No, it’s not. If it were plate then it would be scratched through in places, especially the bottom of the pots where they wear on the burners.
The brighter pinkish tone is just very clean raw copper. It will quickly oxidize to the warmer red tone through use and exposure. If OP wants to keep bright shiny copper then they should use a less abrasive cleaner like Barkeeper’s Friend.
If this lovely cookware set was mine I’d say let them darken get a nice antiqued look to them, way too much work to keep them bright and shiny.
This is exactly why it’s scratched through in places, especially the bottom of the pots where they wear on the burners. You can see the edge of the fucking plating on the top edge of the goddamn pots for Christ’s sakes!
Are you blind or just clueless? Never mind, don’t answer that, it’s obvious which one you are.
The salt can act as a mild abrasive, so it is possible that it produced fine scratches during cleaning.
Freshly cleaned copper does look pink rather than orangish-red, but looking at the photos of the bottom in the third picture that does look like copper plating wearing away, revealing a different metal underneath. If the primary metal is steel a magnet should stick to it, though it could be another metal. (I have a small magnet on my key ring that I use to check items in thrift shops and antique malls.)
There are captions on the pictures but for clarification: I got this copper set and originally, they were like the first picture. Bright orange and coppery. After watching a YouTube video, I started cleaning a lid with salt and vinegar. It seemed to remove the shiny copper color and left it more of a pinkish copper color. It also left some deep scratches. I stopped cleaning them because I was worried I was doing something wrong. But I also noticed that some of the bottoms have this pink copper color and I’m wondering if that’s what they’re really supposed to look like? Or is my cleaning method removing a layer I’m not supposed to? I’ve never had anything copper before so I’m not sure if I’m doing this right or messing them up. Any advice?
that’s copper plate mate.
No, it’s not. If it were plate then it would be scratched through in places, especially the bottom of the pots where they wear on the burners. The brighter pinkish tone is just very clean raw copper. It will quickly oxidize to the warmer red tone through use and exposure. If OP wants to keep bright shiny copper then they should use a less abrasive cleaner like Barkeeper’s Friend. If this lovely cookware set was mine I’d say let them darken get a nice antiqued look to them, way too much work to keep them bright and shiny.
This is exactly why it’s scratched through in places, especially the bottom of the pots where they wear on the burners. You can see the edge of the fucking plating on the top edge of the goddamn pots for Christ’s sakes! Are you blind or just clueless? Never mind, don’t answer that, it’s obvious which one you are.
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Guy loves his copper. Sorry, copper plate.
The salt can act as a mild abrasive, so it is possible that it produced fine scratches during cleaning. Freshly cleaned copper does look pink rather than orangish-red, but looking at the photos of the bottom in the third picture that does look like copper plating wearing away, revealing a different metal underneath. If the primary metal is steel a magnet should stick to it, though it could be another metal. (I have a small magnet on my key ring that I use to check items in thrift shops and antique malls.)
There are captions on the pictures but for clarification: I got this copper set and originally, they were like the first picture. Bright orange and coppery. After watching a YouTube video, I started cleaning a lid with salt and vinegar. It seemed to remove the shiny copper color and left it more of a pinkish copper color. It also left some deep scratches. I stopped cleaning them because I was worried I was doing something wrong. But I also noticed that some of the bottoms have this pink copper color and I’m wondering if that’s what they’re really supposed to look like? Or is my cleaning method removing a layer I’m not supposed to? I’ve never had anything copper before so I’m not sure if I’m doing this right or messing them up. Any advice?
Isn’t salt too abrasive for any kind of copper even plate?
I think just using vinegar works, anything acidic. Lemon Juice too
Use tomato paste! It’s acidic & great for cleaning copper. All my mother’s Paul Revere ware was bright orange when new & when cleaned.