The other day I purchased a little galvanized milk jug from Walmart. I love everything thing about this little milk jug except for the fact that it was super shiny and looked brand new. My style is a bit more vintage so I decided to see if I could age the metal. I had read somewhere while searching how to age wood that you could also age galvanized metal. So I decided to give it a try. All you need is some sandpaper, vinegar and a piece of galvanized metal.
Here is the shiny milk jug I started with. I purchased it from Walmart for about $7. 
Take your sandpaper and scratch the entire surface. Make sure you take your time and get all of the little spots around the edges.
Now take your metal piece and either submerge it in vinegar or keep wiping vinegar over it. I just took an old rag and soaked it in vinegar and every half-hour or so wiped more vinegar onto the jug. Towards the end once it was reacting, I took the vinegar soaked rag and layed it right on top of the jug. This definitely sped up the aging process. About 4 hours later my jug was aged.
Pretty isn’t it? It almost looks like an old milk jug and not a new one that I just purchased from Walmart.
I love the looks of the aged milk jug so much better.
Thank you so much for sharing this! You got a great result. I like the “old” looking jug better, too.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I just bought a olive bucket from Walmart and tried another technique to age it that didn’t work. Love your milk can!
Best,
Sherry
I have a olive bucket from Wal-Mart and I am so going to try this method…thanks so much for sharing.
Blessings,
Linda
Aww this is soo pretty! I like that aged look, some black here, some discolor there and some rust too, perfect!
Definitely i am going to try it :).
Can i ask you, how tall is the jug that you purchased at Walmart?
Thank you very much and happy Easter!
Love this work, I try to made it in the new sink for my bathroom… sorry about my english, Im from Argentina. Thak you !!!!
I’ve tried the vinegar method and it did not work for me. I followed the steps and nothing. I also tried bleach and left them outside in the sun and no ugly results…i dont know what else to try. Any ideas?
I have had the same issues. Nothing is working. Sigh.
Hi, do you know if it is galvanized or plated tin?