Scrap!

[jackyp1234]

hello all, i am about to make my first trip to a scrap yard so im just sorting through my copper collection,

my mate says you should seperate into different bags

i.e clean copper and mixed copper, is copper which has old paint on classed as clean or mixed? thanks all

 

[Best]

Just recently, scrap place told me that painted pipe was no good for " pure copper" so they added it to brazery. Pure copper means just that, no plaster, paint, heavy outer corrosion, solder, fittings, or even copper olives! You could always torch paint of small amounts. If in doubt, put it in brazery. Strangely, they allow brass fitting with bits copper pipe in it, as brazery. Get prices before you go, as scrap places can take you for a ride!

 

[Best]

Should have said, that some scrap dealers may not be as fussy as others, but they may also be giving you less per kilo!

 

[jackyp1234]

thank you pal!

 

[Best]

No problem! While on the subject, I wonder what the price of scrap is now? It was £5 a kilo for pure copper not long ago & about £4.80 for brazery. Brass was a lot less, but as you know, taps etc are heavy, so adds up!

 

[jackyp1234]

yeah, i have been collecting it for about 4 years but only get tiny bits at a time so i have sorted it all now, got about 5 bss bags full of clean copper and a bag of mixed, also a few sets of taps, just something towards a drink on xmas eve!

 

[Best]

You might be surprised what it is worth! I take all the little bits of copper & brass from all sorts things. Some of the electric showers no longer use copper tanks but still have a substantial element. It's like throwing pound coins away if you don't take a min to strip parts out.

 

[jackyp1234]

yh my boss always gets me stripping down electric showers and taking pumps apart and stuff, unfortunately he doesnt share what he gets for the scrap lol!

 

[Phil]

Are people weighing in now or waiting till the price goes up? Looking and the scrap sites the line graphs are all going downhill. :biker:

 

[johnnyplumb]

Hold onto your scrap at the moment, prices are down. Check commodity prices on the net before selling.