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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 2814616, member: 33176&quot;]<u><span style="color: #ff0000">Glenn&#039;s Ever-Increasing Cycle of Harshness:</span></u></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">2) soak in distilled or de-ionized water (never tap water) </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Brass is softer than bronze, so the bristles won&#039;t scratch the metal, but some coins, usually light green to green in color, have very soft patinas, and you can ruin this kind of a patina with a brass brush. </span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">4) Make a brass tool by buying a brass rod from a hobby or hardware store and filing one end into a sharp point. Look at the coin under a stereo microscope and use your brass tool to pick dirt out of crevices. Best to have a couple of different tools with different points--blade-like, needle-like, etc.;</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Many people experiment with different chemicals. I haven&#039;t found any that I thought worked very well, but if you want to try some, I&#039;d suggest inserting their use between steps 4 and 5. Never use any acid, such as lemon juice or Pepsi, though. They will eat into the coin&#039;s surface. You&#039;re better off just going with electrolysis.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Not skilled at responding to different areas of a long post, so bare with me...Ever increasing...I like that, it&#039;s hard to unclean a coin.&nbsp; This addiction people have to distilled water is kind of funny...tap water in most parts of the USA is 0.01% or less dissolved solids.&nbsp; Now this is not good to let dry on your coins, and the solids are mostly salts, so always rinse with distilled or deionized water, but for a good soak, tap water is just fine.&nbsp; Brass brush...good...soft green patina...otherwise known as bronze disease or verdigris...not good...remove.&nbsp; Remember rose thorns.&nbsp; Finally chemicals, I trust them more than electrolysis...but then, I&#039;m a chemist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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