More Thoughts on Avoiding Rust on Canned Foods

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Wanted to make a comment about those canned goods getting rusty! Click Here for posting on moisture and storing food. I cleaned out my root cellar, and had the same problem.  The books I checked never did address this well, other than suggesting to open and eat, or open and re-can into glass jars. I cleaned up ours with steel wool, and dried them well.  Where the labels had come off, I used a heavy black marker, wrote the content and date if I had it. There were some cans I had to send to the dump, all the while wondering about the bears that shred the coca cola cans, such as one in an ice chest that we had when we were first building our home. The bears drank our citronella oil for the outside lanterns as well!

I was wondering if a light wax "dip" would help?  We stack our cans on those cardboard flats, and I check for too much moisture quite often.  The problem is not as bad as it was when we had a dirt floor.  We ended up pouring a four inch thick cement floor, and it has taken three years to adjust the moisture in there!! Plan ahead!!