Homemade beer caps: universal fish scaler

There are persistent rumors that plastic containers will soon be banned from using for low-alcohol drinks. Only glass bottles with characteristic tin lids will remain. By itself, such containers are more expensive than plastic ones, and they do not have such a wide prospect for reuse. Is that a cover? Do not think that this is a joke, the covers can really come in handy in your everyday life. And by the way, their production is not cheap now - after all, it is, after all, a metal with a high-quality coating that is not afraid of moisture and mechanical stress. It is these special properties of the lids that can be applied to a homemade device suggested by the author of the YouTube channel. On TV review. It's so simple that you'd bet you'll immediately repeat it at home and use it in your kitchen. If not you, then your mistress for sure.

What is required for super fish cleaning

So, as you already understood, we are talking about a simple device for cleaning fish. Now on the market you can find many different devices that perform this task with more or less success. Most of them work well only in commercials, but in practice they turn out to be useless and extremely inconvenient. But homemade products, albeit not as glamorous as in advertising, turn out to be both effective and practical.

Homemade beer caps — To make a DIY fish scaler, you need regular tin beer lids, just not too deformed.

In total, you need to prepare 4 or 6 lids. It all depends on what size fish scale you want to make.

The second “ingredient” of this “dish” is an ordinary paint brush pen. It can be wooden or plastic - it doesn't matter how much paint is stained with it. It is more important that the handle fits comfortably in your hand, because you will have to use it and direct the handle at different angles for cleaning. The brush should be flat and wide

How to make a fish scale from a lid and a brush

So, here is an old paintbrush and some tin beer lids. Putting it all together in one structure is not difficult and will only take a few minutes.

You need to remove the bristle part from the brush. To do this, pry the metal tie with a screwdriver or knife and deform it so that it comes off the handle. All brushes are held on the handle simply by a tight crimp. A flat platform will be found under it.

The next step is to prepare the attachment point for the covers. You need to drill through the platform of the brush handle in two places. If the brush is very wide - in three, with equal distance between the holes

In each tin lid, you need to make holes with the same drill exactly in the center. To make it convenient, place a piece of board or timber under the lid

You will need bolts, washers and nuts to secure the covers. The diameter should correspond to the drilled holes, and the length of the bolts should be such that they do not protrude too much beyond the width of the brush platform

Secure the covers to the handle so that the bolt goes through both covers and the brush platform between them.

Tighten the nuts securely so that the covers fit snugly on the handle, do not wobble or move under directed force

Using this fish scaler is very simple: run it against the direction of the growth of the scales, and you will easily clean the fish.

Outwardly, the fish scaler will look somewhat cumbersome in comparison with models that resemble a knife. But this tool has features that allow you to do delicate work: these are the sharp edges of the tin lids. They will perfectly remove scales along the fins, and next to the gills, and on the abdomen. If you use a wide brush with three lids in a row, large fish like silver carp or cod will clean up much faster. This homemade product will cope with both large scales and small fish.

By the way, this is not the only fish scaler option based on tin lids. This is a fairly popular idea, which is embodied in various modifications.

Here is one of them, which, perhaps, you will like more than the given example:

As you have already noticed, such a fish scaler does an excellent job with any task. It can be done in just a couple of minutes, so if necessary, you can build this device right on the fishing trip.

How did you like this idea? If you yourself have tried it in action, write about your impressions in the comments. Send photos and descriptions of your inventions to our editorial office, we will certainly publish the most interesting options.

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Homemade beer caps: universal fish scaler

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