[TCML] keeping primary copper tubing nice and shiny

[Steve Ward]

Sure, Flitz will clean it up nice, but it never stays that way.  Anyway i
prefer this cheap stuff called "bar-keepers friend" or something like that,
i think i get it at home depot or menards.  Its a powder and is extremely
effective at ripping the oxide right off the copper, and as noted, its
really cheap.

I found that putting a lexan plate over my primaries tends to increase the
"lifetime" before it looks like crap, but i suspect thats mostly due to
handling (you dont get your oils all over it).  Even still, give it enough
time and it will start turning darker.

Steve

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:59 PM, DC Cox <resonance at wildblue.net> wrote:

> Flitz works great.      Get at boat marinas.
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> DC
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> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Thomas Ryckmans <
> thomas.ryckmans at virgin.net
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> > Hi,
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> > Any ideas of how I could keep my primary copper tubing nice and shiny? I
> > need it conductive so I can tap it at different points - but would like
> to
> > have a protective layer on it to keep the nice sheen. New copper is so
> much
> > prettier than the oxidized one
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> > Many thanks
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> > Thomas
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