Originally Posted by
hills
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 ?
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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