cleaning copper

[smokemjoe]

I got some copper bullets that are discolored and ans something growing on them other then tumbleing them , is there any thing I can soak then in, I just used ammonia and that dont work, Thanks- Joe

[D Crockett]

Smokemjoe if you can find some get some stuff called Never Dull it came in a blue and red can but I have a can thatis silver with black letters on it it looks like cotten roled up that should work on the bullets the last place I got it at was a ACE hardware store hope this helps D Crockett

[billyb]

I have used the Birchwood Casey brass cleaner then tumbled in corncob with very good sucess. Dull jacketed will shine with corncob and nufinnish polish. Just done a couple hundred pulled m2 bullets and they look new. Bill

[Artful]

Citric acid followed by a rinse - you know lemon juice!

actually any acid will do the same my mother used to use ketchup to clean her copper pots and pans.

[fryboy]

+1 on the citric acid !!! makes my copper bottom pots n pans gleam ( does a great job on dirty brass too - even without stainless steel pins albeit a lil more labor intensive )

[Sweetpea]

We always used vinegar and salt to clean our copper-bottom pans... worked very well.

[Artful]

We always used vinegar and salt to clean our copper-bottom pans... worked very well.

Yep that's acetic acid - would work fine as well ;)

[wlc]

Theres a product I get at Home Depot called Lime Away that works well on cleaning copper. Found that out by accident when I spilled some on some copper in the dish room here at the camps commercial kitchen.

[texassako]

I used some cheap ketchup to clean some ugly 7.35 carcano bullets I got on here. Threw them together in an old plastic container and took one out every now and then to check condition.

[Artful]

Theres a product I get at Home Depot called Lime Away that works well on cleaning copper. Found that out by accident when I spilled some on some copper in the dish room here at the camps commercial kitchen.

Lime Away = PHOSPHORIC ACID

http://www.ritekem.com/msds/lime-away.pdf

[wlc]

Lime Away = PHOSPHORIC ACID

http://www.ritekem.com/msds/lime-away.pdf

OK, I use it to get rid of lime/calcium build up in the commercial dish sterilizer in the dish room. I accidently spilled some on some copper sheet and it made it shine like a new penny.