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Dino Valued Member United States 180 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 11:50 am Anyone heard of, or actually uses, olive oil being used to help restore old coppers? Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 12:04 pm Type in "olive oil" upper left search box John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 1:41 pm I have used it quite successfully, but always get hooted down for saying so. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 4:42 pm It works great as long as you have a lot of patience. Report this Post to the Staff
ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2520 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 5:33 pm Quote: It works great as long as you have a lot of patience I have some dug Roman coins soaking in some right now (and have been for the past 18 years). I sort of lost interest but did have nice results with a few of the first ones I did. Report this Post to the Staff
Kopper Ken Pillar of the Community United States 3402 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 5:45 pm I use it all the time, and presently have about 4-500 coins in five jars on a radiator. I usually give them a few months through the winter. Will be looking at them soon. KK Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 6:14 pm Use occasionally on lower grade ancient bronzes after removing dirt, but that's about all. Quite safe in this application. It must be remembered that olive oil is slightly acidic. For that reason, I would not use it for preservation purposes on modern bronze coins, especially on those that have mint luster remaining. Edited by sel_69l 04/14/2018 10:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dino Valued Member United States 180 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 7:43 pm Thanks to all for the feedback! Report this Post to the Staff
hozer Valued Member United States 422 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 8:35 pm I've used it and still do with awesome results. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/14/2018 9:28 pm It's excellent for cleaning ancient coins. I have been using it for years. Report this Post to the Staff
MikeF Pillar of the Community United States 3479 Posts	Posted 04/15/2018 12:03 am I considered doing this to some coins I acquired in old Whitman albums but as it turned out, I didn't need to. My question is how do you get the olive oil off? Soak it in water with Dawn? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/16/2018 09:19 am I would think xylol or acetone would remove it. Report this Post to the Staff
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