Coin Electrolysis- Basic How to

How to Make your own Electrolysis for cleaning coins and relics

[@tuffteddy1446]

Use washing soda - not baking soda. Don't use salt. Don't use stainless steel. Use plain old iron, steel or carbon rod as your sacrificial piece. Positive connector on the sacrificial piece. Negative connector on the work piece. Keep your connectors out of the water!

[@UncleVinnys]

Agree with Matthew King comment. DO NOT use stainless steel; it gives off toxic gas. Use iron like in rebar.

[@catstewart9892]

Thanks pal!!!! Just made this electrolysis bath and it is working great on my relics!!!!!

[@justdiggin3340]

Replace the salt with baking soda, it makes a difference... speaking from experience, also I hook the negative to the coin not the positive.

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

I am going to try that. Thank for the tip!

[@justdiggin3340]

no problem, you should see a huge difference when you do..

[@shadygaming6523]

what's the voltage that you used?

[@philounours2952]

Exactly negative to coin ( cathode) positive to sacrificial (anode) and baking soda is better

[@TomMack530]

Oh man I have a bunch of them sitting around my work bench, I have heard you can use vintage as well

[@albertsteptoe2436]

You got the polarity wrong. Negative goes to the coin, positive to the sacrificial metal. You probably just plated the coin with stainless steel.

[@Enduro300rr]

great video! thanks for the tips, used the same setup on a old rifle sight that was badly rusted and it cleaned it right up

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

It has saved my rough looking silver coins from like Ugly tarnished coins. It really works well

[@awabo4513]

use baking soda instead of salt because salt will produce chlorine gas

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

I will definitely try that. Thanks for the safety tip

[@nivmoshe5536]

and dont forget the sodium hydroxide

[@drakemckay6007]

Niv Moshe the sodium hydroxide could be useful if you are making sodium metal

[@nivmoshe5536]

Drake Mckay actualy its hard to extract the sodium hydroxide by that way because it will react with the chlorine gas at the anode and will produce soduim hypochlorite bleach

[@jawad9757]

Nah, that's just for molten salt and not salt solution. The bubbles here are hydrogen iirc

[@itslitgaming497]

put some sort of acid like lemon juice or vinegar and the salt it really does improve it

[@MilledSteel]

Very cool

[@captnhowdy01able]

I thought you're suppose to hook the negative to the penny and positive to the fork

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

captnhowdy01able you can connect either one to it and as soon as one starts to bubble you know you have a right

[@tonycarpenter1610]

er...isnt the negative connectected to the penny?

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

Tony Carpenter ive tried it both ways and i think you may be right

[@tsantsarovivan]

+Rocky Mountain Prospector Ryan, because electrons runs out of the negative and separates the rust and one just falls down :)

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

+Ivan Tsantsarov I just put both ends of the electrodes in the water in the one started foaming was the one I connected to the coin

[@tsantsarovivan]

+Rocky Mountain Prospector Ryan, I think that positive charged Cl ion grabs an atom from the fork, deliver it to the coin and then Cl gas releases in form of bubbles. That is what caused foaming

[@PeteVanDemark]

Hard to believe but just about everything in the water came from the fork because your polarity was reversed.

[@harry5611]

I would try to keep the clip out of the solution as much as possible

[@honda200twinstar3]

Iv seen in another video that you can also use vinegar with the salt.

[@N47Z86]

Stupid question...how do you know what's the positive and the negative wire?

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

Yes it is👍

[@bhagasasi425]

Pllzzz what the strongest chemical for doing electrolysis baking soda took soo long time i need a faster wayy!!

[@jawad9757]

I think the bubbles will mostly just be hydrogen

[@ducthuannguyen1966]

cam on video nay

[@CoinsAndCapsaicin]

The positive side sacrifices metal.

[@Bluebark64FIS]

Wonder if this would work on steel pennies?

[@lewismacdonald192]

I thought you needed direct current gor electrolysis?

[@michaelschmidt3605]

He's using a dc adapter. It converts ac power from the wall outlet to dc power from the cord.

