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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 6463042, member: 18320"]No acid. No alkali. No acetone. No ketchup. No spit, snot or other Precious Bodily Fluids.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the need arises to remedy an otherwise nearly featureless slug, I turn to my rock tumbler! I use a commercial ceramic media without anything added but a squirt of liquid dish soap, and cold water. It takes from an hour to maybe 3 or 4 , depending on what I'm cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 1889 watch-fob was absolutely illegible on the reverse (Schloss), and nearly so on the obverse, with that brown, heavy covering...in addition to being severly deformed in two planes. Without my intercession, it was simply junque.</p><p><br /></p><p>The media comes in a wide variety of shapes & sizes. My everyday usage is a ~5/32" diameter cylinder, ~⅜" long; each end truncated at an angle to the long axis in the same plane. There are maybe half a pound of them in the drum.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO the resultant is without question more desirable than the original condition of the item. I don't ever use this process on anything of potential value, be sure about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm aware that cleaning is heresy...I am impenitent, nonetheless. I have suffered the slings and arrows of outrage over my position on the issue through the years, and remain unreconstructed. Have at it...I've got broad shoulders!</p><p><br /></p><p>Otherwise, anyone with access to a small drum-type tumbler can easily find media on eBay...and give it a try. Success is assured, and will certainly amaze.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for listening, folks! wlw</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258106[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1258107[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 6463042, member: 18320"]No acid. No alkali. No acetone. No ketchup. No spit, snot or other Precious Bodily Fluids. When the need arises to remedy an otherwise nearly featureless slug, I turn to my rock tumbler! I use a commercial ceramic media without anything added but a squirt of liquid dish soap, and cold water. It takes from an hour to maybe 3 or 4 , depending on what I'm cleaning. This 1889 watch-fob was absolutely illegible on the reverse (Schloss), and nearly so on the obverse, with that brown, heavy covering...in addition to being severly deformed in two planes. Without my intercession, it was simply junque. The media comes in a wide variety of shapes & sizes. My everyday usage is a ~5/32" diameter cylinder, ~⅜" long; each end truncated at an angle to the long axis in the same plane. There are maybe half a pound of them in the drum. IMHO the resultant is without question more desirable than the original condition of the item. I don't ever use this process on anything of potential value, be sure about that. I'm aware that cleaning is heresy...I am impenitent, nonetheless. I have suffered the slings and arrows of outrage over my position on the issue through the years, and remain unreconstructed. Have at it...I've got broad shoulders! Otherwise, anyone with access to a small drum-type tumbler can easily find media on eBay...and give it a try. Success is assured, and will certainly amaze. Thanks for listening, folks! wlw [ATTACH=full]1258106[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1258107[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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