I’ve got a kidney shape, copper rev war canteen that I haven’t used in quite a long time… I rinsed it out, and then I took a penlight and put it inside the canteen and I saw all kinds of green blue oxidation inside… talked with a few guys from the gun club and they said that green blue stuff is poisonous… Is there anyway to salvage this canteen? Can it be cleaned out and can you drink water from it… Or will that stuff kill you and never go away… Help… I hate like hell to get rid of it but it sure beats pushing up daisies… Would a stainless steel canteen be better or a tin one be better? … would appreciate your comments and help.
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Copper canteen blu green oxidation inside
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Research verdigris.
Dump a water/muriatic acid solution in it and let it pickle overnight
Dump it out and rinse well. You may be able to save it
Note- wear gloves
Let your wife drink from it for a week and see what happens
Good one !
Clean it out it is a killer when cleaned out seal it with brewer's pitch or bees wax and use for water only you will be fine.
Personally, I would get the stainless steel one and paint the outside copper then you can put anything in it. ialso would use it for whisky, rum or whatever as I keep my plastic water supply in my pack.
Personally, I would get the stainless steel one and paint the outside copper then you can put anything in it. ialso would use it for whisky, rum or whatever as I keep my plastic water supply in my pack.
Thanks guys for all your help… I’ll try and see if I can salvage this old copper canteen… If I can’t, I’ll buy a stainless steel one, but before I do that, and after I clean the copper one, I’ll offer a drink from it to my wife and see what happens within a week… Good idea on that one …. it might save me $100 on a stainless steel canteen.
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Im not so sure its verdigris, like the reaction to acids in leather. If you look inside your copper water lines in your house they also have a blue green reaction inside them. Copper is considered to have a mild anti-microbial effect on water inside copper lines.
Green in your copper lines today means your water is way to acidic and you need a treatment system to keep you safe and your pipes from rotting out. Thank God for Pex plumbing!!
Copper Sulfate. Check out the health risks.
https://www.verywellhealth.com/copper-sulfate-benefits-4684436
https://www.verywellhealth.com/copper-sulfate-benefits-4684436
Malamute
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I just did some looking. Copper water lines and copper water bottles form green patina, copper oxide, its harmless. Water and oxigen contribute to it.
B.S. I'm an old moonshiner. That green verdigris on copper is poison.
Malamute
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Verdigris is copper carbonate, formed from a acidic reaction. Copper oxide is basic oxidation from moisture and air, they arent the same thing.
There are copper water bottles made, the info on them indicates the black to greenish patina deposit isnt harmful, and can be cleaned relatively simply. Copper cooking pots are also sold and popular with some.
https://www.google.com/search?q=gre...YECAIYB5IHBDIuMzagB5jxAg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
Because tinning is ONLY needed if an acidic substance would be within the copper for a long period, and the surface could not be cleaned afterwards, or if scale does not form.
Copper water pipes are not tinned,
Beer was and still is cooked in copper boilers.
Apple butter is made in copper kettles,
Moonshine was and in many cases still is distilled in copper stills,
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