Green copper pipe rot.
 

Hi,

I have ripped out my kitchen and the copper pipes in places have a green
powdery covering which I assume is some sort of oxidisation.

Should I clean this off and if so what with?

Many thanks,
Rick

Green copper pipe rot.
 

"R D S" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have ripped out my kitchen and the copper pipes in places have a green
powdery covering which I assume is some sort of oxidisation.

Should I clean this off and if so what with?

Its due to lazy plumbers not cleaning the flux off when doing the initial
installation. If you really want to you can clean it off with wire wool or
similar and give it a wipe with a dab of vaseline or similar.

HTH

John

Green copper pipe rot.
 

R D S wrote:

Hi,

I have ripped out my kitchen and the copper pipes in places have a green
powdery covering which I assume is some sort of oxidisation.

Should I clean this off and if so what with?

Many thanks,
Rick

external corrosion doesnt matter if its mild.


NT

Green copper pipe rot.
 

"John" wrote in message
...

"R D S" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have ripped out my kitchen and the copper pipes in places have a green
powdery covering which I assume is some sort of oxidisation.

Should I clean this off and if so what with?

Its due to lazy plumbers not cleaning the flux off when doing the initial
installation. If you really want to you can clean it off with wire wool
or similar and give it a wipe with a dab of vaseline or similar.

HTH

John
Well given the amount of time I guess it has been there I shan't worry.

....Cue new kitchen shortly knee deep in water...

Green copper pipe rot.
 

R D S wrote:
Hi,

I have ripped out my kitchen and the copper pipes in places have a green
powdery covering which I assume is some sort of oxidisation.

Should I clean this off and if so what with?

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along the
tops of the urinals, and elsewhere in the changing rooms. We used
standard powder scourer (Vim or Ajax type - but actually no-name
janitorial stuff) and an ordinary bristle scrubbing brush, or even a
nail brush. The pipes used to look pretty good - for a while.

--
Rod

Green copper pipe rot.
 

In message , Rod
writes
R D S wrote:
Hi,
I have ripped out my kitchen and the copper pipes in places have a
green powdery covering which I assume is some sort of oxidisation.
Should I clean this off and if so what with?

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along the
tops of the urinals,

And you tell the kids today ...


--
geoff

Green copper pipe rot.
 

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:37:26 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along the
tops of the urinals, and elsewhere in the changing rooms. We used
standard powder scourer (Vim or Ajax type - but actually no-name
janitorial stuff) and an ordinary bristle scrubbing brush, or even a
nail brush.

Sheesh - what did you do to deserve that?

Apart from regular canings, our worst punishment was 'detention' by
Doc "Felix" Watson (English language and RI), who invited you to his
detention if it was convenient (i.e. you had no after-school clubs or
suchlike that afternoon), when he allowed you to do whatever homework
you had, dished out sweets (fruit gums) and milk, and let you go home
virtually when you wanted.

And that was in the early 1960s.

He was a total nutter.

--
Frank Erskine

Green copper pipe rot.
 

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:37:26 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along the
tops of the urinals, and elsewhere in the changing rooms. We used
standard powder scourer (Vim or Ajax type - but actually no-name
janitorial stuff) and an ordinary bristle scrubbing brush, or even a
nail brush.

Sheesh - what did you do to deserve that?

Apart from regular canings, our worst punishment was 'detention' by
Doc "Felix" Watson (English language and RI), who invited you to his
detention if it was convenient (i.e. you had no after-school clubs or
suchlike that afternoon), when he allowed you to do whatever homework
you had, dished out sweets (fruit gums) and milk, and let you go home
virtually when you wanted.

And that was in the early 1960s.

He was a total nutter.

Hmm! Is that when the trouble started with kids today?

Green copper pipe rot.
 

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:24:33 GMT, "clot" wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:37:26 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along the
tops of the urinals, and elsewhere in the changing rooms. We used
standard powder scourer (Vim or Ajax type - but actually no-name
janitorial stuff) and an ordinary bristle scrubbing brush, or even a
nail brush.

Sheesh - what did you do to deserve that?

Apart from regular canings, our worst punishment was 'detention' by
Doc "Felix" Watson (English language and RI), who invited you to his
detention if it was convenient (i.e. you had no after-school clubs or
suchlike that afternoon), when he allowed you to do whatever homework
you had, dished out sweets (fruit gums) and milk, and let you go home
virtually when you wanted.

And that was in the early 1960s.

He was a total nutter.

Hmm! Is that when the trouble started with kids today?

He was useless at caning - I don't know if it was intentional, but
he'd hold your wrist out and miss with the cane numerous times (his
gown flowing all over the place), then when he was exhausted he'd just
tap your fingers with the stick...

He also ran an antique shop in his spare time, which just about says
it all.

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland

Green copper pipe rot.
 

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:24:33 GMT, "clot" wrote:

Frank Erskine wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:37:26 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along
the tops of the urinals, and elsewhere in the changing rooms. We
used standard powder scourer (Vim or Ajax type - but actually
no-name janitorial stuff) and an ordinary bristle scrubbing brush,
or even a nail brush.

Sheesh - what did you do to deserve that?

Apart from regular canings, our worst punishment was 'detention' by
Doc "Felix" Watson (English language and RI), who invited you to his
detention if it was convenient (i.e. you had no after-school clubs
or suchlike that afternoon), when he allowed you to do whatever
homework you had, dished out sweets (fruit gums) and milk, and let
you go home virtually when you wanted.

And that was in the early 1960s.

He was a total nutter.

Hmm! Is that when the trouble started with kids today?

He was useless at caning - I don't know if it was intentional, but
he'd hold your wrist out and miss with the cane numerous times (his
gown flowing all over the place), then when he was exhausted he'd just
tap your fingers with the stick...

He also ran an antique shop in his spare time, which just about says
it all.

Hmm again! That could be about the time (and reason) the rot set in!

Green copper pipe rot.
 

In message , writes
On 30 Aug,
Frank Erskine wrote:

On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:37:26 +0100, Rod
wrote:

Standard punishment at school was to scrub the copper pipes along the
tops of the urinals, and elsewhere in the changing rooms. We used
standard powder scourer (Vim or Ajax type - but actually no-name
janitorial stuff) and an ordinary bristle scrubbing brush, or even a
nail brush.

Sheesh - what did you do to deserve that?

Apart from regular canings, our worst punishment was 'detention' by
Doc "Felix" Watson (English language and RI), who invited you to his
detention if it was convenient (i.e. you had no after-school clubs or
suchlike that afternoon), when he allowed you to do whatever homework
you had, dished out sweets (fruit gums) and milk, and let you go home
virtually when you wanted.

And that was in the early 1960s.

He was a total nutter.

We all thought that.

You must have been on the regular list in assembly to be getting regular
canings.

"Drage, come here ..."

thwack x 6

"What was that for ?"

"You're bound to do something today to justify it"


Standard punishment was lines

"Nothing is more distressing to the well regulated minds than the sight
of someone who ought to know better disporting himself in an improper
manner in an improper place"

.... came in units, 30 lines = 1 unit


--
geoff

Green copper pipe rot.