[@kevboy69]

NEGATIVE to the coin!

[@jpvoodoo5522]

That’s what I was thinking. He was turning the coin to copper oxide. It’s eating the coin.

[@genewalsh3154]

Hey wait that’s my wheatie 😎

[@snyper069]

How much of the Copper (Cu) base metal is lost during the process?

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

The electrolysis doesn't harm the copper I don't believe. At least when I've done it the coin didn't seem to have been affected by the reaction going on.

[@MikeDesertHunterHale]

A small sheet of copper in place of the fork and use some copper sulfate in your water... then you won't loose any copper, as it is your copper with replacing Fe++.

[@stevemiller8414]

Errrr, did you get the positive and negative the wrong way round?

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

It worked.

[@gizmotony1234]

what watt and volt is the charger plug ????

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

It is just a standard charging cord from an old shaver i had.

[@gizmotony1234]

thanks Ryan , does it matter what watt or voltage I use ? , I want to try this a.s.a.p. it looks to work great , just don't want to get zapped LOL

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

jeff c the Higher the wattage the faster it will work. I use this one and it takes about 1-3 hours to really clean the coins.

[@gizmotony1234]

very cool thank you !

[@MrMcGoo-rm3yu]

Those transformers aren't standard.They put out different voltage depending on the appliance they're made for.

[@a.d.crissman97]

Send Supplies, trapped in the Castle

[@zaqwertyfish]

That alligator ate its wheatie

[@ontomm2009]

👍

[@bigboybraden9247]

I would just throw the toster in the bathtub and put the penny in it this is complicated

[@ahmedjamal5478]

Where to get Aligator clips?

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

auto part stores carry them

[@melvinford1292]

Just don't do it too long on silver coins. The date will disappear.. Happened to me :(

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

Thanks for the tip!

[@MrMcGoo-rm3yu]

Just don't tell the coin collector crowd.

[@Herbybandit]

lmao Adam Pierce, that's called drowning

[@nithilanr]

While this is s harmless thing to do to any common, low value coin, I recommend refraining from doing this to any coin who's value you're not sure of. In the world of rare coins, a shiny coin is worth nothing it if you've even made a tiny scratch or change to the originality of the coin in the process. Cool experiment nevertheless.

[@kingvid2402]

I washed my eyes with salt after watching how he erased more than 70% details of the coin. no offense tho.

[@gujit]

Using salt and stainless steel? Yeesh For anyone reading, don’t do this

[@ronaldwhitford1215]

never use a good spoon or fork this will ruin it, almost any junk steel is ok

[@GPCTM]

stainless steel has chromium: you're making the nasty hexavalent-chromium. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2WkdZh4a7tkqLM

[@aflatminor]

Who ya gonna call?? :)

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

ghost busters for sure

[@garymozingo3383]

+Rocky Mountain Prospector Ryan good video I learned something. Think I will give some large cents a go and see what happens...

[@RockyMountainProspectorRyan]

+Gary Mozingo I'm glad you found it helpful👍

[@RVBob]

Can you post the results of your large cent cleaning here?

[@Turtlehands]

Not only should you not be doing what you're doing, you should not be showing others what you're doing.... You should NOT use AC power, NOT use salt, and NOT use stainless steel.

[@christiansmith2730]

Turtlehands it’s DC power, fyi.

[@czoduqa]

Never use stainless steel in electroloysis

[@nathanholyland9493]

but why tho

[@czoduqa]

@@nathanholyland9493 while you use SS as an anode, the chrome that is finished on the steel is also be released. This releases hexavalent chromium poisoning which can only be released if chrome is heated, or being separated from where it is placed. It's very dangerous, and the effects are just as bad as chloride gas.

[@nathanholyland9493]

@@czoduqa so basically, dont do it or risk health problems or death

[@Guill0rtiz]

I can't trust anything with the words "basic" "how" and "to" in the name

[@anthonybair4331]

Dude, delete this video, you're causing more harm to peoples coins than anything!

[@venomoussilverback]

Cleaning coins is a no no in the 1st place