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<p>[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 7939615, member: 89970"]I am planning to use the process described by you ([USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER]) in this post and several others. I was going to PM you but thought others might be interested in your response to my question. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've acquired all of the materials you describe. I would like to clean an edge spot of horn silver on the reverse of this coin: As you can see it is a relatively high grade Roman denarius with otherwise lovely toning. I'm nervous about whether soaking the coin in a sodium thiosulfate solution will impact or change the overall toning of the coin. If so, might I take a minimalist approach and apply sodium thiosulfate with a q-tip to the affected area, repeatedly combining with careful manual cleaning using 'Le Crayon a Andre' tools? Any guidance would be appreciated.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1373933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 7939615, member: 89970"]I am planning to use the process described by you ([USER=100731]@Roerbakmix[/USER]) in this post and several others. I was going to PM you but thought others might be interested in your response to my question. I've acquired all of the materials you describe. I would like to clean an edge spot of horn silver on the reverse of this coin: As you can see it is a relatively high grade Roman denarius with otherwise lovely toning. I'm nervous about whether soaking the coin in a sodium thiosulfate solution will impact or change the overall toning of the coin. If so, might I take a minimalist approach and apply sodium thiosulfate with a q-tip to the affected area, repeatedly combining with careful manual cleaning using 'Le Crayon a Andre' tools? Any guidance would be appreciated. [ATTACH=full]1373933[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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