How To Clean Copper Pipes In House

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How to clean copper pipes in house. Sometimes after a polish copper pipe can still look a bit tarnished or uneven. I recently rerouted some copper water lines in our 1980 house and discovered a significant amount of buildup in the hot water supply lines. We are on a private well with hard water and we use a water softener system.

Knowing how to clean a copper pipe pays off in the long run by prolonging the metals life and keeping any home-damaging accidents from occurring. A green moldy looking substance may develop on your copper water pipes especially at the joint. Mix fine grain salt with enough vinegar to form a paste.

DIY expert Becky Wright from The Sorry Girls shares two simple ways to clean copper pipe for your do-it-yourself projects. This is especially the case if the pipe happens to corrode at any point in time. Ill show you how I clean and buff copper pipes and joints so they look shin.

Rinse the pipe thoroughly with a sponge. Eliminating Rust Sediment in House Pipes. Could anyone suggest a method of doing this.

SUBSCRIBE to This Old House. You may need to flush water pipes in your home for many different reasons. While the paint cant ruin the pipe the copper can eat away the paint.

The supply line from the hot water heater is 12in and there is about 116in buildup around the entire pipe ID effectively reducing the ID to 38in. Using a soft towel rub the mixture onto the surface of the copper. If so you can use fine wire wool to scrub away remaining tarnish and to even out the surface.