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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1969616, member: 15199"]It wouldn't make any difference due to the comparatively extreme strength dip, as the water wouldn't be evaporating on the the surface. Distilled is more accurate for diluting, but I wouldn't buy any just for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also the chemicals in the dip part can only react with certain # of tone/corrosion molecules, so once they have hit the max, the mix could sit on the coin until they evaporated with no further 'good' action. Which is undesirable. So the answer is to dilute the dip so it reacts completely to your desires, but no longer and then rinse off the residue. How do you know how much and how long? A lot of practice, sorry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1969616, member: 15199"]It wouldn't make any difference due to the comparatively extreme strength dip, as the water wouldn't be evaporating on the the surface. Distilled is more accurate for diluting, but I wouldn't buy any just for that. Also the chemicals in the dip part can only react with certain # of tone/corrosion molecules, so once they have hit the max, the mix could sit on the coin until they evaporated with no further 'good' action. Which is undesirable. So the answer is to dilute the dip so it reacts completely to your desires, but no longer and then rinse off the residue. How do you know how much and how long? A lot of practice, sorry.[/QUOTE]
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