There are a couple of ways you can clean coins in bulk with vinegar, baking soda, or just Fast Orange. We’ll show you the Fast Orange route here.
i. Soak
Take all the coinage together and leave them soaked in hot water for a couple of minutes to half an hour.
ii. Fast Orange
Lay out all the coins outside the water. Apply some fast orange solution to it using a toothbrush.
iii. Scrub
Use the toothbrush to scrub the abrasion on the surface. You’ll notice the coin starting to shine in a matter of seconds.
iv. Wipe
Use a cloth to wipe away the grime and compare your results to the undone ones.
Using hydrogen peroxide
While many are skeptical, we can say with confidence that regular currency coins will clean just as well using hydrogen peroxide.
i. Grab all your coins
Get all your collectibles and place them in an inert container. Try this on regular currency first.
ii. Place hydrogen peroxide
Grab your bottle of the solution and pour it over all and make sure they are well soaked.
iii. Leave overnight
Leave the well-covered solution overnight to dissolve away all impurities. Hydrogen peroxide will remove all organic impurities easily.
iv. Rinse
The next day, recover your findings and rinse them in cold water. Use a microfibre cloth to dry each one and witness the shine for yourself.
Using baking soda?
To clean coins with baking soda, you will need to do the following:
i. Soak
Soak them all in a solution of white vinegar and water. The vinegar should only be a cup in a bucket full of water.
ii. Extract
After 15 minutes to half an hour of soaking, remove the collectibles from the solution. You can soak them longer if the corrosion is quite a lot. Lay them out neatly on a piece of cloth.
iii. Sprinkle
Take the soda and sprinkle some on each coin. Since the surfaces are still a little wet, they should be quick to absorb this.
iv. Abrasion
Use a toothbrush to scrub the soda on the surface. The corrosion and grime will also be scrubbed away.
v. Rinse and wipe
Now rinse the coins in cold water and wipe with a cloth. Watch the super clean and gleaming coins in all their glory.
Using vinegar
Vinegar on its own won’t do much to clean. With a lot of salt, magic happens!
i. Make the solution
In a cup of vinegar, mix a lot of salt. Use an empty cup to mix the salt well into the vinegar. The salt should be in excess to make a very well saturated solution.
ii. Now, dip
Take the coin and dip this into the mixture. You’ll find the dipped end is completely clean. Repeat the process on both the ends and all the coins.
iii. Rinse
Now rinse all the pennies and coins in regular water, or else the pennies will form an acetate solution over time and go green.
