Commercial Bathroom Fixtures and a Firing Kiln......

I still need information on the commercial fixtures please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by TulsaScrapper

I still need information on the commercial fixtures please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The fixtures are going to either be copper, copper zinc alloy (brass) or copper nickel alloy (Cupronickel which is still technically a brass) If they are cupronickel, they will be white and heavy like regular brass. Cupronickel is worth more then regular brass, so make sure to ask your yard what pay for it. Some yards pay a heavy premium for it because it is a nickel alloy. DON'T LET THEM CONFUSE YOU! When I brought in a cupronickel drain cover a few months ago, they were adamant that it was "zinc" and that is why it was heavy like brass... Then they hit it with a hammer until it broke; told me that "proves" it was zinc... I chuckled and said, "Brass breaks when you hit it with a hammer too, and I'm not selling that to you for zinc unless you shoot it with a XRF gun"

Well, I knew it had copper in it for sure, because it had started to tarnish green. Sure enough, it was copper nickel. The owner (who has the gun) didn't even shoot it with a gun. He looked at it and said, "This is copper nickel, and handed it back to the kid." lol.

Depending on the type of kiln, you could be looking at an assortment of metals; but don't forget about extra valuable nickel alloys (which I guess includes stainless steel). They are used as heating elements, and I think olddude knows his stuff..

I would recommend selling the kiln used. It may be worth more as a kiln then as scrap if it is useable.