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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2651976, member: 24314&quot;]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Well, I <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">believed </span>everything you just wrote as <span style="color: #b300b3">I know CC leaves a film</span> if it is not applied/used properly.&nbsp; However, <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">I just did an experiment to confirm <b>OUR</b> belief. </span> I put VC on the obverse of a hazy brown Uncirculated cent with a Q-Tip.&nbsp; It coated the coin and then started to ball up as if it was evaporating.&nbsp; I removed the VC with a cotton cloth and the cent was lustrous brown w/no trace of the VC.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">I did the same thing to the other side using CC.&nbsp; The CC remained on the surface as a wet lake.&nbsp; Then I removed the CC with the cotton cloth.&nbsp; This side looked identical to the VC side.&nbsp; I know Large cent collectors like to use a camel&#039;s hair jewelers brush to remove haze and traces of chemical preservatives like CC.&nbsp; I did not need to do it for this experiment.&nbsp; I <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">know </span>CC leaves a film; however, <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">this time </span>(surprise, surprise <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), I could not find it under the microscope. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">So, the only difference I can see between either VC or CC is a large retail price spread.</span>&nbsp; </span>If you like VC and do not mind paying for it, it gets my approval as a preservative.&nbsp; I use other things to remove substances from coins.&nbsp; I use Care on a regular basis.&nbsp; Oily Film (?) an all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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