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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3971141, member: 112"]Nor would I expect a coin to not grade as a result of using a Q-tip. And I get what you're saying about proper usage lessening the risk. Unfortunately it doesn't remove the risk of hairlines and or fine scratches resulting from using a Q-tip. But those aren't the only risk either. Ya see, when you use a Q-tip the fiber on the end picks up whatever it is that you are attempting to remove as you roll the Q-tip across the surface of the coin. And as you continue rolling, whatever that contaminant is can then be redeposited on other areas of the coin where it may never have existed to begin with. So in effect you're spreading contamination around instead of just removing it. And since Q-tips are so small it's almost impossible to avoid doing this. But my primary point is this. By simply using the method I described above, you do remove the contaminant, and you have no risk of hairlines/scratches, and it is even easier to use the method I suggested than it is to use a Q-tip. So ya get everything ya want, and none of the potential risk. So why not simply do it that way ? I mean there is no advantage to using the Q-tip - none. But there is risk. But as I said, to each his own.[/QUOTE]