How To Use Mineral Oil?

If you read enough posts on this and any coin forums, you'll see stories on how items like Acetone, battery acid, Orange Juice, Tomato Juice, Vinegar, Mineral Spirits, Martinis, Scotch and Soda and on and on and on work miracles. Some may post results of using Olive Oils and rinsing with spit. It's all worth a try if the coins are really dirty and of no apparent value.
As to the use of Mineral Spirits on coins. I've tried it on some but of no great or noticable results. I placed some dirty coins in a jar and covered with Mineral Spirits used for mostly thinning out paint. Left in for days. No big differenc.
Think I've tried almost any thing easily available on coins. Presently Experimenting on Polished coins. Purchased some highly polished coins, left in laquer thinner for a few day, Acetone for a few days, distilled water for a few days. Now on a kitchen window for attempting to return to normallicy.
The main thing is if your not sure of what something will do to a coin yourself and the coin is not expesive, try it.

Thanks for the info. That really helps, I saw someone talk about it and was really confused.

True but many have also found that a few drops of dish soap makes them somewhat mix. A coin covered with an oily substance and soaked in water and dish soap does work. As usual there are problems with this. All dish soaps are manufactured differently. Some will leave a discoloration on the coins.