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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Recap on the Before:   Into the "soup" for half an hour: It has vastly improved although not all of the "green stuff" has gone. You can still see some "mud" on the surface of the coin and there are signs of BD. Between the top of the head and the legend there appears to be the remains of some silvering, there and other places. I am going back to distilled water and will remove the remainder of the surface dirt and treat the bd. This is going to take some time....    |
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Moderator
 United States
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Much better. Are you using the same method you mentioned in an earlier thread?
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Yes the same method, but it is going into DW to try and save the silvering.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
The scratches don't seem as bad after the operation. I am curious the surfaces seem a bit muddy in appearance after, but seem smooth in unaffected areas on the before photo. Don't get me wrong but there is serious improvement here.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
I wasn't as vigerous with the scrubbing after the soaking because I wasn't sure whether I was seeing the remnants of silvering. I will get rid of the mud eventually but slowly does it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Scrubbing ?
No no no no no no no no ..........
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
I did with the first one FR, I had loosened quite a but of gunk within the legends and it was all so soft and it just came off. I was a lot more gentle with this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4971 Posts |
green stuff looks much better! like AN, I did notice the loss of "smoothness" around the forehead for example.
well, regardless...you have to treat the BD. looks like this coin has had it in the past as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
I agree, it has a long way to go yet but I will post final pictures eventually.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3443 Posts |
A dab of preservative oil should restore most of the 'glossy' wet look.
The coin is bone dry after the treatment.
Some prefer them 'dry' ...... I don't
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
I will see how things go. I would like to know how much of the silvering remains under the dirt. I think this one will be soaking for some time in DW.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3443 Posts |
You have gone far enough I believe ....... Possibly a notch too far.
Best to err on the side of caution.
I would preserve it as is.
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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I agree with the others, it lost some smoothness but has been improved on other aspects. Good job!
Edited by Dutchgulden
03/28/2015 07:57 am
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
3626 Posts |
Finished. I can't quite get the colour right, it is not so red.   |
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Moderator
United States
23731 Posts |
I think the surface of the coin might have been a little porous to begin with. You did and excellent job cleaning it.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
After reading...
I suppose that:
BD must be "Bronze Disease" (In Spain we call this "Cupper Cancer")
DW must be "Distilled Water"
But I have no idea about the meaning of:
¿FR?
¿AN?
and Pishpash...
What do you mean when you says "soup"?
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Posted 03/27/2015 12:21 pm
