Anyone scrap copper? Have a question

[cobra2547]

I ended up buying a property with a house only it to demo the house to build a new building for my business. I took anything I could out of the house which included the copper plumbing tubing. I have it separated between clean copper with no brass, copper with no brass but its painted white and I also have tubing used for forced hot water heat. The price for clean copper is a lot better so my question is does the copper with paint on it qualify as clean copper? Called a bunch of scrap yards the best price I found was about $2.50 a pound for clean copper is that decent?
Thanks

 

[Mr. Mach-ete]

Around here painted copper is considered #2, it's .10 per pound cheaper than #1.

 

[YJSONLY]

Painted is #2 as stated. The price will vary by location kinda like gasoline. I don't know what they are paying here (Florida) as of right now tho.

 

[MBoyle1]

#1 is like new pipe from the store or wire.but yes I scrap this load was over $700.00

 

[01GTB]

Yeah, #2 is really close in price. Just don't leave anything else attached to it and you should be good.