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Vinegar, yes, but not ketchup. Vinegar cleans it because it is an acid. Actually, the best thing to use is cola or lemonade and leave the penny in some cola or lemonade for 48 hours - it normally does the trick!
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Can 409 clean a penny better than salt and vinegar?
Clean it, to eliminate what? Grease and oil? 409. Cuprous or Cupric Oxide? Salt and vinegar.
Why does ketchup clean a penny better than vinegar?
Because ketchup has acid.
Can a penny be cleaned with vinegar?
yes, the penny will be shiny if you cleaned it with vinegar
Who invented how to clean a penny with vinegar?
It's simply a chemical reaction of acetic acid and copper. It doesn't have a specific inventor.
What juices can be used to clean pennies?
What I LEARned was to put it in vinagar
Why can vinegar clean a dirty penny?
Vinegar contains Acetic acid that reacts with the copper in the penny.
Can vinegar clean an oxidized penny?
Yes.
How does vinegar make a penny shine?
vinegar has an acid in it that dissolves microscopic particles only found on certain matals.
What will a penny do in vinegar after 30 minutes?
If you have any tarnished pennies in your penny jar, you can easily clean them in vinegar. If you leave your pennies in white vinegar and salt for about 30 minutes and they will come out shiny and pretty clean. Be sure to rinse the vinegar off.
What happens when you combine vinegar and salt to clean pennies?
the salt will dissolve in the vinegar and the penny will get really clean well if it dirty
How do you clean a rusty penny?
White vinegar does a fine job.
Why wont soda clean a penny as good as vinegar?
Vinegar is acid.. Soda is sugar and carbonation.
What will happen if you soak the penny to vinegar overnight?
The penny will get clean i did that in science class and in less than 2 minutes the penny became clean
How does vinegar clean pennies?
vinegar is acetic acid so it 'eats' away the coating of the penny cleaning it.
Can 409 clean a penny better than salt and vinegar?
Clean it, to eliminate what? Grease and oil? 409. Cuprous or Cupric Oxide? Salt and vinegar.
What liquids can clean a penny the best?
it's actually vinegar & salt because vinegar is an acid & salt is an abrasive.
Which liquid will best clean a penny?
vinegar and salt and soda pop is best used to clean pennies.
