How do I Clean a Penny?

[Broken8ball]

Yea I'm serious

Going to WDW next week and I got each DD $20 in quarters to do the stamped Penny machines. Figured it was a good way to keep them quiet about buying lots of other stuff.

My problem is that I now need 80 shinny pennies. The bank was no help. They couldn't find any nice rolls so now I have to clean up a bunch of pennies from my change jar.

Anyone know of a good way to clean a penny?

 

[nativetxn]

My son used to clean pennies with catsup. Weird but true

You can also use Barkeepers Friend

 

[my3kids]

Salt and lemon juice, metal polish, tomato sauce(yes, I am serious.

 

[Wish Upon A Star]

My DH uses vinegar and salt . . .believe it or not . . .

He puts the pennies in vinegar and then takes a small bowl of salt and rubs the salt on the pennies and they come out pretty clean and shiny.

Hope this helps.

 

[helenabear]

Taco Bell hot sauce works well too

 

[chell]

Vinegar should do it. You might want to check out this page on Deb's site.

 

[J/T Gramdma]

You can rub them with a pencil eraser but it is alittle tedious a great job for 6-10 yrolds

 

[Jolie C]

Any change that someone leaves in their pocket and then goes through the washer is always really clean and shiny.

 

[monkeyboy]

I don't know but everytime I toss away a bad penny ...it keeps showing up

 

[Disneyaholic]

Paste copper cleaner. Just coat the pennies and rinse them!

 

[momm2four]

I recommend the vinegar method. We used that one in school one day for a science exp.

Lori P.

 

[mtblujeans]

There is also a powder copper cleaner (for cleaning copper bottom pans) that comes in a shaker container (like Comet). You scrub a little on and rinse it off. Cleans in an instant.

 

[buzzlady]

I always used vinegar and salt.

 

[mickey65]

Soak them in Coke and they will be nice and shiny

 

[poochie]

Soak them in Coke

Rub them with Catsup or tomato sauce

Use vinegar

Does this frighten anyone else here, that we all consume these items which can clean a penny?

 

[LuvTigger]

Ditto on the vinegar...

I soak them in vinegar overnight or longer, then rub them with a cloth. The gunk should come off easily.

(And you thought it was a weird question, didn't you???)

 

[epcotfan]

I soak them in vinegar overnight or longer

I do not recommend leaving them in vinegar overnight. I tried this once and the pennies eroded.
For cleaning pennies soak the penny in white vinegar for about a minute or two. Then clean them with toothpaste. Use your fingers to scrub the dirt out of the crevices. Don't scrub them with a brush as it may scratch them. Rinse with water and pat dry with a paper towel. Leave them out to let the air circulate around them for a bit to ensure they are completely dry before storage. Voila, clean pennies!

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

soak them in Coke or use Taco Bell hot sauce.

 

[stinkerbelle]

Originally posted by Pooh_Friend#1
soak them in Coke or use Taco Bell hot sauce.

I used to work at Taco Bell back in my HS/College days...this amused me while working on drive-thru. hehehe

Pepsi doesn't work though - gotta be coke!

I actually ran over a packet of hot sauce in the parking lot in my old car...no lie, it ate away at the paint.

 

[Maleficent13]

Originally posted by stinkerbelle


I used to work at Taco Bell back in my HS/College days...this amused me while working on drive-thru. hehehe

Pepsi doesn't work though - gotta be coke!

I actually ran over a packet of hot sauce in the parking lot in my old car...no lie, it ate away at the paint.

*throws away all taco bell hot sauce packets out of her drawer*