how can i clean my money?

[beefy]

i found an old collander full of change out in the playhouse and it looks about as old as i am. some of it is stuck together with random stickiness. what can i clean it with (like soak it in..) so that i can get the gunk off and be able to tell what coin i am looking at?

 

[Hoosiermomma]

Coca Cola or Vinegar and baking soda.....

 

[beefy]

wont coca cola just make it ALL sticky? does it need to be fresh coco cola that fizzes or will remnants of an old 2 liter suffice?

 

[debilorrah]

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Coke will actually eat away the gunk. A few hours in it should do the trick, then rinse it all off.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

will eat the paint off your car too!

 

[Hoosiermomma]

I personally use a new can with all the fizz......

It eats the paint of your car.....imagine what it can do you our insides.

I still love it though!

 

[miss_jayne]

don't leave it in the coke for more than a few minutes actually. in a few hours it can eat the layers off and your nickles will be pennies.

in a few days, the money will be G O N E. it is that corrosive.

the best way to clean money is in a vinegar solution or do like we do in the jewelry biz....clean it in (here is our big trade secret for cleaning metal....ready???) windex without ammonia.

(my husband and i work for the largest manufacturer of fine jewelry in the US. there's a lotta gunk on stuff that lays around sometimes.)


you can also put it in small loads in a laundry bag and wash it in the washing machine. yep. it works. it will have to be light enough to circulate.