Dumpster Diving For Scrap Copper And Brass At Plumbing Shops! Trash Picking Recycling 009

Suppose you went dumpster diving at plumbing stores. Would you find an awesome haul of scrap copper and brass? In this trash picking adventure we go out to do exactly that and see what we've been missing all this time! If free copper is what you're after, this may just be the answer.

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[bfdmanbfd]

You need a pair of stillson
(pipe wrench)
It will make your life a lot easier

[eoinwalsh]

Make up a small tool bag to have in your truck.Have what you need to

[markallan]

As a plumber/gasfitter i can tell you i keep all my copper and brass as a guy who owns my own company. When i worked for other people we used to throw out a fair bit of copper and brass

[jadrewscrapper]

I have been bottle picking for many years and would find goodies for use and for sale, but @2 years ago I started working for a large plumbing supply company. I bid my time and quickly became a favorite employee so you already know what time it is! Keep doing the thing. From Sacramento, CA.

[bfdmanbfd]

That pump your talking about has a good bit of copper inside and they are easy to take apart

[williamchamberlin]

Fellow Utube scrapper, Okie Scrapper keeps a spray bottle of copper sulfate and water in his shop. He grinds a spot on aluminum looking metal and sprays some of the mixture on it, if it turns dark it is not pure aluminum, probably some kind of pot metal. If it is aluminum it doesn't turn any color at all. Good luck and thanks for the vids!

[andrewcannon]

u sure showed that guy how a pro does it

[leonmincey]

I've been running a scrapping LLC for about 10 years... you don't need to do all that work after you get back yea you have to break down your different metals but all scrap yards at least in Georgia it's whatever the majority metal is the price they give you

[jackrushmer]

ThubPrint you have inspired me with scraping and saving other people trash and either reusing or selling. Coming from the UK. I have seen many others videos and only your one has inspired me .

[mollynakamori]

Get some muriatic acid from a pool store (dilute HCl.) Zinc will bubble when dipped, aluminum won't. Or- since zinc is about 2.5x as dense as aluminum, you could do a water displacement/weight calculation to determine the weight by volume. Zinc is about 0.26 pounds per cubic inch, while aluminum is about 0.1 pounds per cubic inch.

[benjismith]

Here in America, there would not be a single ounce of metal left by 9am. I work for an appliance/repair company. People go through our trash nightly. Have even stolen our cameras on the building. I get to take home all the small stuff my boss thinks isn't worth much. I make $50 to $100 a month extra separating all the small stuff.

[gandydancer]

I take those heaters apart and they are from a tankless water heater so those pieces are most likely Cast Aluminum

[gracelacerna]

Hello thub just watching you're blog keep safe

[dovem]

I so enjoy your Videos. I like learning about scrap. You do a great job of explaining it all. Happy hunting for treasure.

[phillipbrewster]

Not alot of but some of the short fat waterheaters if there older than 2006 will have giant copper barrel liners inside them if it is its worth taking the whole heater and cleaning it...

[justinb]

awesome! hit up some electricians shops on the next one.

[Tahoza]

I know it's been a bit but a quick test for zinc it to hit it with a torch and see if it melts really quickly. It has a really low melting point.

[jdizzle]

Big square thing is a burner for tankless water heater along with a gas manifold that has the two round ports on it. You can actually separate each of those little things in the burner, just be careful because they are super sharp.

[missylongbottom]

For the fittings that you were having difficulty getting started sometimes the application of a bit of heat from a mapp gas or propane torch will help loosen those, especially if they have red locktite on them.

[ebikescrapper]

Cycle shops for steel and aluminium (bike rims, frames).