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Message:: [QUOTE="edteach, post: 24491511, member: 85141"]Flax seed oil is used for a lot of things. I use it to season cast iron. But I bake it at 400 deg. and it makes a hard coating on the iron. It wont hurt these coins at all. So much garbage on the web. I just watched a video of an English old timer who said do not use Vaseline on roman coins, its water based. Maybe the lotion but Vaseline is petroleum jelly. Its oil based. There is also a lot of misinformation on WD40. Some say its fish oil,its not. I have collected firearms for many years. Bought and sold. I have used WD for over 50 years. It works great. There is a rumor that even many gun dealers hold that WD solvent evaporates and leaves a gum behind. This is total BS. I have done several tests where I put a half cup of WD and left it out for months to evaporate. What is left is a 3 in 1 clear oil. What happens is if you us WD on any thing that has crevasses,it will penetrate and break down the grime old oil and dirt built up in places you don't clean. It runs out and when the solvents dry it leaves all that garbage behind. Its not the WD its the garbage the WD dissolves and brings out of those hard to get to areas.  I have had someone on my YouTube channel were I did the test say WD is water based. That is absurd. WD is a petroleum based product.[/QUOTE]