Lemon Juice and Silver Coins

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Kentucky, Aug 13, 2017.

  1. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    ordered these three little coins for cheap from e-bay and decided to see if I could do any clea....conservation.

    Before:



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    Overnight in bottled lemon juice:

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  3. Galen59

    Galen59 Gott helfe mir

    What type of lemon juice?
     
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  4. Kentucky

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    A bottle from the 99 cent+ store...real generic stuff.
     
  5. BlackBeard_Thatch

    BlackBeard_Thatch Captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge

    Bottom one did well, top two not so well.
     
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  6. Kentucky

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    Yeah, I didn't expect so much from them. The Hungarian Denar came out nice though. I think @lordmarcovan posted some of his awhile back. I have a couple of others.
     
  7. davidh

    davidh soloist gnomic

    An alchemist's delight - you turned them into gold.
     
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  8. Kentucky

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    OK, OK, OK...I didn't color correct...so kill me.
     
  9. Numismat

    Numismat World coin enthusiast

    Never thought of using it on silver, but I've had some success with lemon juice soaks for white spots on WWII era zinc coins
     
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  10. Kentucky

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    Hmmmmm...gotta try this...
     
  11. Kentucky

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    @V. Kurt Bellman has mentioned a dip made with citric acid and thiourea i want to try sometime
     
  12. V. Kurt Bellman

    V. Kurt Bellman Yes, I'm blunt! Get over your "feeeeelings".

    35g Thiourea (the most expensive part of the formula
    35g Citric Acid (canning aisle in the well-stocked grocery store)
    stir into water to make one liter.

    That is your stock solution. You can dilute further if you want to "pull it" at an intermediate stage. The stock solution is already far slower acting than EZest.
     
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  13. Kentucky

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    Hmmmm...let me write that one down...
     
  14. V. Kurt Bellman

    V. Kurt Bellman Yes, I'm blunt! Get over your "feeeeelings".

    If you want to get all fancy schmancy, you can add something that might change the color of the liquid if the pH gets too high. I just look for sulfur precipitate. Sure sign the juice is getting tired.
     
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  15. Kentucky

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    $9 for 57 g on e-bay
     
  16. V. Kurt Bellman

    V. Kurt Bellman Yes, I'm blunt! Get over your "feeeeelings".

    I used to buy 500g bottles. We used to call them a pound and just fill them differently.
     
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