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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 2979786, member: 77066&quot;]Do you hate coins that look like this one?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]732998[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>ALL other defects in this coin aside, there is a defect on the 3:00 postion where I polished out an ugly brown colored fingerprint.&nbsp; If I truly cared about the piece having more than just bullion value, I probably would have sent it back to the guy in CA.</p><p><br /></p><p>But here is a tip that I&#039;ve been using for about three years.&nbsp; At first I wore acid free cotton gloves to push proofs into my Dansco album.&nbsp; It caused some mishandling &quot;butter fingers&quot;&nbsp; issues that really miffed me at the time </p><p><br /></p><p>SO:</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I do something totally unconventional, that could actually help criminals <b><i>get away with murder. </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Proofs bought in the raw are always the toughest to handle. I don&#039;t like wearing gloves, in fact, it made me drop a coin once. So before I work with proofs out of a 2X2, I thoroughly wash my hands with Technu, a poison ivy cure, that removes plant oils and all other oils from your hands. I tried using GOOP, the stuff for grease and motor oil, but it still seems to leave oil on my hands. Before that, I used Dawn on my hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing Ive tried works as good as Technu, and it stays on you for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I discovered this while tending to the bees one early May day. I was in the wooded area behind the house and was at a distance from the other hives putting the finishing touches on the metal reflective tops for cooling the hives off. No fingerprints visible for the first time on the top of the hive. Didn&#039;t really notice this, until I was suited up and moving number 5 into its spot, and then it became evident. This one was not like the others... and well, lots of thoughts go through one&#039;s mind while managing bee hives and I thought it must&#039;ve been the technu, and I had to try it out on in the evening with some bulk proof Kennedy&#039;s. Sure enough, I had them all inside the Dansco pages in about 5 minutes, even pushing them down barehanded, something I didn&#039;t care much about at the time cause they were all 71-79 proofs {minus the silver 76&#039;s). Not a fingerprint on any of them to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty soon I got brave enough to try it with 69S Proof Kennedy&#039;s. This time I applied the stuff again and decided to see if it was going to leave any trace on the 1st coin. I aggressively pushed my finger several times onto to its mostly mirror-like surfaces, Put some coffee filters on top of the tin foil I had it sitting out on. The next day I came home and checked that thing with every spectrum of lighting I had available to see if it left any markings. Not a thing. Still nothing, on that test coin to this very Day. I&#039;ll see if I can find it tomorrow after work to show you evidence of Technu&#039;s impressive prophylactic effects.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing with that stuff,... a drawback. With the scrib applied and washed off, as I usually apply it....it is extremely difficult to turn the pages of the Cherry Pickers Guide.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW- If any criminals are seeing this post....Nothin to see here...move along<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cow:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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