Copper Cleaner in loop?

WonderingSoul · Apr 15, 2007

Anyone know if it is safe to put copper cleaner in my loop? My TDX is a sight for sore eyes and don't want to pull the whole thing out. Is it safe to put a few drops of copper cleaner in my loop of MCT40/5 (I ran out of MCT40 and put a little of MCT5 I had left over into it) without damaging anything?

BobcatDan · Apr 15, 2007

WonderingSoul said:
Anyone know if it is safe to put copper cleaner in my loop? My TDX is a sight for sore eyes and don't want to pull the whole thing out. Is it safe to put a few drops of copper cleaner in my loop of MCT40/5 (I ran out of MCT40 and put a little of MCT5 I had left over into it) without damaging anything?

Copper polish? Any metal cleaner is either an etcher or an abrasive, their of which will treat your pump very well...

WonderingSoul · Apr 15, 2007

Not a polish. It's a chemical I have used in my chemistry class to restore the luster to copper. It's some kind of liquid.

Whipe it on with a q-tip then just rinse with water.

BobcatDan · Apr 15, 2007

WonderingSoul said:
Not a polish. It's a chemical I have used in my chemistry class to restore the luster to copper. It's some kind of liquid.

Whipe it on with a q-tip then just rinse with water.

It's an etching compound, eats away the top (corroded) layer of metal leaving a shinny surface.

I'm not sure what exactly it would do to your lines and pump, but I'm sure it wouldn't be good.
Dan

WonderingSoul · Apr 15, 2007

BobcatDan said:
It's an etching compound, eats away the top (corroded) layer of metal leaving a shinny surface.

I'm not sure what exactly it would do to your lines and pump, but I'm sure it wouldn't be good.
Dan

I am 99% sure it is not a buffing compound. I will have to ask the professor what the substance is though.

Mycobacteria · Apr 15, 2007

Would you use this chemical to wash your hands?

Sounds like its highly corosive to me..

WonderingSoul · Apr 15, 2007

Mycobacteria said:
Would you use this chemical to wash your hands?

Sounds like its highly corosive to me..

I have gotten it on my hands before and no negative effects happened to me. I will have to wait and speak with my professor to find out what the actual chemical is.

BobcatDan · Apr 15, 2007

WonderingSoul said:
I am 99% sure it is not a buffing compound. I will have to ask the professor what the substance is though.

An etcher is not a buffing compound, it chemically strips the surface. I doubt it will only react with copper, so it would etch anything metal in your loop (pump), and most likely the tubing as well. More than that, I doubt a few drops would do anything to clean your block, and if it does then you have dissolved copper in your water.
Dan

EDIT: If you have some, soak some tubing in it and see what happens.

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