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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Boss, post: 522889, member: 15110&quot;]Here it is: Swallow my pride and admit I keep taking&nbsp; this coin down further and further the path of lunacy. I should have sold it but wanted to fix it. I used Dellars Darkner after I have left in acetone too long to remove verdigris which revealed previous hairlines (I would have used Verdigone had I known about it at the time). The Dellars Darkner, somehow had to be contaminated as I used it on about 4-5 of my coins and they all spoted with carbon looking/verdigris spots raised above the surface. I used Veridgone to remove most of them and Thad is sending me more and I am confident it will remove the rest of the spots. However, this coin developed this splotchy gray look which covered a lot of the hairlines (partially) but is spreading with every attempt to remove. I soaked in MEK, then xylene for lengths of time and Verdigone. Verdigone seemed to regress the color somewhat but became saturated and I am out. So I am waiting to get to more. I had the thought of 1-2 drops of a dip (Jewelluster) in a large amount of DW. If no effect keeping adding one drop until I see a beneficial effect. I have emotionally detached from the coin somewhat and have accepted I will lose money on this no matter what. Even the junk F/VG grades go for 900-1000 K so I won&#039;t cry about it no matter what the outcome. Please no &quot;you ruined your coin, bummer what were you thinking???, etc, etc..&quot; I have beat myself up enough and felt pure terror when I saw the coin after the long acetone soak. Instant horror. Anyway, what&#039;s done is done. Just want useful solutions to improve the look. I plan on sticking it in my album for many years regardless and hope it develops some nice toning. :computer::hammer::hammer:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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