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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I'm looking at this one and wondering if acetone and verdi-care could make a big difference. Opinions please...  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IMHO ... a worthy candidate!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6478 Posts |
Verdicare is a great thing for this coin
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
Anything's better than leaving it to slowly corrode away.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1566 Posts |
I definitely think that a soak in acetone and a generous soak in Verdi-Care will make this coin much more appealing and quite likely market acceptable. Check out this previous thread on BadThad's advice. https://goccf.com/t/90297 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have seen great things from BadThad's verdicare ... I was very tempted to pick up some myself... when someone told me of another way...
I made a thread called spring cleaning/conservation.... you can see my results and I'd love to hear your input on the methodology...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
Verdicare will certainly arrest the verdigris. How much of the crud do you want to remove? looks like a couple hours work with a toothpick to really clean it up.
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Pillar of the Community
Germany
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Certainly worth trying. I would start with a dip in clean acetone.
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United States
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I made a thread called spring cleaning/conservation.... you can see my results and I'd love to hear your input on the methodology.. Your solution is a bandage on a broken bone; it has done nothing to slow the advance of verdigris, merely lubricated the removal of crud and left a layer of hydrocarbons on your coin to react with things. Cosmetic improvement without affecting the underlying problem, basically just a wash in gasoline. Verdicare, on the other hand, was purpose-designed by a professional chemist and both halts and removes verdigris. This is all irrelevant in the case of your coin because it's not a high-value piece. And you *did* improve it.  I wouldn't recommend it for a coin intended for a slab, though. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've tried everything and BadThad's recommendation of distilled water soak, acetone soak then Verdi-Care soak works the best.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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United States
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This one is an easy fix.
There is that part, too. This coin is no worse than "Moderate" on the scale of infestation. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Correct , the softer the goo or crud the easier it is to deal with. Hard dark green ,the coin is usually toast. One product that works well is ordinary mineral oil .
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United States
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This coin is a worthy candidate and has very nice F-VF details so yes, distilled water and verdi-care.
This coin as mentioned is moderately infected.. don't wait any longer.
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United States
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Anyone ever tried tea tree oil? I found a coin so corroded while metal detecting the other day and all I had at home was some tea tree oil. I soaked it for a few hours and was amazed that all of the corrosion came off. Turned out to just be a clad dime though....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Anyone ever tried tea tree oil?
Nope, never. Sounds like an interesting solution though! |
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Posted 03/31/2015 7:20 pm
