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<p>[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 248460, member: 6370"]Olive oil or distilled water...just remember...if you start off with oil, you cant use distilled water after its been in the oil (or any water, it just wont be effective)...Olive Oil is good...it may take months or even more...but its best to do it that way and not destroy the coin (an ancient artifact) by using other more possibly damaging ways. I start with water...hot water boiling water and soap first...then a long soak in distilled water and picking....if I need to soak long term...I use oil as you can sit it someplace forever and not watch it or refill.</p><p> </p><p>The only other way I would ever say is okay is simple manual cleaning with a pick to pry off caked dirt that might have been loosened by a soaking in water or oil (or in hot water with mild soap).</p><p> </p><p>One interesting method I have found that works rather well after a good long soak is packing tape. If the crust has loosened from a soak...put a piece of packing tape on the face of the coin...make sure you have it stick tight...then rip the tape off...look on the tape...you might be shocked to see that it has taken some crud off...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drusus, post: 248460, member: 6370"]Olive oil or distilled water...just remember...if you start off with oil, you cant use distilled water after its been in the oil (or any water, it just wont be effective)...Olive Oil is good...it may take months or even more...but its best to do it that way and not destroy the coin (an ancient artifact) by using other more possibly damaging ways. I start with water...hot water boiling water and soap first...then a long soak in distilled water and picking....if I need to soak long term...I use oil as you can sit it someplace forever and not watch it or refill. The only other way I would ever say is okay is simple manual cleaning with a pick to pry off caked dirt that might have been loosened by a soaking in water or oil (or in hot water with mild soap). One interesting method I have found that works rather well after a good long soak is packing tape. If the crust has loosened from a soak...put a piece of packing tape on the face of the coin...make sure you have it stick tight...then rip the tape off...look on the tape...you might be shocked to see that it has taken some crud off...[/QUOTE]
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