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<p>[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1957233, member: 38849"]One thing about olive oil - if you can figure out a way to SAFELY apply heat, it will speed up the process dramatically. Olive oil WILL vaporize and catch fire, as most gourmet cooks will tell you. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm thinking if you have an outdoor grill, and no kids around, you could put the coin in a Pyrex container with a tiny bit of oil, and let it get very hot, then cool naturally, that "might" equal months' of regular soaking. Do not quench coins heated up in hot oil, as that causes microscopic pitting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug444, post: 1957233, member: 38849"]One thing about olive oil - if you can figure out a way to SAFELY apply heat, it will speed up the process dramatically. Olive oil WILL vaporize and catch fire, as most gourmet cooks will tell you. I'm thinking if you have an outdoor grill, and no kids around, you could put the coin in a Pyrex container with a tiny bit of oil, and let it get very hot, then cool naturally, that "might" equal months' of regular soaking. Do not quench coins heated up in hot oil, as that causes microscopic pitting.[/QUOTE]
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