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Cleaning Before And After - Gordian III

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 Posted 03/27/2015  09:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Neo13x to your friends list
It looks much better
How did you clean it?
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 Posted 03/27/2015  09:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list
The Revolt of Vindex !



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03/27/2015 09:56 am
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 Posted 03/27/2015  09:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Manning19 to your friends list
Very nice work!
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 Posted 03/27/2015  09:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pishpash to your friends list
Ben, I think it actually just a bit of dirt.
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 Posted 03/27/2015  10:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add antwerpen2306 to your friends list
dirt or corrosion , it is an unbelievable result.albert
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 Posted 03/27/2015  11:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add T1Steel to your friends list
Great job on the clean up looks much better.
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 Posted 03/27/2015  12:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list
Aww no! You scraped the paint off!!
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 Posted 03/27/2015  12:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list
Excellent job, looks so much better.
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 Posted 03/27/2015  12:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list
Just incredible!
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 Posted 04/02/2015  01:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PhoenicianX to your friends list
Great job!
I had the same Gordian III Laetitia Antoninus...It was too corroded to a point where I got chipped at the bottom, however the details were remarkable!

https://goccf.com/t/179739&whichpage=1
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 Posted 04/02/2015  02:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list
It seems that verdigris is nowhere as invasive on silver / copper alloys, as it is on high copper bronze alloys, or pure copper.

Probably explains why Windex worked so well in this case.
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 Posted 04/02/2015  04:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pishpash to your friends list
Windex? Cant't get it in the UK.
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 Posted 04/02/2015  05:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list
Domestic window cleaner solutions all have much the same formula. They are an alcohol and detergent mixture in a water base with a trace of (usually) blue colour, to make the intending purchaser feel nice about them. Defogging and anti streak chemicals are often added.

Water, alcohol and detergent are all very good solvents in their own right.

The fact that they, in combination, have been able to assist in the removal of inorganic verdigris in this case, is a bit harder to understand.
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 Posted 04/02/2015  06:28 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add pishpash to your friends list
No window cleaner used on my coin.

Phoenician, I remember that coin very well :)
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 Posted 04/02/2015  07:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list
But the 'active' ingredient of Windex is ........ ammonia
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