?”

I seem to get this question all the time, and usually, it’s followed by “Why?” What drives you? ‘Cause I know what drives me. The collecting bug bit me early on, from old issues of TV Guide to baseball cards and, now, aerosol paint cans. It’s preserving a piece of history, disposable history. Originally, like most can collectors, I was looking for that one color to fill the void. I was in search of a Jungle Green, Avocado, Hot Pink, or any of the other off-the-wall colors. I started at a point in time when there was no Belton, Montana—or, as I like to call it, “Yuppie” paint. I was on a hunt, determined to add a small bit of flavor to what I did.

Over the past few years, I have seen a lot of things change. Collecting paint to use is almost a thing of the past, and it seems now that some use their paint as a status symbol. Cans no longer go to the “crate” but up on a shelf, a trophy of some sort, a prized collectible. I’ve had people ask me, “What can I get for this?” and “Is there a price guide?” If this is why you collect, then just give up now. This is no way to make a living.

Collecting paint has brought me halfway around the country. I’ve been hit on by horrendous strippers, bargained with a man with no mouth, and seen a car door pulled off its hinges just to let someone out from the back seat who then gave me directions to the same damn store I was just at. I’ve seen cartloads of Lime Green, stores closed with stock since the day I was born, and numerous cases of the “dusty fingers.” Adventures, memories and good times, with good people. This has been my daily motivation for collecting. At the end of the day, it’s nice to hold a mint ’59 Coral Pink. You can drive 500 miles through snow and cross four states — and come up with nothing. That’s all part of it, and something I’ve come to expect. I am in no rush. If I completed my collection (an impossible feat), what would I do? Would it be over? I don’t want it to be over. It’s been a great ride so far, and the journey has just begun.

[*Gswitch33]

I hope your place never starts on fire, that would be one big boom.

[Juca]

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Originally Posted by *Gswitch33 I hope your place never starts on fire, that would be one big boom.

atm i have like 400 new cans for use and around 50 vintage cans in my stash all in my place

[*MeatballStunts*]

well if you werent in europe id say come look through my trash as theres rattle cans in it weekly lol.

[Juca]

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Originally Posted by *MeatballStunts* well if you werent in europe id say come look through my trash as theres rattle cans in it weekly lol.

dont need new aged shits like can that's old 4-5 y