Brass

The most typical type of brass you’ll find scrapping is plumbing or pipe brass. It can be tricky to differentiate real brass from other material types, which is why we want to offer some tips to tell you how you may find out for yourself.

A sure-fire way to tell if something is solid brass or simply brass plated is by using a regular old magnet. If your magnet sticks in place to whatever material you’ve attached it to, then it’s undoubtedly brass plated. However, if the magnet scratches and leaves a bright yellow color behind, it is 100% solid brass. Once you find out through this simple test, you’re unstoppable on your brass scrapping adventures!

Brass is a very sought-after material in this day in age, which is because of a couple of different reasons. Firstly, many materials are created using brass, as mentioned before, like household items, and otherwise.

Solid brass comprises entirely pure brass throughout, meaning it’s a highly durable and dense form of metal. When this kind of process goes into creating such material, you can bet your bottom dollar that the prices are only going to increase.

A pure brass piece could cost far more than zinc pieces, and their difference is justifiable by the far superior qualities of obtaining the brass, instead.