JeffH
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Cleaning up outdoor copper before sweating. Any tips & tricks? I usually torch it to remove most of the paint, then wet sand to clean whatever residue is left. Any other tried and true techniques?
Removing paint from copper pipe
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Gary Swart
In the Trades
The only other way I know of to remove paint is with paint stripper. I might consider that if I wanted to clean all of the paint from the entire length of pipe, but just to clean up a few inches on an end to prep for sweating, what you're doing is OK.
Kordts
In the Trades
Usually I just burn the paint off with my torch. Then I clean it.
GrumpyPlumber
Licensed Grump
I use my channel locks LIGHTLY to break the paint into flakes...then sand it.
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