Cleaning corrosion

[bryanpl]

Hi all:

Not a HVAC person but if I could bother you folks with a question. I have a used aquarium chiller that works fine. took off the cover to clean out the dirt and grime etc. i noticed there is a fair bit of corrosion on the copper tubing from the humid salt water environment.

I was going to paint over the tubing (except evaporator) with some rust paint. Before doing so, is there a proper way of cleaning off the existing corrosion or should I just remove it with some sandpaper and paint away.

-=Bryan=-

[Swampfox]

Sandpaper or wire brush should work fine

[spotts]

why use rust paint?

[cynic]

Might want to leave it alone, sometimes what looks bad is actually doing a better job than paint would. Whats the evaporater made of ? fish don't like copper.

[bryanpl]

I am talking about the green corrosion. Tremclad rust paint seems to better than regular spray paint.


Originally posted by spotts
why use rust paint?

[bryanpl]

Evaporator is a PVC tube with what appears to be titanium or 316 stainless coil circulating the refrigerant.



Originally posted by cynic
Might want to leave it alone, sometimes what looks bad is actually doing a better job than paint would. Whats the evaporater made of ? fish don't like copper.