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<p>[QUOTE="Steamandlight, post: 2464918, member: 56876"]Alright, so I decided to give this a try. Broke open a roll of junk silver washington quarters, and picked out 5 that were pretty ugly. Tried to get 5 different types of ugly, to see what worked best.</p><p><br /></p><p>The method I used was a 24 hour acetone soak, then dipping in a bowl of warm water and lightly brushing them with a supersoft brush, then an 8-10 hour soak in the acetone again, a second underwater brushing, then a quick dip in the acetone and holding by the rim to dry. </p><p><br /></p><p>Probably messed up in there somewhere, but here are the before and after pics of the whole group, and then just after pics of each individual coin. Please let me know if they "look" cleaned to your eyes.</p><p><br /></p><p>The acetone did not do much for some of the coins, though...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Before:[ATTACH=full]517395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517396[/ATTACH] </p><p>After:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]517397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517398[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Steamandlight, post: 2464918, member: 56876"]Alright, so I decided to give this a try. Broke open a roll of junk silver washington quarters, and picked out 5 that were pretty ugly. Tried to get 5 different types of ugly, to see what worked best. The method I used was a 24 hour acetone soak, then dipping in a bowl of warm water and lightly brushing them with a supersoft brush, then an 8-10 hour soak in the acetone again, a second underwater brushing, then a quick dip in the acetone and holding by the rim to dry. Probably messed up in there somewhere, but here are the before and after pics of the whole group, and then just after pics of each individual coin. Please let me know if they "look" cleaned to your eyes. The acetone did not do much for some of the coins, though... Before:[ATTACH=full]517395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517396[/ATTACH] After: [ATTACH=full]517397[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]517398[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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