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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 495809, member: 6370&quot;]I dont know the guy who posted that article but it doesnt say he is a professional conservator...he says he DOES know how to conserve coins but has just decided not to tell people how...his reasoning is that people shouldnt do it themselves if they dont know how...of course they wont know how if no one tells them, or like you say, they develop the techniques themselves which would require trial and error and possibly ruining coins. Unlike many here, people who do it professionally could care less if you ruin your coins trying, they just want to get paid...this being a hobby for me, one I would like to spend as little money as possible on anything other than coins, I want to avoid paying.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He says nothing about protecting trade secrets...of course I have said I completely understand why people who do this for a living will never tell as they want you to pay THEM to do it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But as Spock points out, there are often situations where a coins worth is low but you still would like to save it and one cannot justify the price to have it professionally done and it would be nice to be able to save the coin. So I would like to compile a page or two to help people do it themselves.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is a common thing...There is a wealth of info out there to help people do it yourself. You can go and have a carpenter build you a work bench...or you can get a &#039;how to&#039; book and build one yourself...I want to offer a how to for those who would like to save themselves money. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I fixed electric sockets and plumbing in my house myself with detailed how to instructions I got on the internet as well as building a real nice sturdy work table in the same way...I could have paid others but instead did it myself with no problem...none of those people decided to withhold information on how to do these things simply because they felt people were too stupid and would ruin their plumbing or electrocute themselves...probably because they gave detailed step by step instructions with warnings....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So I understand why a plumber wont tell me how to fix my plumbing...but there were enough people who figured out how to fix pluming and electricity to inform DIY people how to do it. Someone who knows these techniques and DOESNT do it professionally could help collectors save money and help us save old dirty coins...They either wont...or people just dont know how.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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