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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2930215, member: 71723"]I like to "swirl" my coins in the stuff. That means either being very gentle so you don't mark up the "face down side" or even drop a patch of fabric from an old flannel shirt in the bottom of the dish. I use a glass dish. I also will farther dilute my stock solution in order to slow down the reaction, if my aim is to reduce, rather than kill, the toning. As you use the stuff, tiny flecks of pure sulfur will begin to precipitate in the liquid. When it gets to the point you can smell it, use fresh juice. This is a formula adapted from one from Eastman Kodak Company, intended to rescue textile items stained with silver sulfides from darkroom use. Towels, your new best white dress shirt that your wife just got you, you know the drill. The unused stuff is pretty stable. It doesn't "go bad" if in a tightly closed container.[/QUOTE]