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    Talking Beginner scraper, need a little help

    Hey so I just started scraping, and I had a question, I want to start my copper hoard and I have some nice clean copper from some cable. It doesnt have the rubber coating on it and I was wondering how I can keep it from oxidizing while i store it until I get enough copper. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks!


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    Store it under a complete vacuum? I don't know if there's any practical way of doing it...

    I have considered if I needed to, to give my copper an acidic bath (vinegar) to make it shiny. I remember doing that as a kid with pennies.

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    In my opinion you are putting to much into this, if you are going to hoard it cover it up with some sort of a cover it stops the copper from walking out with the help of the local crack head that just hapens to walk into your shop.

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    Alright thanks :P As I said im new to this and i'm still learning, thanks for the help

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    Quote Originally Posted by cjoII View Post
    Hey so I just started scraping, and I had a question, I want to start my copper hoard and I have some nice clean copper from some cable. It doesnt have the rubber coating on it and I was wondering how I can keep it from oxidizing while i store it until I get enough copper. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    Why, you don't need to, the yard will still pay the same even if it's corroded.
    Well, you might lose the "bright 'n shiny" bonus to corrosion. To be honest though, it takes a long time. I bought some 3" copper pipe for a project, and stored it in the garage. Four years later, when I got rid of the scraps, it was still all nice and shiny.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zito View Post
    Well, you might lose the "bright 'n shiny" bonus to corrosion. To be honest though, it takes a long time. I bought some 3" copper pipe for a project, and stored it in the garage. Four years later, when I got rid of the scraps, it was still all nice and shiny.
    Unless it's physically getting wet outdoors then there's nothing to worry about, I'll bet I can check out my clean #1 from last fall and it's still nice and brite.

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    Just keep it in a plastic bucket or plastic tote and don't add any other metals with it and it will keep for a long time.


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