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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pishpash, post: 2809163, member: 71514&quot;]Can I please offer a word of warning to anyone who is new to cleaning ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are going to use dish soap (in the UK we call it washing up liquid), please use a mild one.&nbsp; I used Fairy &quot;Platinum&quot;, a stronger version which is supposed to remove &quot;burned on food&quot; with no extra soaking.&nbsp; Burned the patina straight off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, if you are new, please don&#039;t use metal picks or wire wool or indeed anything metal until you have had some practice.&nbsp; Please stick to wooden picks, you will learn when to get the tougher stuff out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Distilled water is best.&nbsp; You can also used de-ionised water, the stuff you top up your car batteries with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really there is no substitute for prolonged soaking.&nbsp; Some coins will clean up very quickly and others take months, and months.&nbsp; There are no shortcuts and if you don&#039;t have the patience, you should let someone else do it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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