I’ve wondered…

Will the oil that cuts grease in orange cleaner work well for cleaning a penny, whether dirt, corrosion or tarnish on the copper and alloy mix found in a penny?

Here’s what my pennies looked like before I cleaned them with the orange cleaner/degreaser:

As you can see, this degreaser i used was not full strength but instead was diluted by about a 1 to 10 ratio.

I want to show you a picture of the pennies drenched in the orange cleaner-degreaser so here they are:

I didn’t see a reaction against what was on the surface of the pennies with the orange cleaner degreaser, as I did with the Tabasco as described in my previous post about cleaning pennies with Tabasco. So what was the outcome you ask?

I was actually a bit disappointed with the outcome, and expected a lot cleaner pennies. Here’s what the pennies looked like after I let the orange cleaner sit for a couple minutes: Like I said, and as you can see, a bit disappointing. Orange cleaner doesn’t appear to be good to clean a penny, but it was worth a try!

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