Scrapping brass; identifying, sorting, and common places for finding.
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- Hello scrappers and planet lovers. This video is all about brass. I will talk about the different categories at the scrap yard and some common places to find this great and common scrap metal.
This is one of those videos that should be part of a "scrapping" playlist. Excellent, to-the-point, and encompassing explanation of brass that I think may be the first best general explanation on YT. Even talked about the scratch tests for brass! Thankyou!!!
Thank you for watching and the compliment
the sun rays bro nice coming through the window i loved it thanks for video again and breaking your back to keep in frame
Another great vid Tin.
Great video nice break down on what to expect when cashing in and different types of brass i never knew it was red brass cool ✊😎🔥
Glad you enjoyed it.Thanks for watching.
Thank you my friend for the video I am a Scrapper and a planet lover great job explaining your metal and yes brass is found everywhere. You just have to scratch it to see what kind it is
I have a chocolat color brass that I wasn't sure if it was bronze. This came from the frame of a Tiffany style ceiling lamp. Might be red brass as you say ! Good video.
Great descriptions tin man thanks!
Brass is my least finished scrap. I hope my scrapyards similar. And im glad i havnt sorted the nickle plated prongs or the ones with alittle copper still stuck in them yet 👍
Thanks for watching and glad I could help. Stay well.
Gold plated brass rca plugs also
Thanks Tin Man!
I heard of the term milbery brass another name for red brass in Australia
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Most water meters are red rash I have two of them
Check with your yard on the water meters. One of mine has them classified seperately for less money. I am assuming that is for unstripped meters, which would make them dirty, but it is a better price than dirty brass.
I always have a hard time telling red brass from copper
I have about 20 pounds of red Brass that stuff is beautiful
🤔 watching this video, I can’t help but to think that, while doing the scratch test, and seeing the gold colour to confirm, and putting the magnet on it to reveal it does not stick, how can one differentiate the brass from the copper..both can also be heavy, or light in weight, depending on the product..
Is brass with solder considered dirty brass?
Hi,I have yellow brass but it’s old and dirty from dirt? Is it clean or dirty brass?
if it is dirt, just wash it. dirty refers to if mixed with copper, soddering, paint, caulking, etc. You might have a few pounds deducted if a lot of dirt and scale house worker believes there is a lot of extra weight from the dirt. But I would take the few minutes to clean the brass if it is really caked on, but you should be okay. Thanks for the question.
What yard do you take you stuff to?
Great vid superman.
I almost had a pink fit the other day going through my brass fitting and odd n ends. Some are ever so slightly magnetic. They will pick up a small neodymium magnet, barely.
What do you think.... Do you think this could be low quality or contaminated brass?
Stainless steel parts can stick to hardrive magnets and neodymium if they arent high quality. Is it brassy yellow when you scratch it?
@@colonialcharlie8702 yeah. Some of them looked like quality brass gas fittings. I almost lost my mind. Then there were the little brasstards that hold motherboards in computer towers. They were sticking too.... all i can think of is super low quality/ contaminated brass.
Ill look again next week when i go back to it... get the file out. clip some of those little buggers in half too. Anything that picks up is getting segregated. Go to the naughty corner.... you little bastards.
Overkill...but im going to clarify some more... the harddrive magnet will not pick up the "brass" but the brass will pick up the magnet in certain places on the bigger gas fittings. Theyll also rock the magnet on a little fulcrum. There is so little magnetic force that the pieces barely hold and will fall off if i move the magnet. Theres no remnants of pipe or anything, theyre clean fittings. The little hex nuts off the motherboard are a lot lighter and i have to push the magnet flat for them to be picked up. Theres not much force holding them on either. Anyones thoughts would be appreciated.
@@NOFX0890 I find this same thing with some "nonferrous metals it also drives me nuts and I just trough it into my shred buckets
Lost my mind that day. Nah its worrth way more than shred. Ill just separate it from the goodness and see what they say when i hand it over.
Well, I am not gonna request you how to separate tin from zinc/iron/steel/magnesium/titanium😁
Is so hard to tell red brass
Red brass is a little more red in color. Probably best place to get is the water valve on hot water tanks.
$3.88 Canadian is about $1.00 US dollar.
Yeah, the Cdn dollar is not doing great.
$3.88 Canadian is currently $2.84 US.