"Ed" wrote in message
. 92.175...

vinegar and salt should make quick work of it... neutralize with
baking soda or just rinse really well.


Damn! I've been hamming for over 40 years, yet I've never tried
that. I have a need to clean up and re-use some 7 strand copperweld
antenna line so I ran out and just tried this on a fairly corroded end.

It worked super well, and cleaned up each strand, actually getting
down around each strand pretty well even though I didn't spread them.



Thanks for reminding me of this old tip.

Ed K7AAT

yeah, sometimes us young whippersnappers can teach you old fogies a thing or
two! i've only been at this for 27 years. i learned that one to clean
copper bottom pots. as someone else pointed out, be sure to neutralize it
with baking soda or at least rinse off really well, especially on stranded
and insulated wire. if the vinegar stays down between the strands it can
cause more corrosion.