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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3123398, member: 10461"]Well, there's certainly a fingerprint <i>pattern</i> on the K-Rand in the first picture, though I'm not sure what the contaminant on the surface is. </p><p><br /></p><p>This next is gonna sound strange, but have you heard of <a href="https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/forensic-science/Pages/forensic-programs-crime-scene-superglue.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/forensic-science/Pages/forensic-programs-crime-scene-superglue.aspx" rel="nofollow">cyanoacrylate fuming?</a> It's often called "Superglue fuming" and is used as a forensic method for detecting latent fingerprints.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those prints almost look like that. Mind you, I'm not suggesting they <i>are</i> residue of cyanoacrylate fuming - merely that they <i>look</i> like that. I know next to nothing of the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, I'm surprised that acetone did not remove the prints. Would acetone remove cyanoacrylate glue? Is my whole discussion of cyanoacrylate a red herring? Maybe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, there must surely be some kind of solvent that could remove that, but I don't know what to recommend.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you keeping these as bullion?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3123398, member: 10461"]Well, there's certainly a fingerprint [I]pattern[/I] on the K-Rand in the first picture, though I'm not sure what the contaminant on the surface is. This next is gonna sound strange, but have you heard of [URL='https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/bca-divisions/forensic-science/Pages/forensic-programs-crime-scene-superglue.aspx']cyanoacrylate fuming?[/URL] It's often called "Superglue fuming" and is used as a forensic method for detecting latent fingerprints. Those prints almost look like that. Mind you, I'm not suggesting they [I]are[/I] residue of cyanoacrylate fuming - merely that they [I]look[/I] like that. I know next to nothing of the process. Frankly, I'm surprised that acetone did not remove the prints. Would acetone remove cyanoacrylate glue? Is my whole discussion of cyanoacrylate a red herring? Maybe. Anyway, there must surely be some kind of solvent that could remove that, but I don't know what to recommend. Are you keeping these as bullion?[/QUOTE]
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