Safety of recycled copper pipe

[Stillybilly]

Hello!
I recently got some recycled copper pipe, unsure were its from and would like to use it to recycle it. I'm going to give it a good clean with some acid but want to know if it will be safe to use after this. I read a couple of post relating to this with varying responses. I'd like to recycle and it not kill me with dodgy booze

[zed255]

Just my $0.02, if it is copper pipe a good scrubbing with dilute acid until it shines like a new penny and cutting off any soldered ends should get you a useable piece of material.

Only dodgy thing would be potentially old lead solder, hence to suggestion to physically cut any soldered sections away. Otherwise, so long as you can be rid of any verdigris you could be good to go. Full cleaning protocol on anything you build with it despite the initial reconditioning.

[Stillybilly]

Cheers zed much appreciated!

[8Ball]

Just my $0.02, if it is copper pipe a good scrubbing with dilute acid until it shines like a new penny and cutting off any soldered ends should get you a useable piece of material.

Only dodgy thing would be potentially old lead solder, hence to suggestion to physically cut any soldered sections away. Otherwise, so long as you can be rid of any verdigris you could be good to go. Full cleaning protocol on anything you build with it despite the initial reconditioning.

+1. What zed sed.