tumbler

[brulon]

went to harbor freight on saturday and bought a tumbler. i am amazed by two things about this process. first, how clean this gets the coins and second how dirty the slurry is. i thought i checked all my finds well at the end of each hunt, but when i was taking the tumbled coins out of the barrel, i found a 1964 silver rosie that i had missed. for my tumbling i used aquarium gravel, water and a couple drops of dish soap. does lemon juice work better than the dish soap? or are there better ingredients? i read in a very old western and eastern that ground coffee works well. but i like to drink my coffee. does he mean grounds that have been brewed. he didn't state. has anybody ever heard of this? well, thanks for reading and hh.


bill

 

[lazyaussie]

yeah i use water dish liquid & gravel & it gets em clean enough for me .
lazyaussie

 

[Willee - Texas]

Try some walnut shell peices.
Reloaders use them to clean old and dirty brass.

Regular old beach sand will also work.

Willee

 

[radiant777]

I've been thinking of getting a tumbler to clean my clad coins. About how long should the coins be tumbled for them to be clean?

Radiant777

 

[brulon]

i have been tumbling them for about 4-5 hours and they are cleaning up real good.


bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

Any concentrated cleaner works good plus I toss in a half of a brillo pad.

Bill

 

[Uncle Willy]

So do steel BB's.

Bill

 

[ohio fred]

I have dual tumbler from harbor frieght got it on sale about two years ago like 24 dollars.It works really well don't put anything in to clean coins that would cause a gas build up it will push the tops off big mess if it happens.