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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;your cat, post: 853500, member: 21963&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Dremel! I bet you never thought you we see those words in the same sentence. But seriously, it works. I used the felt polishing wheel. These coins were virtually uncleanable. Here&#039;s the story......</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Calibri">I had just purchased some uncleaned ancient roman off of eBay, trying something new. (It was only like 5 bucks for a half dozen) I never knew what frustration lay ahead. I did some research online, and decided to try the distilled water on some and olive oil on the other. I left the olive oil solution on top the fridge for about a year and a half. The distilled water i changed about every week or so for about 9 months until i got tired of it and it ended up next to the olive oil container. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Anyways after about a year and a half i took them all out and gave them a good scrubbing with my toothbrush (with a different, older, used out head of course!). </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">But nothing happened. It was the same coin 1 and a half years earlier.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">(Wow i just realized how long this is. I don’t normally do this... I’ll sum it up)</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">So the coins sat on my desk for a little while when i decided what to do with them.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I decided to try electrolysis. I got out the power supply and alligator clips.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">After about 5 minutes on 12 volts, I pulled it out and nothing had changed except the water color.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">So i left it in for 30 minutes. Still no change.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Then an hour. Same results.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Eventually i just got frustrated and tried my dremel. I used the felt polishing pad on full blast. It actually worked! If anyone has ever tried clean uncleanable coins you may know what I&#039;m talking about.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Times New Roman">I may have totally ruined this coin but i dont really care too much i just wanted to see the detail underneath the back goop</font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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