Michelle Leifur Reid

On 9/14/06, Vanessa <psychomom95@...> wrote:
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> Last week we tried experimenting on different
> things that might take the tarnish off from pennies-(something my
> son asked me if I knew how to do it/what would take it off). We
> brainstormed, and tried baking soda and water, peroxide, and even my
> dad had told me he heard that coke will disolve a penny, so we tried
> that too. None of that worked. I was talking to a friend of mine,
> and she said taco sauce would do it. So we tried soaking the penny
> in taco sauce for like 15 minutes, and it worked.


Just baking soda won't work, but baking soda and vinegar will (watch out it
will erupt everywhere - add bits at a time) Also vinegar will do a fairly
good job on its own. Catsup is also a good way to shine a penny. Now if
you want to try something fun, make up some vinegar and soda water and take
an old spoon you don't care about anymore (go to the thrift store and buy
one for a quarter). Put a post-1982 penny in a glass (don't use plastic or
metal) bowl or cup. Put in the baking soda and vinegar and then put the
spoon in the cup with the penny, resting the spoon on the penny. Leave it
over night. Then come back and see what happens. Also, if you are wanting
to shine pennies for pressed penny machines, use pre-1982 as they don't have
zinc in them and press prettier.

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OK, if you want to know what happens. A chemical reaction takes place
between the vinegar, baking soda and metal from the spoon. The penny should
have an corroded place where the spoon was resting on the penny *and* the
spoon may be coated (depending on what kind of metal spoon you use - don't
use silver or silverplate) with a brown film. That's copper. It works best
with a post-1982 penny as there is more zinc in the pennies and this boosts
the reaction. We discovered this by accident when we were shining pennies
for a Disney trip and we had a few stubborn ones that we decided to leave
overnight.

--
Michelle
Michelle Leifur Reid
YOUR Pampered Chef Consultant
850-474-0817
http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
Check out my homeschool cooking classes!


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Schafer Vanessa

Michelle,

Thank you so much. I love to learn new things right
along with the children. I don't have any old spoons,
but should be able to find one when we go to garage
sales. I am definately going to share this with my
kids. It makes for a fun experiment. Any other ideas
you can share will be awesome. We are always looking
for new and exciting ideas. We will be taking a trip
to Disney in February. This is going to be fun.
Also, thanks for the explanation. I will also share
that with my kids.

Have an awesome weekend.

----Vanessa

--- Michelle Leifur Reid <pamperedmichelle@...>
wrote:

> On 9/14/06, Vanessa <psychomom95@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Last week we tried experimenting on different
> > things that might take the tarnish off from
> pennies-(something my
> > son asked me if I knew how to do it/what would
> take it off). We
> > brainstormed, and tried baking soda and water,
> peroxide, and even my
> > dad had told me he heard that coke will disolve a
> penny, so we tried
> > that too. None of that worked. I was talking to a
> friend of mine,
> > and she said taco sauce would do it. So we tried
> soaking the penny
> > in taco sauce for like 15 minutes, and it worked.
>
>
> Just baking soda won't work, but baking soda and
> vinegar will (watch out it
> will erupt everywhere - add bits at a time) Also
> vinegar will do a fairly
> good job on its own. Catsup is also a good way to
> shine a penny. Now if
> you want to try something fun, make up some vinegar
> and soda water and take
> an old spoon you don't care about anymore (go to the
> thrift store and buy
> one for a quarter). Put a post-1982 penny in a
> glass (don't use plastic or
> metal) bowl or cup. Put in the baking soda and
> vinegar and then put the
> spoon in the cup with the penny, resting the spoon
> on the penny. Leave it
> over night. Then come back and see what happens.
> Also, if you are wanting
> to shine pennies for pressed penny machines, use
> pre-1982 as they don't have
> zinc in them and press prettier.
>
> SPOILER AHEAD - if you don't want to know what
> happens quit reading now,
> otherwise scroll down
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> OK, if you want to know what happens. A chemical
> reaction takes place
> between the vinegar, baking soda and metal from the
> spoon. The penny should
> have an corroded place where the spoon was resting
> on the penny *and* the
> spoon may be coated (depending on what kind of metal
> spoon you use - don't
> use silver or silverplate) with a brown film.
> That's copper. It works best
> with a post-1982 penny as there is more zinc in the
> pennies and this boosts
> the reaction. We discovered this by accident when
> we were shining pennies
> for a Disney trip and we had a few stubborn ones
> that we decided to leave
> overnight.
>
> --
> Michelle
> Michelle Leifur Reid
> YOUR Pampered Chef Consultant
> 850-474-0817
> http://www.pamperedchef.biz/michellelr
> Check out my homeschool cooking classes!
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
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