what ingredients at home can i use to shine a coin with?
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If you are talking about antique coins, you should'nt polish or clean them, you will wear away the features that determine its value.
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Use popsicle sticks, tooth picks, elmers glue, and red paint
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Any fine powder ...Talcum powder, lampblack/carbon substances or dye powders can be used. \n\nMore details here: http://onin.com/fp/wwwbd/messages/4/294.html?1137909469
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spray or deo, parfum, medical-alchool, nailsdecolorant.. etc\n\nanything based on powerfull alchool or with low boiling temeprature...
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polish silver--seriously!
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You know, I answered exactly the same question not 2 days ago.\n\nAnhydrous copper sulfate and water would be the easiest two. \n\nYou can buy copper sulfate at any good garden supply shop and most larger hardware stores. The copper sulfate usually sold is hydrated, and is already blue in colour.\n\nYou can make it anhydrous by putting it the oven, uncovered on a sheet of tin foil at 160oC or hotter. You will know when it has become anhydrous beause it goes white. This is quite safe to do in your kitchen oven, all you are doing is driving off the water. No nasty fumes or residues are produced.\n\nStore the crystals in an airtight jar to stop them absorbing water from the air. When you are ready add some water to a few crystals they will retrun to their original blue colour.\n\nThe other possibility is to manufacture your own cabbage indicator. That will make a bluish purple colour when mixed with baking soda. I've included a link with instruction on how to do this.
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Vegetable oil and water (with a few drops of food colouring or ink)
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put some gold bond powder down there.... hopefully it will not turn into some sort of paste
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You need a solution of gold sulfate or gold chloride to do it, but it has to be extremely pure, made with distilled/deionized water.  Remember to have your ring on the anion (the negative) and your gold source on the cation.
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As a coin collector, I highly recommend **against** cleaning a coin by any means other than a soft cloth.  If you clean a coin using any acid or solvent, you destroy protective coatings and etch away the metal of the coin, thereby reducing its value.\n\nAs a chemist and a coin collector, if you absolutely, positively MUST clean the coin for some reason, I suggest a very mild baking soda solution and a soft cloth, followed by careful rinsing in clear water.
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Anhydrous copper sulfate and water would be the easiest two. \n\nYou can buy copper sulfate at any good garden supply shop and most larger hardware stores. The copper sulfate usually sold is hydrated, and is already blue in colour.\n\nYou can make it anhydrous by putting it the oven, uncovered on a sheet of tin foil at 120oC or hotter. You will know when it has become anhydrous beause it goes white. This is quite safe to do in your kitchen oven, all you are doing is driving off the water. No nasty fumes or residues are produced.\n\nStore the crystals in an airtight jar to stop them absorbing water from the air. When you are ready add some water to a few crystals they will retrun to their original blue colour.\n\nThe other possibility is to manufacture your own cabbage indicator. That will make a bluish purple colour when mixed with baking soda. I've included a link with instruction on how to do this.\n\n______\n\nErrata.\n\nThat's what you get for working from memory. Copper sulfate will only partly dehydrate at 120oc. You will need to set your oven to 160oC or higher to create anhydrous copper sulfate.
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just mix petrolium and flour together in a bottle - make it thick into a sauce\n\nthat is instant NAPALM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You can make glow-in-the-dark ink with 2 simple ingredients. \n\nPour into a small bottle 1 oz. oil of cinnamon and 1/4 oz. phosphorous. Close the bottle tightly and place in a hot water bath. Heat until the ingredients have melted together.
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I THINK ROSEMARY. MAYBE A HINT OF LEMON JUICE. JUST PLAY AROUND W/ THE HERBS. YOU CAN'T REALLY GO WRONG. GOOD LUCK. IT'LL TURN OUT GREAT.
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You need two different kinds of metal. Copper is easy for one. The other can be almost any non-copper metal. Simple trial and error should show you a good choice. \n\nTry: nails, silverware, pointy tools (screwdrivers), bits of metal from craft or hobby jobs, coat hangers, etc. You can even jam coins in there!
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Don't clean them, this will void them of any value. Believe it or not, old, dirty coins are worth a lot of money!\n\nAlso don't handle them a lot, the oils from your hands will get them more, for lack of a better word, "corroded". Put them in acid free protectors.
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I'm going to paste my answer from a similar question below.\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------\n Best Answer - Chosen By Voters\n\nFor my pool balls on my home table, I use a product called "Novus Plastic Polish No. 2". Call 1-800 548-6872 for information on a distributor. First, clean the balls with a dry cloth to remove any dust and other particles. Then apply some of the polish, about the size of a penny, and using a separate cloth, work the polish all the way around the ball. Then using a third dry cloth, wipe off the polish and set the ball in a tray to air dry. If you have the original box that the balls came in with the foam inserts, that works perfectly. You really don't need to bring soap and water into it, but it won't hurt anything. Avoid using any kind of wax not specifically designed for billiard balls. It can leave a buildup on the cloth and the tip of your cue. M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\nBest of luck.