Want to take some scrap metal to be cashed in, but...

[wanacoop]

Hi all, just need a couple of questions answering about scrap metal.


I have been saving it up for a while now, and hoping to put the cash towards hiring a supercar for my wedding in Sept

I have got copper, brass & braziery.

Question 1- Can I have brass fittings in with the braziery? I have put all my braziery bits into the top of a hot water cylinder, but a few off the cut off bits have had brass nuts on, will this be ok??

Question 2- I'm trying to make sure the copper is 'clean' but I have been told different things concerning paint. Can the copper pipe have paint on it or not? If no, does it effect the price by a big amount? Or should I just stick all the copper with paint on it in the same bags?

I hope someone can answer these for me..

Cheers.

[bimsb6]

http://www.jbschofieldandsons.co.uk/products/purch...

[nipperS2K]

IIRC the copper is still valuable in whatever guise, with or without paint (the paint burns off in the smelting process)so most scrap merchants will take it and give a good price. I worked on a waste transfer site where all metals were separated, we sold the copper on and received good payment for all types.

[MarsellusWallace]

Yes you can weigh brass fittings in with braziery,however you will receive a price that will reflect the work the merchant needs to do to crop the brass bits off.
Sounds silly but you do get a little more for clean copper than painted.Painted copper has to go through a slightly different process to be refined due to the paint fumes burning off and causing a hazard.When I was in the scrap metal business the price difference was around £50 per tonne difference