[TheForge] Re: Cleaning copper

Tue Apr 30 12:45:01 2002

I have recently been experimenting with different ways to clean copper
without removing material.  It seems to take a combination of some sort of
natural acid and salt.

The best thing I have found so far is soy sauce.  Just wipe it on and the
tarnish starts going away.  Be sure to follow right away with a damp cloth,
maybe even with detergent added, lest you wind up with a nasty multicolored
scum/residue which is very difficult to remove.

-Jeff.

>    2. Re: copper arch (Ralph Sproul)
>    3. RE: copper arch ([email protected])
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> From: "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] copper arch
> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:16:40 -0400
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>         Andy, the tarnished pipe against the newly soldered in fittings
> looks pretty tacky at the moment.   :-(
>
> Ralph
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> From: "Andrew Vida" <[email protected]>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] copper arch
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> > Why not leave it on.  Nature's been working very hard on it for all
> > that time.  Just a thought.
> >
> > Otherwise, HCl seems to work nicely, but be careful.
> >
> > Ralph Sproul wrote:
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> > >         Any suggestions for cleaning up 50 feet of copper tubing for
an
> arch
> > > (15 year tarnish on it).
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> > > Ralph
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> Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:04:44 -0400
> From: [email protected]
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> Subject: RE: [TheForge] copper arch
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> Ketchup
>
> "Ralph Sproul" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > Any suggestions for cleaning up 50 feet of copper tubing for an arch
> >(15 year tarnish on it).
> >
> >Ralph
> >