olive oil

Since I have tried just about everything to clean coin, due to the fact that I dig em outta the ground. I used olive oil at first but now just use hydorgen peroxide. The olive oil is very hard to get off of the coin after it has been soaked. Stays with it for a long time. Plus doesn't really work very well, for my situations anyway. My two cents

 

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Thanks to all of you for your input and shareing your knowledge

 

will a steam bath take the oil off?

 

Boiling in distilled water will do it (remove olive oil) as well. Little globules of oil will float to the surface during the process.

Ben

 

good info

I know we have all been told not to clean coins, but there are some times it just can't hurt. This thread has been very informative about gentle ways to revove the gunk. the gunk covered coins are the prime candidates for cleaning/restoration.:smile