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<p>[QUOTE="claycad, post: 1154944, member: 17987"]I guess I never thought about how acidic olive oil would be. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it's not acidic, duh. I was just reading that extra virgin olive oil is the least acidic, so if I do use oil I'll probably switch to that. I rinsed the coin with some dawn concentrated dish detergent after its olive oil cleaning, but I doubt it completely removed all of the oil.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was just reading an article some where yesterday that suggested dipping your coins in vegetable oil, patting the excess oil off the coin with a soft cloth, but leaving a thin coat to protect the surface of the coin over time. Intuition told me that's a bad idea. I try to make it a rule to only believe about 2% of what I read on the internet, and that didn't fall within the 2% that I believed for that day. Think dawn is powerful enough to destroy the oil residue, or maybe even a quick dip in acetone then a couple minute rinse in regular water?</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the coin goes, if you didn't know it was cleaned would you have been able to tell? I want a way to clean them without making it obvious that they were really cleaned.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: Then again, as far as oil being on the coin, like I said they were never cared for very well anyway. Many of the ones already seem to have an oily substance one them I'm guessing the oils from peoples hands and being circulated and not being cared for. Even my low grade coins I handle only with coin tongs, never with fingers. My dad never followed that rule, so the coins probably have lots of oil residue already on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="claycad, post: 1154944, member: 17987"]I guess I never thought about how acidic olive oil would be. Just because something is natural doesn't mean it's not acidic, duh. I was just reading that extra virgin olive oil is the least acidic, so if I do use oil I'll probably switch to that. I rinsed the coin with some dawn concentrated dish detergent after its olive oil cleaning, but I doubt it completely removed all of the oil. I was just reading an article some where yesterday that suggested dipping your coins in vegetable oil, patting the excess oil off the coin with a soft cloth, but leaving a thin coat to protect the surface of the coin over time. Intuition told me that's a bad idea. I try to make it a rule to only believe about 2% of what I read on the internet, and that didn't fall within the 2% that I believed for that day. Think dawn is powerful enough to destroy the oil residue, or maybe even a quick dip in acetone then a couple minute rinse in regular water? As far as the coin goes, if you didn't know it was cleaned would you have been able to tell? I want a way to clean them without making it obvious that they were really cleaned. EDIT: Then again, as far as oil being on the coin, like I said they were never cared for very well anyway. Many of the ones already seem to have an oily substance one them I'm guessing the oils from peoples hands and being circulated and not being cared for. Even my low grade coins I handle only with coin tongs, never with fingers. My dad never followed that rule, so the coins probably have lots of oil residue already on them.[/QUOTE]
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