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How To Clean a Penny With Vinegar

Can Vinegar Clean a Penny?

vinegar to clean a penny

vinegar to clean a penny

Yes it can! The acid in Vinegar seems to do a a pretty good job of making a penny shiny and cleaning it up to a point.

I remember when I used Tabasco, the Vinegar and the hot sauce acids must have done the same thing. So I decided to try Vinegar by itself to clean a penny and sure enough it did the trick. Try this for yourself. Pour only a little vinegar onto the penny, wait 5 minutes, then turn it over and rub it on a cloth.

Then do the other side the same way and your penny will look clean. A quick and easy way to clean a penny. See my picture with the result of how vinegar cleans a penny.

pennies cleaned with vinegar

pennies cleaned with vinegar