Ignorance Isn't Bliss If You're Ignorant!

Howdy peeps,

Take a peek at this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ELECTROLYSIS-KIT-REMOVES-COPPER-SILVER-AND-IRON-OXIDE_W0QQitemZ160326969830

Then notice the little container labeled "Sodium Bicarbonate". For those that don't know what sodium bicarbonate is, it's baking soda. :goof: But what gets my toad, is what the seller says:

"I'M ALSO INCLUDING A VIAL OF SILVER CLEANING POWDER WITH THE KIT.

THIS IS ENOUGH POWDER TO CLEAN DOZENS OF COINS OR JEWELRY PIECES. IT'S A NON-TOXIC POWDER THAT YOU MIX WITH WATER TO FORM A PASTE THEN RUB INTO THE COIN OR JEWELRY AND RINSE OFF. IT WON'T SCRATCH YOUR SILVER OR GOLD AND WORKS GREAT IN JUST A FEW SECONDS OF USE!"

When did using baking soda to polish coins, not scratch the coin? :goof:

We don't need peeps like this giving out bad intel! :whistle:

Ribbit

 

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Wait a second, Toad...are you saying harsh abrasives may in fact scratch and damage coins?! I guess it's back to using sulfuric acid to clean my coins then
Guy~

 

Don't forget to give them a dip in sodium hydroxide after you're done.

Ribbit

Ps: Sodium Hydroxide = Draino :goof:

 

Distilled water is over-rated. I've found gravy works much better.
Guy~

 

I love how the label in held in with clear box tape!
NICE touch!

 

Do you add the coins in the pot while the meat is cooking then make the gravy? Or just toss them on the plate and add the gravy.

 

SoftScrub applied with a Brillo pad! :thumb:

Ribbit

 

If we were to make a table top sand blaster for coins do you think we could sell it? Of course we would have to make box tape labels for that professional look. Maybe get Billy Mayes to sell them. But WAIT we could also throw in a bottle of Orange Glow!!! Makes your coins clean AND fresh smelling

 

... Gonna have to disagree with you on this one, Ye Olde Toad. I highly doubt that the seller even remotely intends for people to use an electrolysis machine to clean in the way you imagine.

 

Read the OP once again, Ardy! You obviously missed the point, since it has nothing to do with the electrolysis end of what they are selling. :whistle:

Ribbit

 

I was thinking George Foreman. :thumb:

Ribbit

 

LOL!!!!!!! Even BETTER!!!!! :high5:

 

Oh dear...

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IT ALSO TURNS COINS THAT ARE NEARLY UNCIRCULATED INTO UNCIRCULATED LOOKING COINS[/FONT]

 

In the blurb I quoted, he's saying that if you add a little water to baking soda and rub it on/into the coin, it will polish it but not scratch it. :goof: I'm surprised he didn't just use a tube of Colegate toothpaste and stick a different label on it? :whistle:

Ribbit

 

Oh no HCl works much better. (The works)

 

Ha! You have no idea how many scratched video game disks I have "fixed" with Colgate Total Care toothpaste!

PS: I have used baking soda and water paste to remove AT from a 40% half dollar. (I AT'd it) :goofer:

 

:bigeyes:

 

I've made dozens of these homemade with an old plug, spoon and cheap alligator clips. Used them on nasty throw away corroded pieces of crap coins just to see the fizz and green brown crud rise to the surface. yep, it will take junk off your coin but the coin really looks funky afterwards. He's selling it for $30.00. I could put together a bunch of homemade kits and sell them for 5 bucks each and make a profit. The only trouble with that is, someone might actually buy one and use it. Worse, use it on a real coin.

Rock

 

I really like how his skin color changes from pic to pic!

Some fool is going to end up electrocuting themselves...