clean up

[bagerap]

On American forums they swear by two products, VerdiCare & VerdiGone; but as I've never found them in the UK who knows?

[Gollum]

On American forums they swear by two products, VerdiCare & VerdiGone; but as I've never found them in the UK who knows?

Sheesh, I thought for a moment there you were gonna say "Windex".... I gotta stop watching them greek films !

[Peter]

On American forums they swear by two products, VerdiCare & VerdiGone; but as I've never found them in the UK who knows?

I wouldn't mind trying that but it's not available in the UK and limited availability in the US.One for the dragons den methinks.

[bagerap]

A company called Wizard handles it but I think shipping may be a problem. They're likely to be RIARTs, i.e. restricted articles needing a Hazardous Goods Certificate, the cost of which is prohibitive for just one or two bottles.

[RLC35]

I've tried Verdicare...it doesn't work! At least it didn't for me.

[Peter]

I've tried Verdicare...it doesn't work! At least it didn't for me.

Thanks Bob

That is good enough to me.

Miracle cures just don't exist.

A bit of hot soapy water,a softened cocktail stick seems to be the only remedy.

[Coinery]

I've tried Verdicare...it doesn't work! At least it didn't for me.

Thanks Bob

That is good enough to me.

Miracle cures just don't exist.

A bit of hot soapy water,a softened cocktail stick seems to be the only remedy.

A little tip from experience, and the reason I'm so much chasing a 'recognised' and scientific approach to this whole mystery of coin preservation (mystery in as much as not one of us on the forum have grabbed the gauntlet and stepped forward to state 'these are the facts!' ). There are some very big guns on here, writing reams from decades of experience, and still this subject has yet to reach a satisfying conclusion. That speaks more than a thousand words to me! Meaning, of course, it's still considerably unknown and misunderstood.

I washed a lightly streak-toned EdVII penny a few years ago with soap and water (i forget the soap, lord i wish i could remember), it was a really nice toned effect (if it were possible for streaks of tone to be described this way) and had full lustre otherwise. Anyway, I dried this very nice coin off to discover the nice cloud-like wisps of tone had become purple, like some bad peroxide day in a hairdressing salon.

We may get away with soap sometimes, but I would never trust it on anything with a micro-precious surface!

[Peter]

Why try and clean a lustred surface.I successfully cleaned a 1737 Large date 1/4d with gunk all over it.It went from £10 to £150 in seconds.A bit of heat sometimes works.

I have put hairlines on a 1787 1/- so be carefull.All the dipped coin boys on Ebay bring tears to my eyes...but hey the dipped boys are creating their own market...just try selling outside ebay.Narkeypoon et all.

[Coinery]

Why try and clean a lustred surface.I successfully cleaned a 1737 Large date 1/4d with gunk all over it.It went from £10 to £150 in seconds.A bit of heat sometimes works.

I have put hairlines on a 1787 1/- so be carefull.All the dipped coin boys on Ebay bring tears to my eyes...but hey the dipped boys are creating their own market...just try selling outside ebay.Narkeypoon et all.

A 100 year old, part-toned, lustre coin, doesn't mean it's free of 'sh**e,' this particular coin certainly wasn't! Equally, there are the invisible finger greasings that have been mentioned, a million things. I think it's just a mistake I'd hate to see happen to anyone else. It does make your blood run cold when something you hoped to improve upon, suddenly appears from the tissue a horror story.

In 15 years I have not had the experience of snapping a 2x2 or capsule shut, thinking 'phew, that's done, I can just relax now, it's timeless!' I look forward to one day completing the process of handling, weighing, measuring, researching, and cataloging, with the ultimate satisfaction of decontamination, preservation, and final pleasure of snapping that coin shut, or storing it away, in a place where I can enjoy it and feel reasurred that it's in suspension! Paranoid? Maybe!

Would be so good to get this one ticked off!

[argentumandcoins]

Why try and clean a lustred surface.I successfully cleaned a 1737 Large date 1/4d with gunk all over it.It went from £10 to £150 in seconds.A bit of heat sometimes works.

I have put hairlines on a 1787 1/- so be carefull.All the dipped coin boys on Ebay bring tears to my eyes...but hey the dipped boys are creating their own market...just try selling outside ebay.Narkeypoon et all.

A 100 year old, part-toned, lustre coin, doesn't mean it's free of 'sh**e,' this particular coin certainly wasn't! Equally, there are the invisible finger greasings that have been mentioned, a million things. I think it's just a mistake I'd hate to see happen to anyone else. It does make your blood run cold when something you hoped to improve upon, suddenly appears from the tissue a horror story.

In 15 years I have not had the experience of snapping a 2x2 or capsule shut, thinking 'phew, that's done, I can just relax now, it's timeless!' I look forward to one day completing the process of handling, weighing, measuring, researching, and cataloging, with the ultimate satisfaction of decontamination, preservation, and final pleasure of snapping that coin shut, or storing it away, in a place where I can enjoy it and feel reasurred that it's in suspension! Paranoid? Maybe!

Would be so good to get this one ticked off!

I wouldn't stress too much about preservation.

I don't think former custodians looked for the ultimate suspension solution yet we still have 300 year old copper coins and 150 year old bronze coins retaining superb lustre.

[Oxford_Collector]

Why try and clean a lustred surface.I successfully cleaned a 1737 Large date 1/4d with gunk all over it.It went from £10 to £150 in seconds.A bit of heat sometimes works.

I have put hairlines on a 1787 1/- so be carefull.All the dipped coin boys on Ebay bring tears to my eyes...but hey the dipped boys are creating their own market...just try selling outside ebay.Narkeypoon et all.

I take it you mean things like this lustred dipped coin?

[Peckris]

Why try and clean a lustred surface.I successfully cleaned a 1737 Large date 1/4d with gunk all over it.It went from £10 to £150 in seconds.A bit of heat sometimes works.

I have put hairlines on a 1787 1/- so be carefull.All the dipped coin boys on Ebay bring tears to my eyes...but hey the dipped boys are creating their own market...just try selling outside ebay.Narkeypoon et all.

I take it you mean things like this lustred dipped coin?

Yes, just like that. His pictures also briefly show an Edward VII obverse (florin?) that has clearly had the same treatment.