The Next Product - Verdi-Tone�

I wanted to share and get some feedback on my next product in the VERDI- line. My goal is to compete with products like Dellers Darkener, a product I really hate. For retoning coins everyone knows pretty much knows about the window sill method. It works great but it can take a year or longer. My goal in the development of VERDI-TONE� was to greatly speed the process along reducing it to weeks or months to get the same effect and the same same chemical reaction without resorting to artificial colorants or harsh chemicals like Dellers. I've been testing various compositions for months now and it's time to start showing my latest results and obtaining some feedback.

At some point I will need some beta product testers, perhaps as early as next week. So keep your eyes open! Here's an example of what I think might be the final formula. What I've done during the crude testing is to impregnate cardboard with the VERDI-TONE� chemical and placed the coins on a window sill for weeks. The final product will likely be a small envelope soaked with VERDI-TONE� or I may sell the liquid directly.

I should add that the chemical I'm using is slow release hydrogen sulfide technology. So the toning process is "natural" in effect. That part of the product is not secret and it will even be in the product literature. VERDI-TONE� does not use any type of artificial colorant.

Let me know what you think. I need opinions and feedback please. The first test coins were cleaned. The 1921 was fairly harshly cleaned and has some hairlines on the obverse. The 1910 was over dipped in, most likely, an acid-thiourea commercial dip. The results are after sitting for six weeks on the impregnated cardboard with occassional flipping.