Trying To Get Hold Of E-Z-Est Coin Cleaner

You probably should not dip them if you plan on submitting them, they can tell. Have you checked Amazon.com?
John1

try ebay. someone will have it.

The problem is, E-Z-est silver dip contains sulfuric acid, which is a hazardous chemical and thus should not be shipped by air. If someone does ship it to you from America, they'll have to either put it on a boat or lie on the hazardous goods declaration form.

You're better off finding a local manufacturer of the same stuff. I believe "Hagerty silver dip" is a British-made formula that seems to be more or less the same. Here in Australia, we have Goddards Dip. Different labels and patents, but all much the same ingredients inside. Chemistry is chemistry, and the laws of chemistry don't care about the branding on the wrapper.

If no-one will ship it to you and nobody in Britain makes and sells an equivalent product, maybe make your own. It's about 1% sulfuric acid, 0.5% thiourea, and maybe a splash of detergent. The retail formulas probably also contain fragrances to mask the sulfur smell from the thiourea.

Yeah, 1% sufuric acid isn't really all that hazardous (compared to the 37% sulfuric acid in your car battery or the 98% sulfuric acid I use in the lab at work, for example). But rules are rules; sulfuric acid is regarded as a hazardous chemical, no matter how dilute you ship it.

I agree that you shouldn't use E-z-est on proof coins if you want to submit them for grading . If you can post photos of the coins obverse and reverse I'm sure the community can tell what the coins need to obtain a 68 or 69 or less of a grade .

In my experience dipped proofs often come out looking worse than before.

Bought some silver proof Ikes years ago that were full of green slime. But because of that I got them for under melt. So figure I had nothing to lose. Good chance to practice. The slime came off easy. But they always dried with ugly white lines when rinsing in running tap water. So I added a final rinse in distilled water. Results were better but still spotty.

Acetone was the best way to get rid of the green slime, without causing surface lines or spots. But that won't do anything about ugly toning. So I guess it depends on what it is that you are trying to remove.

Also, are these valuable coins. If so, maybe professional conservation at what ever grading company you use might be better.

Thanks for the responses. I used Hagertys silver dip and it worked incredibly well, I only dipped for 1 or 2 seconds no more. I rinsed in distilled water, and then patted the coin dry with lint free cloth and blew the hairdryer on low just to fully dry the coin before placing in a flip. Incredible results, hoping for PF68 on most of them but we shall see, stranger things have happened.

to the Community, tinkertell!