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Re: [TCML] keeping primary copper tubing nice and shiny



Steve Ward wrote:
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.

A coat of car wax or clear acrylic paint does wonders. You polish it up, shoot it with the acrylic, or give it a coat of wax, and it stays gorgeous copper colored for a long, long time.
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