Bronze Nickel Floor Drains

Since a question was brought up about off colored brass in a reascent thread, I have a small mystery of my own here. Ive been sitting on a small pile of these off colored floor drains and clean out plates i get from the plumbers from time to time. when i scratch them, they are the same as the outside color. Its not a definite yellow or a copper looking color as red brass, witch i thought they would be. i almost was going to throw them in my zinc bucket. What do you guys think? Yellow, Red, Hard brass? Some sort of alloy? i have no idea.

heres a picture of the drain covers i have JAY R. SMITH MFG. CO Floor Drain Grate':' Nickel Bronze, Nickel Bronze, Screw - 11U227'|'A05NBG - Grainger

I had a marine toilet come in the other day. Looked up the manufacturer & model number. The manufacturer's description listed it as being made of bronze which is pretty close to red brass.

If your drain cover is listed as Jay R. Smith ... it's probably Nickel Bronze like it says in Material Construction with the link you provided. Good stuff. Made to last a very long time.

Zinc is cheap ... it usually shows signs of pitting & corrosion after it's been in service for awhile.

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I had a marine toilet come in the other day. Looked up the manufacturer & model number. The manufacturer's description listed it as being made of bronze which is pretty close to red brass.

If your drain cover is listed as Jay R. Smith ... it's probably Nickel Bronze like it says in Material Construction with the link you provided. Good stuff. Made to last a very long time.

Zinc is cheap ... it usually shows signs of pitting & corrosion after it's been in service for awhile.

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Im not sure what category it would go as, so i guess i should just bring them in separate from my yellow and red brass one day. I see Bronze scrap on the internet but usually its just pictures of red brass, but never seen actual bronze scrap price before on price lists. ive seen hard brass on a web site for the one yard i use but they took that category off their web page.

Quite honestly ... up until a few days ago ... i hadn't even seen red brass before. I had some old stuff come in from a cleanout and some of the bolts were made of red brass. A few days later ... that marine toilet came in and it was made of bronze.

I checked around a little and some yards have a composition -or- composition red brass category. It seems to pay about ten cents a pound more than yellow brass. It's not a huge difference unless you have a large amount.

It might be simpler to sell it all as "brass" without bothering to sort ?

In a just world nickel bronze would be priced to yellow brass at least what stainless steel is regular steel, with a scrap value a bit over $4. But it's hard to arrange a sale for it with less than maybe 500lbs (even that's probably too little) unless your yard has a specific, steady supply of it due to nearby manufacturing or machining. Hopefully they'll at least give you red brass price for it.

A bronze sculpture example from a nearby bronze museum and interpretation centre:
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Quite honestly ... up until a few days ago ... i hadn't even seen red brass before. I had some old stuff come in from a cleanout and some of the bolts were made of red brass. A few days later ... that marine toilet came in and it was made of bronze.

I checked around a little and some yards have a composition -or- composition red brass category. It seems to pay about ten cents a pound more than yellow brass. It's not a huge difference unless you have a large amount.

It might be simpler to sell it all as "brass" without bothering to sort ?

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When I first learned about red brass i asked the scale guy to show me what it was. then when i brought some in, another scale guy said it wasnt red brass but gave me red price for it casue the other guy was wrong and said he got fired cause he was giving higher prices for stuff like clean alum instead of dirty al. Then i just threw it all in a bucket and didnt bother. then a new yard opened last sept and they go threw the brass and pull out the red brass and actually showed me the real difference. Best examples of red brass he showed me were older shower assembly's and valves with the center removed. that yard mgr is the best scrap mgr ive ever worked with. Even the employees he has are like an all-star team lol.

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In a just world nickel bronze would be priced to yellow brass at least what stainless steel is regular steel, with a scrap value a bit over $4. But it's hard to arrange a sale for it with less than maybe 500lbs (even that's probably too little) unless your yard has a specific, steady supply of it due to nearby manufacturing or machining. Hopefully they'll at least give you red brass price for it.

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I only have 20lbs mabey, so ill bring them in when i have a small load of shred and have room for some non ferrous to fill the truck. Ill tell them what it is and the nickel bronze and see what they have to say. Or ill bring one and ask the mgr and see what he has to say. i can always hold on to them and sell later.

I'm thinking that bronze might be a material that artist might want to buy. If I had any I would look on ebay to see if any of it sells there. 73, Mike