Al M wrote:
I've got some burnt copper cable for scrap and want to get a good
price for it.
I've been cleaning it with water from a hose while it's still hot and
tried battery acid on it too. It finishes up clean, with that dull
pinkish copper colour, but lots of the stuff I see at the scrap yard
is bright and shiney. How do other sellers get it so clean and bright.
Any ideas or am I being too fussy?

The local refuse collection chappies do not burn the insulation off,
what they do is use a knife to remove the first foot or so of insulation
then tie/wrap the (bared) end to the steering wheel of their vans then
they pull the wire out of its insulation sheath . They then sell the
copper thus liberated. Along with the money made from cans and other
bits of scrap they (well certain of them) have no need of wages

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