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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8198927, member: 105571"]Yes, as I said in the OP, this was my first try at this and I put too much oil on. Because of that, even though I blotted it, I was hesitant to get too aggressive with the blotting.</p><p><br /></p><p>What happened was, I used a Q-Tip and allowed a big drop to fall off the Q-Tip onto the obverse surface of the coin and then gently wiped it into the surface with the dry makeup brush. When I saw that the application was too heavy, I just used the dampened brush to apply oil to the reverse. That was better but still a little too heavy. Lessons learned, that's why I used a junker to practice on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 8198927, member: 105571"]Yes, as I said in the OP, this was my first try at this and I put too much oil on. Because of that, even though I blotted it, I was hesitant to get too aggressive with the blotting. What happened was, I used a Q-Tip and allowed a big drop to fall off the Q-Tip onto the obverse surface of the coin and then gently wiped it into the surface with the dry makeup brush. When I saw that the application was too heavy, I just used the dampened brush to apply oil to the reverse. That was better but still a little too heavy. Lessons learned, that's why I used a junker to practice on.[/QUOTE]
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