Any tips of the best way to clean CLAD coins? Most of mine are from salt water beach areas.
After letting them soak in water for awhile, and clean off the excess dirt, then Tumble them, a taste of ammonia (1 cap), taste of soap (little squirt), hand full of sand from the beach. Tumble for about a half an hour. Cleans em right up (before and after). Any tumbler will work if you can do it outside, but if your going to do it in doors, I suggest a tumbler with rubber tubs. Hope this helps, Rick
how much salt and vinegar do you use. i might try it on my clad
Paul
I clean my clad coins by dumping them into a plastic peanut butter jar with vinegar and salt. I shake the jar for about 5 minutes, and then rinse well. I think this is the cheapest and easiest way to clean up clad. The coins come out looking like normal circulated coins. Just remember to clean the pennies seperately from the other coins.
I put enough coins in the jar to fill it about 1/3 - 1/2. I then add enough vinegar to fill it to about 1/4. Then I dump in a few tablespoons worth of salt. Shake for a while... maybe 5 minutes depending on how dirty they are. Then dump and rinse very well. If you don't rinse enough a green powder will form on the coins.
My coins finds are all from parks and schools; but I assume this will work with beach coins as well? Won't hurt to try it once anyway.
I like to pour the dirty vinegar out at the end of my driveway; it turns the pavement bright green...