My scrapyard doesn’t care but I hear that some can refuse it.

HELLO waste scrapper.👍. I myself have been down the same road , Its a cost thing how much the vinegar will be how much time,, in my opinion no it's not worth it . Thanks for sharing. 👍👍

Can't help you with that, but it really does change colour. When in doubt..ask your hubby. He said it shouldn't matter because they are just going to melt it down anyway. ( he said they aren't wearing it like a hat so the colour shouldn't make any difference.) his words not mine. : D

So, what i found was that if the wire/cable is still intact and unraveled, the easiest way to make it appear to be bare bright, is to use the wire wheel on the bench grinder. Keywords being “appear to be”. The thing is, the burnt aspect goes all the way inside, but if you can, KEEP IT UNRAVELED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE & & AS STRAIGHT AS POSSIBLE (to make it easier to use w/the wire wheel), & you can probably hide the fact that it’s still actually burnt on the inside strands. The wire wheel does a nice job of cleaning the outermost strands, & getting in the nooks and crannies between the first layer of those strands, but that’s it.

I haven't tried it but from what I've seen is if you get it hot first and then dip in the solution before water rinse it is instant

Scraping is a long term goal/hobby melting down is the way to keep the addiction strong. Make it a 5 year bonus run really worth it then.

I have some alternatives, if u care to read about them: Sandpaper or steel wool both work, and both break down into particulate matter, or whatever size shit that dust is. The steel wool is easier to work w/, in the sense that it can wrap around the individual strands easier (or curves of braided, as a whole), forming to shape more efficiently. But sandpaper seems to be quicker. I have only done a quick experiment w/#0000 steel wool, & 100grit sandpaper, and only on a short piece of wire, so take this info w/a grain of salt, so to speak, like any other info. i believe steel wool is fairly cheaper than sandpaper, and for what amount you get for both, i think the steel wool might last longer, but idk. I think one can get more steel wool for the same amount of $ spent on sandpaper, but the sandpaper seemed to work quicker, and in a way, was more durable, espesh if you take the time to put tape on the backside, like duct or clear packing tape. Sounds like some definite experimenting will arise. So check it out - another way to brighten it up, is if u have a wire wheel on a bench grinder, and hold the wire at a diagonal angle when running it up and down/above-to-below/below-to-above, ive gotten good results as well, except for the wheel occasionally (“somewhat often”, may be more accurate) catching on the wire, slamming it down. It’d prob take a very long time for the wire wheel to break down, so this may be the most economical, and possibly the fastest method of the three ive mentioned.. I havent ran any tests of significant depth for any of these methods yet, but am about to w/about 300-320lbs of burnt wire. This stuff has big gauges, for the majority of the load, w/gauges of individual strands are between what looks to be 18AWG-10AWG, perhaps. I happen to have a lot of time on my hands, so i think im gonna go through a gamut of potential solutions to turn it from #2 wire to bare bright. Ive soaked wire in vinegar before, but having it lose all of its lustre, i cant be having that, not w/300+ lbs... i’ll be back to comment on some results by the end of today, methinks.

Did u make it to the scrapyard yet, and if so, got any results to report on this?

I actually tried this and for some reason my copper turned a rusted green color. After cleaning it vigorously however it still had a very slight staining to the copper.

Just put it concrete mixer with water and dish soap. 5 min and its clean

After you remove the Copper from the salt and vinegar how do you keep it from corroding ? Every time I do this To my Romex It comes out As bare bright but then within an hour it's turning green How do I prevent this Between the time I clean it and making it to the scrap yard ?

Hi Nice video I have copper wire Coating white layer How can remove this lyer Think

Of course they'll except it as #1 copper. If not go to a different scrap yard

Why polish it? it doesnt add value . I actually dont strip wire anymore, I stripped a 2cm wire untill i had 1mm wires left. Got me 3 bucks when i sold them for 3 hours of work and ruining my swiss knive. Its not worth it unless you have really thick pices.

If you rinse it in water when you remove it from the vinegar, then rub it with bicarb of soda, then rinse and rub with a microfiber cloth, it will bring back the shine 😉.

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That vinegar and salt aint doing shit,,, totally wasted of time and money

Geez speak up next time