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Ah ha! Look at that! Someone found this thread and took it viral!!! We should be all getting all the credit for discussing it WELL BEFORE THE TREND. We are all so dang cool. I did a little piece on it on my blog...though I'm not sure I am allowed to post links like that?

I completely agree about knowing the provenance of your wine. Any your food. And your cookware...but of course. :)

Thanks! Hahaha glad you found it! www.housecopper.com works too. :)

It's ok - it's still gorgeous! That is very very interesting about the sine wave! I wondered what you did for corners - I do a few different styles to make a seamless corner when making copper trays for vintage pieces and it sounds like you discovered yet another way to do it! How is the MDF...

That's a good one - and yes, totally true! I would definitely worry about copper on the outside of the house so hopefully @sour_grapes doesn't have any issue with it...!! Put alarms on your copper?! Once it gets that great green verdigris, I think it is somehow less tempting for people as...

These are gorgeous!! I'm actually very impressed by the tightness of your seams. Did you just use the 10ft rolls of copper you can pick up at Menards? And did you just form the pieces or actually poxy/attach them to the fridge and DW? Thank you for sharing - they are way cooler than I was...

Oooo - is that roof flashing?? Handmade? What are you using for flux to solder your seams and joints? I've been roving between Johnson's, Astro and Harris myself... I am a geek. It is official. Seriously, you guys. I am in maker mode because I just got some new tools and besides the...

You and Scooter are dudes after my heart (am I allowed to say that, being a chick?) - copper sinks are to DIE for, but you need some serious polish to keep it looking amazing after it oxidizes. I personally prefer Eve Stone's stuff for copper ANYthing. Keeps the luster for a ridiculously long...

I don't believe copper is toxic - it's the overexposure of copper that is so...the WHO actually has copper listed as an essential mineral for our survival. Obviously copper mixed with lead...not so much. hee hee... But I agree, having now spent way too much time today than I planned on to...

I feel like I am now needing to learn yet another whole language just to figure out this science. Hahaha.

All true in terms of the ancient Romans, who lined their copper with lead. (Or used an alloy of copper that included lead...or drank water from lead pipes...) Thankfully we are all smarter today. Haha. We don't mix lead with our food (at least I don't think anyone does on purpose?). I...

I think I'll go read a lot of copper plumbing manuals to get some additional ideas too and learn about cold/non-heat induced solubility. Still have some notions where copper and wine can play together, though. Could be cool/interesting. Why not, right?

Nope, totally not aware of the low pH interaction with copper. I know all about how copper interacts with food and liquids when the copper is heated, but not when it simply is in contact with acid. I definitely will research!! Thank you! What about the whole running wine over copper sheet...

Hi stickman! Thank you for the comments - as I mentioned, I'm just researching (not winemaking). I do know copper is not released into food unless the copper is heated (blame the day job as a copper cookware fabricator) and even then it's trace amounts - it takes a lot (years!) of cooking...

Hi guys - I'm in research mode on copper and wine making. Saw this thread and thought I'd make a comment...I don't believe there would be much copper leaching into the wine if you're not actually heating the wine. That's the whole point of lining copperware - if you're heating it, you need it...