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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7909199, member: 82549"]Actually, you do. You just don't realize it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's one way to use <a href="http://gometaldetecting.com/electrolysis_cleaning.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gometaldetecting.com/electrolysis_cleaning.htm" rel="nofollow">Electrolysis</a>. The only thing they got wrong is that if you use salt or lemon juice as a solute, you should stir in a little bit of baking soda every now and then to reduce the acidity of the solution. (As the salt breaks down, it turns the water acidic.) Or you could just use sodium carbonate as your solute, like I do. You can find it in in the laundry detergent section of your local grocery store under the name of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's another version that uses <a href="https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Coins-With-Electrolysis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Coins-With-Electrolysis" rel="nofollow">4 AA Batteries</a> instead of the AC to DC converter.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don't have alligator clips, just wrap the wire around the coin or make a basket with paper clips. Experiment and have some fun, but to start out, use only hopeless coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 7909199, member: 82549"]Actually, you do. You just don't realize it. Here's one way to use [URL='http://gometaldetecting.com/electrolysis_cleaning.htm']Electrolysis[/URL]. The only thing they got wrong is that if you use salt or lemon juice as a solute, you should stir in a little bit of baking soda every now and then to reduce the acidity of the solution. (As the salt breaks down, it turns the water acidic.) Or you could just use sodium carbonate as your solute, like I do. You can find it in in the laundry detergent section of your local grocery store under the name of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda. Here's another version that uses [URL='https://www.wikihow.com/Clean-Coins-With-Electrolysis']4 AA Batteries[/URL] instead of the AC to DC converter. If you don't have alligator clips, just wrap the wire around the coin or make a basket with paper clips. Experiment and have some fun, but to start out, use only hopeless coins.[/QUOTE]
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