Rock Tumbler cleaning coins

[bowman64]

i use aquarium gravel myself. I have a lot if you need. I got at a garage sale. PM me if you need and I will send free of charge. Us forum members have to take care of each other.

[dennis harbour]

Does the red stain on clads come off if tumbled?

[Ark]

Originally Posted by dennis harbour

Does the red stain on clads come off if tumbled?

I ran my nickels through it last night and they came out nice and silver, no red anymore.

[hubbit]

What is your magic formula? Is it simply CLR, or do you include anything else? Also, I worry about how the CLR might interact with the rubber "innards" of tumbler?

[demyansk1942]

I am going to try some bird gravel that I have left over.

[DetectorOCD]

I use my daughter's hermit crab gravel

[Jerry-Wi]

Originally Posted by Stevo

Just put in coins and whatever until 2/3 full. Add water until almost covering the stuff and add a few drops of dish detergent. No real ratio needed. The coins are grinders too. Don't pour the slurry down the drain.

I have tried most of the suggestions made including what Stevo says above and that works about the best for me. I made a tumbler that will take 3 or 4 pounds of coins in one batch. Took me parts of 3 days to clean up $600 worth of coins last winter. A fraction of what it took me other years.

Jerry

[bobcartree]

make sure you read the manual

[scottt]

I have tried everything in my tumbler to get the coins as clean as possible, and I can tell you their is only one way I have found to do this the right way and to clean them to the best they be cleaned. I use rocks that I picked off the ground little and big, now here is the part that will work I promise. Go to the grocery store and buy a big box of S.O.S (steel wool) pads with the soap in it already then cut off a little piece of the steel wool (S.O.S) throw it in the tumbler withe the rocks and some water let tumble for about 1 or 2 hours, and you will be amazed how clean they come out. You can use as big as a piece as you want depending on how many times you want to go to the grocery store.