Cleaning copper pipe
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Emery cloth is best.
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I use wire wool, and gloves.
Fine emery cloth to remove the bulk of the paint and finish with fine grade wire wool.
As @DetlefSchmitz says, wear gloves when using the wire wool. It's a pain, (literally), when little bits get into your skin.
As @DetlefSchmitz says, wear gloves when using the wire wool. It's a pain, (literally), when little bits get into your skin.
Scotchbrite - especially if you, uh-hmm, have a supply of it at work 
Stop using fairy liquid and man up
When I worked in engineering, my hands were so rough and hard I could hold them under very hot water, (+50ºC), and it felt warm. Didn't stop those little bits getting into your skin and start irritating you a few days later. But it's not a surface irritation that you can scratch as it's sub-dermal.Stop using fairy liquid and man up
(As for Fairy Liquid, we have a dishwasher.
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Just flush it through at a tap afterwards. Don't let anyone flush a loo while you work.
will that flush out the copper swarf if I use an hacksaw?
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Use a round file or de-burring tool
Put your little finger in it while you are cutting it!Excellent, I've cleaned it up nicely with a cheap scotchbrite-type pad and some wire wool
What's the best way to cut into the pipe without filling it full of swarf? I can't get my pipe cutter in as its too close to the wall
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we all know you put the little fella in there and had to wrap a sock around him xx
