Green Copper Gutters

It takes many years for copper to turn green and many people think brown copper just looks like painted metal.

Green copper gutters.

But if patina isn t your thing you can keep copper gutters and downspouts shiny and warm colored by putting a protective coating on them each year and polishing them with a solution made for copper. Get free shipping on qualified green gutters or buy online pick up in store today in the building materials department. Green gutters gutter systems the home depot store finder. Copper is resilient but it corrodes that s the green patina in action and a great way to make your copper gutters corrode faster is by allowing leaves and other tree debris to trap moisture inside the gutter.

Over time the copper metal interacts with the air and ambient moisture. If not protected the copper will weather and turn brown very quickly and the distinctive copper look is lost. You love the warm glow of the metal. This interaction causes oxidation and as the copper gutters age they will slowly form a green patina similar to the green color of the statue of liberty.

If you are ever interested in seeing how copper gutters look on a house head over to our houzz page. Understanding copper gutter oxidation. When copper gutters are first installed they look like a shiny new penny. You will never have to paint them.

Maybe one day someone s copper patina gutters will make you green with envy. We have a lot of pictures there and be sure to.