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I have used a product called Gringgott's Bronze Disease Killer. You basically soak, scrub, soak, scrub for a few days. I purchased through http://www.nobleromancoins.com. Here is my Licinius that I thought might have BD. This is what it looks like after a 5 day soak in Grinngotts. BTW this was my first ancient Roman purchase. It was cleaned by electrolysis. I am not positive it had BD. Some of the green is still there. I have kept it separated and I am monitoring it.   Gil-gilad here is a DP that has been ren waxed. I liked it better before. Coins without DP I have liked it on much better.   |
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I just purchased distilled water and now Mr. Jovian here has gone out for a swim  Can't wait to finally rid it of its affliction! |
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I read about Gringotts, supposedly it is really good in treating BD. Probably if I start to encounter more BD infected coins I may purchase some.
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I'd suggest playing with Sodium sesquicarbonate which is the long standing traditional treatment for bronze disease. While some may have it in stock as a pool chemical, it can be made from equal molar parts of Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and sodium carbonate (washing soda). I have never owned factory made sesqui- but the home made mix works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium...quicarbonate |
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Thanks for the tip dougsmit!
Does anyone know why my coin is turning orange? I just checked on it and the brown surfaces are becoming orange. No visible change so far to the BD spots though.
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It almost looks like it's developing desert patina (I know it's probably not really but it reminds me of it)
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I used Gringotts to treat my Caligula / Vesta As and it worked just fine. Soaked for 3 days, scrub, change water/solution and repeated for 2 weeks I believe.
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Can the orange patina-like stuff be removed?
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Here's a picture:  (The obverse has a couple of orange patches as well) Maybe it has something to do with it being in a plastic cup? Edited by VisigothKing
02/10/2012 9:55 pm
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You dont want to remove the patina. And with the patina having significant cracking, I probably wouldn't try any scrubbing either. Just soaking.
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I soak my coins in ceramic or glass containers. Not sure what difference it would make but I figured plastic may have contaminants that could leak out of the plastic, possibly. I can't really say for certain.
I can't really tell from the image. But perhaps that orange color is the natural color of the coin with the patina. I don't really know for certain.
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Thanks MartiVltori and Gil-Galad.
Just going to do a show of hands, who thinks the coin looks better now than how it looked before, just wondering, because I have mixed feelings about it developing this. It was pretty nice before it changed. At least hopefully that BD will go away.
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Before you answer I'll post another pic of it shortly, because the orange is more widespread now.
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