The copper cleans up gently.
Everything you need is already at the corner grocery.
We wanted this to be easy, whether you are in a small apartment, travelling, or simply squeamish about the whole business. We tried all sorts of kitchen sink items, these are the two methods that stuck.
Full walk-throughs are coming to our YouTube channel.
The baking soda scrub
A quick, low-mess scrub. At home in a small sink, or on the road.
- Baking soda
- Water
- Lemon juice optional
- A bamboo skewer or pipe cleaning brush
- Mix the baking soda with a little water into a paste.
- Load it into the bowl and work it down the tube with the skewer or brush, scrubbing the inside as you go.
- Optional: pour lemon juice down the tube. It fizzes against the baking soda for a little extra lift while you scrub again.
- Rinse, and you are done.
The oil soak
Our favouriteHands off, and it does most of the work for you.
- Vegetable oil *
- Dish soap and water
- A bamboo skewer or pipe cleaning brush
- Submerge the copper in vegetable oil, ideally overnight. Most of the tar melts right out.
- Give it a few passes with the skewer or brush.
- Wash with a little dish soap and water, rinse clean, and you are done.
* Reuse the oil until it gets too dirty. It keeps well in a thin layer in a ziploc.
Salt to scour, vinegar to shine.
On a heavily used pipe, work some salt into the paste and scour before you rinse. It cuts through what the paste leaves behind.
A little vinegar or lemon gives an extra cleaning boost, and its mild acid brings the shine back to the copper. Copper darkens with use, so leave it to a patina, or bring the shine back with a quick vinegar rinse.
We are filming each method side by side, to show what it does to the copper. The full walk-throughs will live on our YouTube channel, with teasers here as they land.
The OG
Kept clean, the gentle way.
$99.95
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