Question About E-Zest. Cleaning Coins?

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DivChaser Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 02/08/2012 8:31 pm Thanks to all who continue to educate me. Is using E-Zest the same as cleaning coins? If not, what is the difference? Is this frowned upon? Report this Post to the Staff

murrellington Pillar of the Community United States 3276 Posts	Posted 02/08/2012 11:17 pm I haven't used anything to clean coins, except I tried acetone once. I have never used that stuff but from what I heard, it's not a good product to use on coins. But I have no experience so I wouldn't know. let's see what others say. Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 02/08/2012 11:35 pm E-Zest is the usual agent involved in "dipping." It can be used undetectably, but only by an expert and only if the coin has never been dipped before. You don't get to know if it has, or if you're about to completely ruin your coin. Uncirculated silver only. It will wreck a coin of any other metal, and ruin a circulated coin. In other words, stay away. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 10:54 am Dipping, scrubbing, polishing, washing, etc. coins is just basically not a good idea. Regardless of who says what about a product, unless you really know what your doing, just don't mess with attempts to make a coin look new again. It's sort of like thinking you can bring an Egyptian Mummy back to life by cleaning them. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 1:40 pm Can the eye appeal of certain coins be improved through the judicious use of E-Z-Est? Yes. Have more coins been ruined rather than improved through the use of E-Z-Est? Most definitely YES. If you have ever seen a VF-AU silver coin that was stark white with dead surfaces and no luster, you have seen an overdipped coin. If you have ever seen a coin that was mostly white but still had ugly dark toning patches, you have seen a coin that was not a good candidate for dipping but was dipped anyway(toning too heavy to properly remove). If you have ever seen a coin covered with spots and milky patches, you have seen a coin that was not properly rinsed after dipping. If you have ever seen pink copper, you have seen a coin that had no business being anywhere near coin dip. Report this Post to the Staff
DivChaser Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 10:45 pm Thanks Biokemist! Great info. I have saved a snippet of that info above....that is really good info. Report this Post to the Staff
biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 02/09/2012 11:13 pm In fairness, jeweluster is sold in gallon jugs because a lot of people use it advantageously. I have used it on coal black coins and gotten pcgs ms63 grades on them. YMMV. Report this Post to the Staff
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