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Pillar of the Community
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As others have stated .. if it's the soft, oily green stuff, it's PVC contamination and easily removed with acetone (try to get 100% proof from hardware store, not nail polish remover). You may see a little discoloration once it's off depending on how long it's been there. If it's hard and crusty, acetone won't remove it all, so do as suggested above with verdi-care. Under the hard/crusty stuff, it will have already started to eat the metal and you most probably will have discoloration and pitting. I'd advise you to stay away from goo-gone.
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Hey guys and gals
Along the same line of questioning, I rediscovered some nickels that I had put away (1940 - 1953) and found there was rust spots on some of them. Would vertical-care help remove that? Acetone didn't seem to remove anything from the coins I used it on.
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try to get 100% proof [acetone] from hardware store, not nail polish remover Not too long ago I checked out the varieties of nail polish removers at a Dollar General. They actually did have a "professional strength" that is pure acetone. It's container was smaller and easier to pour than the paint store's container that I have since bought. And the unit price was no higher -- probably a bit lower. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Strongly recommend Verdi-Care.
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Thank you very much to all for your helpful responses. I should have been more clear about the problem. These pennies were stored in a low grade plastic holder that I bought on the cheap. When I first started organizing coins I stared with pennies and I started cheap, I stored them in a cupboard in my basement. So the issue is a combination on damp and poor plastic. As for the green gunk it can be wiped off with a paper towel and so from you comments I'm guessing it is PVC residue.
I will pick up some acetone and give that a try later on this week. I will post some before and after pics.
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Along the same line of questioning, I rediscovered some nickels that I had put away (1940 - 1953) and found there was rust spots on some of them. Would vertical-care help remove that? Acetone didn't seem to remove anything from the coins I used it on. On coins from 1940-1941, 1946 to 1950, the rust staining should be removable, but not by acetone. You might need a rust solvent. Those are pure nickel coins and the rust is from being stored in proximity with the chrome-plated steel coins. On the 1944-1945, and 1951-1953 coins, the answer is no. The surface rust can be removed, but the rust is from the steel planchet, so the chromium plating and coin's surface is damaged. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
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Would vertical-care help remove that? Maybe I'm just tired but...  as opposed to horizontal? |
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Has anyone ever tried CLR(or something like it) on nickels that have the rust spots? I'm not a collector, so I have no idea what would happen and I don't have any "rusty" 5 cents to try it on. I'm just curious. The TV commercials seem to suggest that it removes rust(y) spots.
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Pillar of the Community
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Has anyone ever tried CLR(or something like it) We could easily try it,..but my guess is that it might work on nickel (worth trying on plain nickels) but it would also probably attack copper or bronze in a very negative way.. ..(again,..worth trying on scrap coins..),..but I don't have any CLR.. |
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Pillar of the Community
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According to BadThad, CLR is acidic and will do permanent damage to a coin's surface. http://goccf.com/t/189688#1752237But a rusty plated steel nickel is already damaged beyond saving anyway, so it's fair game for experimenting. |
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Pillar of the Community
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it [CLR] would also probably attack copper or bronze in a very negative way It does. I tried it a a junk cent once for about a day or so. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No, no - DO NOT use CLR, as wonderful a product as it is for other purposes.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What about Naval Jelly?  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Naval Jelly is phosphoric acid, which is probably less dangerous to "good" steel than one might think. Aside the fact that it leaves a coating behind....
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