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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Earle42, post: 2630425, member: 78261&quot;]No kidding... Heinz 57 ketchup for cents.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The ascetic acid is dilute enough to do a good job.&nbsp; But it still can be overdone.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I always have the water running, put enough Ketchup (does not take much) in my hand to make sure the coin is totally surrounded, and with my hand close to the stream of water, I put the coin into the ketchup and make sure its totally coated.&nbsp; I wait for 4 seconds before holding the ketchup/coin under the water stream until I am sure there is no more ketchup... and then hold it in the water a few seconds more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I repeat if I think the results can be made better.&nbsp; Sometimes for only 2 seconds.&nbsp; Sometimes longer.&nbsp; Try it on junk coins to get a feel for it.&nbsp; I have seen some luster return depending what was hiding it.&nbsp; But beware, like any other dip, this can be overdone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I then rinse off with distilled water.&nbsp; The final step is an acetone dip to make sure all organic material is totally gone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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