Comments on: Cleaning coins http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/ Every Day Ideas for You and Your Kids Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:45:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Fiona http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-24739 Fiona Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:34:21 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-24739 In my work at a Science Centre we clean copper coins with a mixture of vinegar (because it's acidic and will eat away the layer of dirt/oxide alloy) and salt solution (because it will still have little particles of salt and so will act as an abrasive scrubbing all the dirt away)....yay for science! You could even do experiments to find out what substances make your coins cleanest.... In my work at a Science Centre we clean copper coins with a mixture of vinegar (because it’s acidic and will eat away the layer of dirt/oxide alloy) and salt solution (because it will still have little particles of salt and so will act as an abrasive scrubbing all the dirt away)….yay for science! You could even do experiments to find out what substances make your coins cleanest….

]]> By: Michael M http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-16475 Michael M Fri, 11 May 2007 10:05:47 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-16475 The kid has a nice work to do :) The kid has a nice work to do :)

]]> By: jana http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-6102 jana Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:47:52 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-6102 Ooh, this is a very Montessori-type activity...I love it! Ooh, this is a very Montessori-type activity…I love it!

]]> By: colleen http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-6052 colleen Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:43:08 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-6052 anyone truly interested in getting their coppers clean can read an extensive article at my friend's blog www.cruftbox.com - actually if you google cleaning pennies with taco sauce he'll be your 1st or 2nd hit He's the daddy of two great girls and they love doing science experiements with him. anyone truly interested in getting their coppers clean can read an extensive article at my friend’s blog http://www.cruftbox.com – actually if you google cleaning pennies with taco sauce he’ll be your 1st or 2nd hit
He’s the daddy of two great girls and they love doing science experiements with him.

]]> By: Barb http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-6047 Barb Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:31:48 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-6047 Ketchup is also supposed to be great for cleaning copper! And I remember that friends in college would open packets of Taco Bell hotsauce, place a dull penny in it, pull it out and, voila - shiny penny! Not that either of those methods would be good for young kids, but it'd be a better use of ketchup than pretend blood, as my kids used it for last week! :D Ketchup is also supposed to be great for cleaning copper! And I remember that friends in college would open packets of Taco Bell hotsauce, place a dull penny in it, pull it out and, voila – shiny penny! Not that either of those methods would be good for young kids, but it’d be a better use of ketchup than pretend blood, as my kids used it for last week! :D

]]> By: kristin http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-6001 kristin Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:18:52 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-6001 i think this is brilliant. it gives them a mission and it lets them play in soapy water. fun. i think this is brilliant. it gives them a mission and it lets them play in soapy water. fun.

]]> By: Strollerderby http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-5987 Strollerderby Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:24:14 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-5987 <strong>Times Online's List Of Ten Great Parenting Blogs...</strong> UK news outlet The Times Online's Alpha Mummy blog has posted their list of the ten great blogs that every working mum should read--good to know that the US doesn't have the market cornered on the assumption that to be a parent means to be a mothe... Times Online’s List Of Ten Great Parenting Blogs…

UK news outlet The Times Online’s Alpha Mummy blog has posted their list of the ten great blogs
that every working mum should read–good to know that the US doesn’t
have the market cornered on the assumption that to be a parent means to
be a mothe…

]]> By: Ali http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-5977 Ali Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:39:11 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-5977 For really clean coppers, try leaving them in a bowl of Coke overnight. Also makes a good point to the kids of the perils of too many fizzy drinks! For really clean coppers, try leaving them in a bowl of Coke overnight. Also makes a good point to the kids of the perils of too many fizzy drinks!

]]> By: Sarah http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-5976 Sarah Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:31:37 +0000 http://kiddley.com/2007/01/19/cleaning-coins/#comment-5976 Please don't polish your collectible coins, though, as they will lose their value! Please don’t polish your collectible coins, though, as they will lose their value!

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