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Message:: [QUOTE="Rhino89, post: 1176306, member: 21773"]Interesting experiment there with the $10. Can you elaborate on the end result? 1. How did the washing affect the texture of the note? Does it feel thinner than before? Crisper than before? Or is it more like a rag now?2. Were you able to dry it completely? Or does it have a bit of sagginess now to it, even though it's brighter?3. It brightened the note, but it appears that the detail on it is still the same level. Did it make the small tears/holes/pinholes in the note worse after you dipped it? Did any get bigger? I'd recommend knowing all the answers to those questions before trying that wash :thumb: Plus I wouldn't recommend it for the type of note that Taxidermist has - that one is rich in color, especially darker tones like a dark red, dark blues, very dark colors in general. The $10 has little color to it... so a note with a lot more color in it has a high potential to get washed out and lose the depth of its colors, which would solve 1 issue and create a new one. EDIT: Let me add a notice that you should only do this kind of experiment with notes that are in your personal collection and will remain in your collection. Definitely not advocating any sort of doctoring to notes for profit. Taxidermist was definitely asking just for personal use though, so I hope we'll all remain civil. And that faded/brightened $10 is still worth just $10, with or without that experiment.[/QUOTE]