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Valued Member
United States
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*** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. ***
Is there a way to do this on copper? Sometimes I find gum, wax or tape residue roll searching and sometimes I'd like to take a look under the gunk.
I just realized I posted in the wrong thread. I need help from a moderator to move this please. Edited by HeadsIWin
04/10/2011 5:15 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If the coin is probably not worth anything I just use my pocketknife!  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
9160 Posts |
You need to use acetone, works great.
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Moderator
 United States
16679 Posts |
Acetone soak.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A Butane torch usually melts all those things off coins and easily. Nitric Acid in almost any form too will do that. Or just place them on a burner of your stove and light it.   Just kidding I hope you know. Use Acetone and use the Search tab at the top for finding all about the uses of Acetone. Normally those things come off easily. Sometimes. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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If I use acetone would that be few minutes where I can enjoy a Snickers in between OR several hours where I can go to the flea market and maybe a coin show in between OR do I need more time in between like 5 days at work time in between?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Start with a snickers and work your way up, checking at intervals.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Quote:
If I use acetone would that be few minutes where I can enjoy a Snickers in between OR several hours where I can go to the flea market and maybe a coin show in between OR do I need more time in between like 5 days at work time in between? Should make little difference. I once put some coins in a jar and put the jar in my garage and just forgot about it. Not sure but I think it was there for several weeks. No big thing, not much happened. Usually a few minutes is all that is required. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Goo-Gone works great for removing tape residue and plain old gunk from bronze/copper coins and does not affect the surface of the coin itself. I would not use it on a potentially-valuable coin, however.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Long-chain organics respond best to xylene.
On non-valuable finds, very hot running water and fingernails also works.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Chewing gum seems to be impervious to most treatments but the best method is to freeze the coin in an ice cube. The expansion and contraction from freeze/thaw will loosen the gum enough to pop it off the coin.
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Valued Member
United States
260 Posts |
upstate, yeah. I think I'll start with a Snickers. Thank you all for your advice- I'll probably be trying them all eventually in this hobby.  |
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Posted 04/10/2011 6:46 pm
