Thread: Vinegar to remove tarnish?

Just FYI, vinegar alone does not remove tarnish from pennies or any other copper, you have to use vinegar and salt.

Without the salt, the vinegar does nothing. Try it on a penny. Put a few drops of vinegar on a penny, and wait...nothing. Now take a salt shaker and shake it over the penny...Viola!!!

Does not work on steel at all.


Why are you guys bothering with this??????

M*A*A*S Does remove the tarnish and it isn't expensive stuff.

As a kid I used lemon juice to clean up an old Uncle Henry Schrade pocket knife - carbon steel blade.

Citric acid as it may...