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<p>[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 3473686, member: 77814"]well the term "copper wash" can be very varied.</p><p>My example above of the acid removes copper from a giving object, in this case a penny, it becomes floating/suspended in the solution and just ends up on other objects (other coins). This is just a plain acid solution with no suspension properties.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the past I've done "real" copper & gold wash stuff in relation to musical instruments. Also brush plating. Although I send out real plating stuff to Anderson Plating in Indiana. Basically there's a multitude of methods to transfer one metal to another. But with experience you can recognize it. Your nickel, for example isn't copper washed. Copper is part of the material of a nickel, which happens to be 75% Copper - 25% Nickel. So think about that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 3473686, member: 77814"]well the term "copper wash" can be very varied. My example above of the acid removes copper from a giving object, in this case a penny, it becomes floating/suspended in the solution and just ends up on other objects (other coins). This is just a plain acid solution with no suspension properties. In the past I've done "real" copper & gold wash stuff in relation to musical instruments. Also brush plating. Although I send out real plating stuff to Anderson Plating in Indiana. Basically there's a multitude of methods to transfer one metal to another. But with experience you can recognize it. Your nickel, for example isn't copper washed. Copper is part of the material of a nickel, which happens to be 75% Copper - 25% Nickel. So think about that.[/QUOTE]
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