How do you get olives off copper piping?

Answer 1

One way is to cut olive at an 45 degree angle and cut with small hacksaw. The problem with this is that it may flare or damage the pipe, leading to replacement of the whole pipe. An easier way is to use a tool such as the olivepulloff tool (it costs about £20 and you can get one easily from Jee Dee Tools website). These do a good job, are quick and easy to use, and quite neat in removing olives off copper pipes. Further, even in space constraints, for example when removing olives off shower pipe's, a good olive puller will remove the olive off the copper pipe without leaving any damage to the pipe.

Answer 2

The best way to take an olive (ring) off a copper pipe is to take a junior hacksaw and to cut directly on the olive at an angle and cut just deep enough that it just touches the surface of the copper piping. The olive then will pop and then you can take a flat screw driver and push the olive off.