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i bought a tumbler need help
- Thread starter ohio fred
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Wash pennies with pennies. The other clad can be washed together.
Don't add salt and vinegar to the mixture....it will blow the drums apart.
However, ther are so many recipies for washing coins, that I will just give you the most simple and basic one. This is for clad only!
WATER + DISH SOAP + CUP OF AQUARIUM GRAVOL + ABOUT 1 - 2 HOURS OF TUMBLING = NICE LOOKING CLAD.
(recycle gravel)
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Don't add salt and vinegar to the mixture....it will blow the drums apart.
However, ther are so many recipies for washing coins, that I will just give you the most simple and basic one. This is for clad only!
WATER + DISH SOAP + CUP OF AQUARIUM GRAVOL + ABOUT 1 - 2 HOURS OF TUMBLING = NICE LOOKING CLAD.
(recycle gravel)
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Phillip_in_NM
Member
I use John's recipe - about 1/3 gravel, about 1/3 coins, just cover with water and add one squirt of dish soap. Hope that helps.
John-Edmonton Wrote:
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> Wash pennies with pennies. The other clad can be
> washed together.
> Don't add salt and vinegar to the mixture....it
> will blow the drums apart.
> However, ther are so many recipies for washing
> coins, that I will just give you the most simple
> and basic one. This is for clad only!
> WATER + DISH SOAP + CUP OF AQUARIUM GRAVOL +
> ABOUT 1 - 2 HOURS OF TUMBLING = NICE LOOKING
> CLAD.
> (recycle gravel)
Good info. What do you use to clean silver coins? Can they still be done in a tuimbler? (assuming they just need to be cleaned up - not going to be sold)
Thanks in advance,
Tagamet
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> Wash pennies with pennies. The other clad can be
> washed together.
> Don't add salt and vinegar to the mixture....it
> will blow the drums apart.
> However, ther are so many recipies for washing
> coins, that I will just give you the most simple
> and basic one. This is for clad only!
> WATER + DISH SOAP + CUP OF AQUARIUM GRAVOL +
> ABOUT 1 - 2 HOURS OF TUMBLING = NICE LOOKING
> CLAD.
> (recycle gravel)
Good info. What do you use to clean silver coins? Can they still be done in a tuimbler? (assuming they just need to be cleaned up - not going to be sold)
Thanks in advance,
Tagamet
Well, I'm assuming that you are not getting silver coins by the handful, so try soap & toothbrush, toothpaste & toothbrush, baking soda & toothbrush. For stained silver coins try soaking in a mixture of about 30% vinegar/70% water for 3-4 hours, then.....using your thumb, rub some toothpaste on the coin. If the coin has a layer of black crust, you will need to try electrolysis.
John-Edmonton Wrote:
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> Well, I'm assuming that you are not getting
> silver coins by the handful, so try soap &
> toothbrush, toothpaste & toothbrush, baking soda &
> toothbrush. For stained silver coins try soaking
> in a mixture of about 30% vinegar/70% water for
> 3-4 hours, then.....using your thumb, rub some
> toothpaste on the coin. If the coin has a layer of
> black crust, you will need to try electrolysis.
Thanks very much, John.
Much apprectiated.
Tagamet
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> Well, I'm assuming that you are not getting
> silver coins by the handful, so try soap &
> toothbrush, toothpaste & toothbrush, baking soda &
> toothbrush. For stained silver coins try soaking
> in a mixture of about 30% vinegar/70% water for
> 3-4 hours, then.....using your thumb, rub some
> toothpaste on the coin. If the coin has a layer of
> black crust, you will need to try electrolysis.
Thanks very much, John.
Much apprectiated.
Tagamet
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BigCatDaddy
New member
Only trouble I have is with those Stinkin' Rotten Zinkers!! Something about them makes the top blow off my Lortone tumbler in the first 30 mins. I have to stop the tumbler and release the pressure. Keep an eye out for it as it makes quite a mess if it blows.
BigCatDaddy Wrote:
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> Only trouble I have is with those Stinkin' Rotten
> Zinkers!! Something about them makes the top blow
> off my Lortone tumbler in the first 30 mins. I
> have to stop the tumbler and release the pressure.
> Keep an eye out for it as it makes quite a mess if
> it blows.
Ok, sounds like a Catch 22. How does one tell which coins are Zinkers, when one needs to clean them off to tell if they are Zinkers????
Tagamet
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> Only trouble I have is with those Stinkin' Rotten
> Zinkers!! Something about them makes the top blow
> off my Lortone tumbler in the first 30 mins. I
> have to stop the tumbler and release the pressure.
> Keep an eye out for it as it makes quite a mess if
> it blows.
Ok, sounds like a Catch 22. How does one tell which coins are Zinkers, when one needs to clean them off to tell if they are Zinkers????
Tagamet
BigCatDaddy
New member
All the US pennies after 1982. Just look for the ones that are falling all to pieces and look like they have cancer.
Uncle Willy
New member
I use aquarium gravel, small amount of concentrated cleaner, and throw in a half of a brillo pad. Let them tumble overnight and they come out like new.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
TARN-X works good on silver coins.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
Also pick up a can of Eagle Never Dull. Makes coins and jewelry look like new.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy Wrote:
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> I use aquarium gravel, small amount of
> concentrated cleaner, and throw in a half of a
> brillo pad. Let them tumble overnight and they
> come out like new.
> Bill
Thanks. Thant's the first I'd heard about adding a Brillo pad. Cool idea.
Tagamet
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> I use aquarium gravel, small amount of
> concentrated cleaner, and throw in a half of a
> brillo pad. Let them tumble overnight and they
> come out like new.
> Bill
Thanks. Thant's the first I'd heard about adding a Brillo pad. Cool idea.
Tagamet
Leslie(nova scotia)
Well-known member
From the land of the Bluenose...aquarium gravel, vinegar and a little Mean Green does the job also!