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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
 Has anyone ever sealed the caps to their tubes with hot wax so your coins will get max. protection by keeping out air and contaminants. Or am I the only one ? anybody else with unique ways of storing their bu rolls ? 
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
It certainly wouldn't do any harm.
Air is locked in the tube with the coins anyway. Only a negligible amount of air will get past a normal ungasketed screw seal or clip seal in this application, in the long term.
Hope the wax does not get into the threads of the seal, thus preventing the removal of the screw cap.
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
A wrap of plumber's tape around the threads of the tube will do just as nicely.
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Moderator
United States
187702 Posts |
Never thought of hot wax, but I think that thread seal tape is a better option.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
 , the coins are not subjected to any heat from the wax. Storage of the tubes is less messy, as well. |
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Moderator
United States
187702 Posts |
And easy to reuse them without much fuss.  |
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Rest in Peace
 United States
18456 Posts |
I agree, SuperDave's method is much better then hot wax. you guys have no idea how time consuming that was.  |
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Moderator
United States
187702 Posts |
Well, someone had to try it, right?  Lesson learned.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I tape them shut with 3M clear tape. Been doing that for a long, long time and no ill effects.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
The hot wax is only worth the time if you have your own signet ring like the pope to mark your own seal on top of the wax to make sure no one opens them while you are gone, hehe.
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Moderator
United States
187702 Posts |
Okay, so that is one advantage of wax over the tape ideas. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
BUT your could just write something on the tape, you know. |
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Moderator
United States
187702 Posts |
But it would not look as cool. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12813 Posts |
Yes, the wax seal is vastly more romantic than the tape options... and inversely practical.
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Posted 04/18/2015 09:28 am
