Cleaning scrap?

[Irish]

Evening all I was just wondering do you guys clean your scrap ie cut the soldered joints out and compression joints out or just bung it all in together as Ive got a fair bit of it collected and I'm wondering if it's worth doing it or not? thanks

 

[E4gas]

I have got No time to clean it , It gos down as brazery ,, 3.50 kilo , took sone in yesterday £192.50 ,, good start to the week end ,, last job customer wanted the scrap cylinder for him self ,, I just took the two bags full off old tube ..

 

[Irish]

Yeah that's what I'm thinking do I sacrifice a couple of Sundays or not got a transit full of it

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

Evening all I was just wondering do you guys clean your scrap ie cut the soldered joints out and compression joints out or just bung it all in together as Ive got a fair bit of it collected and I'm wondering if it's worth doing it or not? thanks

yes i do you get better rates if its sorted out

 

[PlumbBobBob]

i always sort mine

 

[stevetheplumber]

time spent sorting will double the price if theres\ brass in there it will go in as mixed no brass and its brazery
no solder and its copper

 

[E4gas]

time spent sorting will double the price if theres\ brass in there it will go in as mixed no brass and its brazery
no solder and its copper

I might have to spend time stripping ..

 

[pobsdad]

Need to sort mine this week,just paid house insurance,but MOT Tax and insurance on car this month!
Always clean to a point,brass, braziery,shiny,but don't get too carried away as difference between braziery and clean not worth 2 hours work to make a tenner.

 

[tamz]

Prices atm are poor. If you can afford to wait, keep it until they rise again.

 

[so-solar]

I always sort my scrap, Get the recip saw out, takes no time at all and puts the price right up

 

[grahamgas]

Prices atm are poor. If you can afford to wait, keep it until they rise again.

£4.25 a kilo for brazery, £4.50 a kilo for clean copper down here. Better than it has been for a few months

 

[Destroyer2813]

I just take all mine to the merchants as is in bags rather spend the time it would take to sort it out doing other jobs or spending time playing with my boy

 

[GQuigley67]

copper with soldered joints goes in as clean copper up here, get 3 bags of copper, brazery and brass. If you've got mostly brass in your brazery bag then they will put it through as brass

i got decent prices at my scrappies last week

 

[tamz]

£4.25 a kilo for brazery, £4.50 a kilo for clean copper down here. Better than it has been for a few months

If i ship you some down will you cash it in for me :lol:

£3.90/kilo for clean up here so i'll keep hold of it for now.

 

[mfgs]

copper with soldered joints goes in as clean copper up here, get 3 bags of copper, brazery and brass. If you've got mostly brass in your brazery bag then they will put it through as brass

i got decent prices at my scrappies last week

Copper with soldered joints is classed as clean where I go aswell in south east london. I got £4.20 a kilo a week or two ago now.

 

[Dannypipe]

Copper with soldered joints is classed as clean where I go aswell in south east london. I got £4.20 a kilo a week or two ago now.

Really? With soldered joints it apparently can't be recycled as copper tube....I get about 3.50 a kilo with joints, and brass mixed at the moment. I was happy with that until I read the above!

 

[mfgs]

Really? With soldered joints it apparently can't be recycled as copper tube....I get about 3.50 a kilo with joints, and brass mixed at the moment. I was happy with that until I read the above!

Yeah, I have never thought it was any different? I have always taken all the brass off and left the pipe with soldered joints, I nearly always drop it off in clear bags to the scrappy and no one has ever commented on the fact there are soldered joints.

 

[Dannypipe]

No one complains when I have soldered joints, but I don't get the same rate as clean copper. I have two scrappies within a mile of each other and they both do the same.

They could be in cahoots I guess!

I can never be bothered to clean all the joints off. If I just had to remove brass fittings though I would definelty make the effort.

 

[Irish]

Now I'm not sure what to do I was always told it was better to keep brass brazing and clean separate but should I just take the brass off guess I could ring the scrapyard tomorrow and find out