Can Baking Soda By Itself Clean a Penny?

baking soda to clean a penny

You must use water of course. But Baking Soda is touted as such a great cleaner all the time, that it’s found its way into several cleaning products from carpet cleaning products to toothpaste. So if it’s such a great cleaner, shouldn’t it work on a penny?

I added the water, soaked the penny in the solution for a bit, and then I started rubbing and scrubbing the penny in the baking soda mush. The result? Some of the dirt came off and it got a bit shinier actually, but I was not too impressed. Take a look for yourself…some result but nothing that would turn into the next big penny or coin cleaner invention:

baking soda clean a penny result

I began to wonder about all that baking soda hype that started several years ago…

But what about baking soda mixed with other ingredients? I’ll save that in another how to clean a penny post.

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