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    • #74294
      jfh1967
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      Hi, my plumbing has been done last year. At some places (on solder), there is green stuff.

      How can i remove it ?

    • #303532
      Unregistered-RocketScientist
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      steel wool

    • #303535
      Bruno1949
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      the acid flux used to clean and solder the pipes. It indicates the connection wasn’t cleaned after it was made. Eventually it could eat through the pipe. It might take 30 years, but cleaning the connection after it is made is always a good idea.

      Buy a cheap box of baking soda and steel wool or emery paper. Pour some baking soda on it and clean the connection completely until the copper shines. The flux is now gone and unless there is a pin hole in the connection that should be the last of the problem. The copper will oxidize again but copper oxide on the surface is a protector and totally normal. The green fuzzy stuff isn’t.

    • #303559
      Unregistered-phil1993
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      hi

      salt mixed with lemon is quite handy for cleaning copper.

      Phil
      http://www.howtoremovestains.net

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