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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3261392, member: 112&quot;]That depends on the coin you&#039;re talking about. I&#039;d readily agree you&#039;re not gonna hurt anything on most well circulated coins. Sure, you might produce some additional minor hairlines, but on a well circulated coin nobody will ever notice - not even the person doing it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if ya try rolling or using a Q-tip, wet or dry, on an MS coin, or even an AU coin - god forbid actually pushing the Q-tip - you will see hairlines. </p><p><br /></p><p>Point being, the cotton fibers of a Q-tip, let alone any debris that may be there, can and will hairline a coin that has luster. So will toothpicks, rose thorns, or anything else that anyone can think of.</p><p><br /></p><p>One other word of warning, not all Q-tips have rolled paper stems, some of them have plastic stems. And acetone or xylene can dissolve or partially dissolve that plastic and it can then get deposited on your coin. And even if your using paper stemmed Q-tips, water, acetone, xylene, basically any liquid could help pull some of the sulfur out of that paper and then deposit it on your coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line, in most cases, except on well circulated coins, using Q-tips, toothpicks, rose thorns, using anything that touches the surface of a coin - is a bad idea. And often for more than one reason. The only reason that people do use them is because it makes it easier, it helps speed things up, and people don&#039;t wish to be patient and take their time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d add one thing, when you are soaking a coin, regardless of what you&#039;re soaking it in, pick it up and swish it a round from time the time. The agitation in the liquid will help remove whatever it is more quickly. But that&#039;s about as far as I&#039;d ever recommend going. Assuming you want the coin to be in the best condition it can be in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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