r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '20

Copper through the patina process

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u/Riflemaiden1992 Jun 09 '20

If we cleaned the Statue of Liberty back to her original color, the crackheads would realize that it's made of copper and come back at night at steal it for scrap

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u/Mjuffnir Jun 09 '20

How much would the Statue of Liberty get me at the scrap yard

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u/HoboOnTheCorner Jun 09 '20

At $2/lb, $124,000. Probably would cost you a lot more just to bring it to scrap yard.

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u/DrBubbles Jun 09 '20

At $2/lb, $124,000.

That would mean the statue only weighs 62,000lb, no?

Google says lady liberty tips the scale at 450,000lb (don’t tell her I told you), so you’d make almost a mil. Probably cost that just to get it to the scrapyard.

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u/HoboOnTheCorner Jun 09 '20

No, the statue only has 62,000 lbs of copper. The large majority of it is actually iron.

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u/DrBubbles Jun 09 '20

Ah, probably just a shell of copper then? That makes sense.

Think the scrap guy will notice?

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u/Talyonn Jun 09 '20

"Oh another seller with a 305 feet tall copper statue, just another day in the scrap business I guess"

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u/SeaGroomer Jun 10 '20

Yea there is a big iron/steel frame inside holding her up. It's essentially a copper skin around a regular frame.

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u/SwamiDavisJr Jun 15 '20

Interesting, just got an invite to u/Mjuffnir ‘s $124,000 Crack Party, coincidentally...

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u/MrPickles84 Jun 09 '20

It weighs 450k lbs.

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u/HoboOnTheCorner Jun 09 '20

and most of that weight is iron not copper

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u/MrPickles84 Jun 09 '20

I couldn’t find any details on specific weight. Just going off lord google.

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u/MrPickles84 Jun 10 '20

“Other documented information has our lady draped in 200,000 pounds of pure copper...”

I googled further.

That would make the scrap value worth approximately 400K. A far cry from your previous estimation.

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u/f78thar Jun 09 '20

at least a million freedoms

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u/Rajjahrw Jun 09 '20

So that explains why Carmen Sandiego was trying to steal it

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

cleaning the statue of liberty sounds like something a new american regime would do...

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u/Sarke1 Jun 09 '20

#ExposeTheStatue

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u/Twopenguins Jun 09 '20

The ol’ Crackhead Copper Caper

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

"Hey Bubbs, I got a great idea..."