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i just built a valved reflux still column and head and i was wondering if any had any advice on how to get my copper clean and shiny
i had read someware that a baking soda vinegar water bath would do this but i think i'm missing a ingredient i think it was some thing like lemon juice or something???
hopefuly i can get this figured out and attached to the keg and start this dam thing!!!
As for the outside, 0000 steel wool works great. For the inside, I seal the bottom of the column and fill it with vinegar and water, 50/50 mix, let it sit for an hour and then flush it out.
myerfire
man im tryin but there is alot of info to go thru!!!
so much to convert from L to gal and formulas i dont understand
for something backwoods hillbillys used to do this is hella hard
im uneducated and barely can use a computer
i am grateful for the help and patience but fact of the matter is im just dumb
Bill, you can polish it as much as you like, but in the end you'll just let it go a nice bronze colour that you don't have to wear white gloves to handle everything. Basically, polishing the copper looks pretty, but it's a pain in the neck keeping it pretty - IMHO of course.
blanik
Simple potstiller. Slow, single run.
(50 litre, propane heated pot still. Coil in bucket condenser - No thermometer, No carbon) The Reading Lounge AND the Rules We Live By should be compulsory reading
I gess you could hit the outside with white a fine steel wool Or a 1000 grit sand papper. Then use a polish called mass, look it up on the net the stuff is good. After that hit it with a heat proof lacour clear coat. That will keep the shine on your still head but if you go through all this trouble you might need counciling.
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. John Steinbeck
im just tryin to get clean so the patina will be even and purdy!!!!
so i think i will soke my colum and my head in a vinerger salt water blend and hope for the best
If you havn't got a buffing wheel, fine grade steel wool for starters, then automotive cutting compound, ( ware rubber gloves as your hands will end up black if you don't), then give it a coat of copper laquer. to keep the shine. It will develop that nice deep copper patina, but it just needs a wash off with clean water after each use.
