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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 2063432, member: 36248&quot;]So I picked up a product on eBay that advertises that it can help remove scratches on coin slabs.&nbsp; &nbsp; I heard about it recently, right here on CoinTalk.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s called <b>Slab Renew,</b> and below I plan on documenting my my experience as I try and remove from scartches from a few slabs that are in really bad shape.&nbsp;&nbsp; (I am in no way affiliated with this product).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you aren&#039;t familiar with the product, here is their webpage.&nbsp; <a href="http://slabrenew.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://slabrenew.com/" rel="nofollow">http://slabrenew.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380794[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I started with a coin I planned to reholder, since it was in such horrible shape.&nbsp; Multiple deep scatches directly above the coin on both the Obverse and Reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; I figured if all this paste did was add a million hairline scratches to my guiinnie-pig slabs, it would bhe no big deal.&nbsp; &nbsp; Here are some older photos of the first coin I tried:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380785[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]380787[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I followed the directions and (1) shook the bottle (2) applied a few drop directly to the slab (3) rubbed in a circular motion.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am using a yellow microfiber polishing cloth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took these images tonight, on a tripod, closeup, with a ton of light, althought not neccesarily color corrected or adjusted as much as I normally would in post processing.&nbsp;&nbsp; I aligned the images as best I could, so you can easily see the improvement, if any.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before any work:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380791[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After 45 seconds of work:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380790[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After a second round of work, another ~45 seconds of vigorous scrubbing:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]380789[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;ll agree it helped.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;m trying to determine if it helped remove noticible scratches at the expenese of the opitical quality of the slab in other areas where there weren&#039;t scratches / scuffs.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m also wondering if the slab will get &quot;hazy&quot; after a few days / weeks.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ll post back.</p><p>I plan on next doing a NGC coin and posting those results in this same thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have some slabs you plan on reholdering, I think this product or similiar products are definately worth a shot.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are not that cheap, so keep that in mind.&nbsp; &nbsp; This was around $17 shipped, and the cloth will be a few more bucks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Still, fairly amazing results at first glance.&nbsp; &nbsp; I will also be trying toothpaste as a viable alternative.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,</p><p><br /></p><p>geekpryde</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.barbershopcoins.com/store/images//chemicals/slab%20renew.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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