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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4830706, member: 112"]Both of those will make brighter, (the olive oil more so), not darker. </p><p><br /></p><p>If ya want dark, this is what ya want -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But personally, I advise against it.</p><p><br /></p><p>............................</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While olive oil has long been a favorite of many as a coin "cleaning solution", it is a very poor choice for several reasons, the one mentioned above being only one of them. Another is that it takes almost forever, months and months at times, to do much. As Jim mentioned above, it's acidic, but it is a very, very weak acid. And once you use it, well, you still need to properly clean the coin just to get the olive oil off of it. Xylene will work best for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4830706, member: 112"]Both of those will make brighter, (the olive oil more so), not darker. If ya want dark, this is what ya want - But personally, I advise against it. ............................ While olive oil has long been a favorite of many as a coin "cleaning solution", it is a very poor choice for several reasons, the one mentioned above being only one of them. Another is that it takes almost forever, months and months at times, to do much. As Jim mentioned above, it's acidic, but it is a very, very weak acid. And once you use it, well, you still need to properly clean the coin just to get the olive oil off of it. Xylene will work best for that.[/QUOTE]
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