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Cleaning Your Finds
Whats the best way to clean your coins without damaging them?
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<blockquote data-quote="Decado" data-source="post: 95442" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Cheers Slipped Disc and you're welcome for any help it gives</p><p></p><p>I'll admit to a little outside experience here from the fact that until he retired a few years back my Father was a premier coin and stamp and militaria dealer in Aus with a large ebay store etc etc and I have undertaken a few high value restorations for him and other collectors now and again.</p><p></p><p>I would like to stress we're talking about coins of key dates or rare artifacts that had sat in salt water or similar harsh conditions for a long time and so there was little to lose in the attempt.</p><p></p><p>Anyone who takes an item in good condition to start with and tries to improve via electrolysis is heading for tears but as you can see from the USMC badge .. if it's stuffed anyway you can be surprised by the result. Also I always go for a "sypathetic" restoration leaving as much patina in place and avoiding the "bright and new" look.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line it ... there is NO "one size fits all" solution.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>Dec</p><p></p><p>P.S. I LOVE silver items, they are next to impossible to ruin and electrolysis is the one sure method to remove staining from fires and laying against dis similar metals for many years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Decado, post: 95442, member: 1409"] Cheers Slipped Disc and you're welcome for any help it gives I'll admit to a little outside experience here from the fact that until he retired a few years back my Father was a premier coin and stamp and militaria dealer in Aus with a large ebay store etc etc and I have undertaken a few high value restorations for him and other collectors now and again. I would like to stress we're talking about coins of key dates or rare artifacts that had sat in salt water or similar harsh conditions for a long time and so there was little to lose in the attempt. Anyone who takes an item in good condition to start with and tries to improve via electrolysis is heading for tears but as you can see from the USMC badge .. if it's stuffed anyway you can be surprised by the result. Also I always go for a "sypathetic" restoration leaving as much patina in place and avoiding the "bright and new" look. The bottom line it ... there is NO "one size fits all" solution. Regards Dec P.S. I LOVE silver items, they are next to impossible to ruin and electrolysis is the one sure method to remove staining from fires and laying against dis similar metals for many years. [/QUOTE]
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