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robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 10/04/2012 9:37 pm I have just removed my Florins from their home of forty years- a Dansco push in album. As is obvious many were held in by cellotape, do I attempt to remove the residue by dipping in Xylene or just live with past mistakes. Report this Post to the Staff

enworb Pillar of the Community Australia 4411 Posts	Posted 10/04/2012 11:16 pm I was talking to a dealer on tuesday about the exact issue. He said eucalyptus oil removes it no problems. Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 10/04/2012 11:28 pm Thank you enworb for your quick response, I will try one right now.! Report this Post to the Staff
Enlil Pillar of the Community Australia 560 Posts	Posted 10/05/2012 01:34 am Dont forget to post results, please. Report this Post to the Staff
enworb Pillar of the Community Australia 4411 Posts	Posted 10/05/2012 02:03 am The oil may remove the left over tape residue but having a closer look it appears as if the coin has toned darker where the tape wasnt in contact. You may just have to live with the uneven toning. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 10/05/2012 02:19 am Removing tape residue with xylene, eucalyptus oil or some other solvent doesn't count as "cleaning" in the negative sense, since it doesn;t remove metal or attack the metal surface. However, as enworb said, if it's been there that long the parts of the coin not covered by tape may have toned darker than the parts "protected" underneath the residue. Remove it and you'll likely have a little square-piece-of-tape-shaped hole in the toning. Which is still better than an actual glob of tape residue, in my opinion. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 10/05/2012 02:48 am I experimented on a 1951 Comm. florin . The tape was so old it had already dried up and fallen off, leaving a dry, but not sticky substance. The rest of the coin has toned naturally but as you correctly stated I now have a 'tan line'. Because I have moved the coins to a Dansco Supreme this is glaringly obvious but I think I will leave them in their 'unatural' state for now. Good news is I have a full album (bar the 34/35) and a few spares. Thanks for your suggestions. Any thoughts on the microcleaners used by jewellers for cleaning diamonds etc. Report this Post to the Staff
enworb Pillar of the Community Australia 4411 Posts	Posted 10/05/2012 03:17 am DONT USE MICROFIBRE WIPES ON COINS Report this Post to the Staff
robster Pillar of the Community Australia 674 Posts	Posted 10/05/2012 04:38 am Sorry, I meant the ultrasonic cleaners. Report this Post to the Staff
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