Can Clean Up

I recently purchased a lot of old cans.  They had been in a semi-damp and dusty basement for who-knows-how-long.  The corroded condition of some of the cans initially concerned me, but after using warm water and an old toothbrush on one of them, I feel a lot more confident that these cans can easily be cleaned up to look good in my collection.  Below is the straight steel White Rock tea can from the 1970's that I cleaned up.

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