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yingyang Pillar of the Community Canada 1823 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:00 pm This is the way I remove milk spots on my regular sml . Use this make sure its ultrasoft. Always were gloves. AND DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK YOU WILL GET MICROSCOPIC SCRATCHES . Make sure to rub up and down not sideways or to hard with the inter cloth cleaner and then use the outer cloth polisher . Then your sml should look like this. Edited by yingyang 01/06/2015 1:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff

JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21620 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:14 pm Where would you purchase a polishing cloth like that? Report this Post to the Staff
yingyang Pillar of the Community Canada 1823 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:18 pm Quote: Where would you purchase a polishing cloth like that? Walmart has them in the jewelry department. Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:29 pm No scratches? I didn't think that was possible. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21620 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:43 pm Thanks yingyang I was at Walmart this morning. Guess I'll be going back. Report this Post to the Staff
yingyang Pillar of the Community Canada 1823 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:46 pm Quote: No scratches? I didn't think that was possible. Cleaned that silver sml this morning I cant see any scratches. Cleaned a 2011 sml wolf awhile back 80 % milk spots after using the cloth looked brand new. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 12:48 pm If all you want is "clean", bullion sliver, then lots of methods are out there... 7sJSwKe5Ev8 But, in my opinion, this, and the OP's method is sooooo wrong!! Collector of sliver rounds who seek out the best possible strikes would be foolish to use any of these methods. To the naked eye, maybe they look ok, but under a loupe or microscope the hairlines would be nasty... Correct me if I am wrong (or urban numismatic legend), but doesn't PCGS have an outstanding reward out there ($25,000) if anyone can show them how to safely remove milk spots, and that reward has yet to be granted? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
yingyang Pillar of the Community Canada 1823 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 1:04 pm Quote: If all you want is "clean", bullion sliver, then lots of methods are out there... They are only regular sml I like to keep them milk spot free. I don't have a microscope so it does not bother me if they have microscopic scratches . Plus I'm in my late 60's can only see milk spots not hairline scratches lol . Edited by yingyang 01/06/2015 1:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
thecurse9 Valued Member Canada 112 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 1:34 pm I'm just wondering (it's an honest question)... If it were to be graded, what would "degrade" a coin more: hairline scratches caused by milkspot removing or the milkspots themselves? Or maybe the best solution would be to keep the milkspots until a perfect cleaning method is found? Edited by thecurse9 01/06/2015 1:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5395 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 1:35 pm The best way to avoid the milk spots on these things....................don't buy them in the first place. The quality control at the "North Korean mint" is getting dismal! Using a polishing cloth is taboo! Report this Post to the Staff
yingyang Pillar of the Community Canada 1823 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 1:40 pm Quote: If it were to be graded, what would "degrade" a coin more: hairline scratches caused by milkspots removing or milkspots? Only do this to my sml ( only polished a few ) Would never send a regular sml to be graded a waste of money. Edited by yingyang 01/06/2015 1:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff
kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 1:44 pm As @yingyang says, if you're a bullion collector and the coins (SMLs etc) you have are just silver value then why not buff them up if it makes you happy? As long as you do it in the full knowledge that you are degrading any numismatic value the coin may have had and, I would hope, are pretty confidant that it didn't have any. @thecurse9, cleaning would decrease the theoretical numismatic value of the coin more than milk spots. But just try selling a higher grade, heavily milk-spotted SML for anything more than bullion.... Even in a TPG slab. Report this Post to the Staff
thecurse9 Valued Member Canada 112 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 2:12 pm @yingyang: I understand and I agree with you. But what would be the impact on the grade of the coin on semi-numismatic bullion (2011 Wolf, for example, which can fetch interesting prices if milkspot-free) or even NCLT? @kuh_85: Makes sense. Thanks! Edited by thecurse9 01/06/2015 2:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 2:47 pm Has anyone tried the "cloudy ammonia" method mentioned in the video above? I figure that, with a clean Q-tip, might be the least likely to leave hairlines on the coin's surface. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
yingyang Pillar of the Community Canada 1823 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 3:03 pm Quote: cloudy ammonia Is that just regular ammonia with soap added? So you can just use regular ammonia right? Report this Post to the Staff
Northerncoins Pillar of the Community Canada 2019 Posts	Posted 01/06/2015 3:49 pm Anyone selling "cleaned" bullion /coins/rounds should have to put in a disclaimer ( I believe they have to on ebay )if they are selling them for a high premium such as the wolf round. I know I would be mad if I paid a high premium for a Canada wolf coin only to find out it was "cleaned " and yes I do look at alot of my coins under a scope so I would see the cleaning scratches. If it was just regular bullion coins, rounds etc near spot I wouldn't care but it still needs to be disclosed. Report this Post to the Staff
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