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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1090199, member: 2972&quot;]I guess the point I take issue with is that once you remove BR there is no more &quot;shiny look&quot; and the coin reverts to the state it was in before applying the oil.&nbsp; Kind of like putting your coin in a chemical airtite.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same with varnish.&nbsp; I have no problem with a coin whose varnish has been removed -- provided there is no evidence left behind (in reality, this rarely happens).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now in reality, both BR and varnish have downsides.&nbsp; If BR isn&#039;t properly taken care of and evaporates it can cause a splotchy toning -- not good and not MA in my eyes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Varnish is a bit of a red herring.&nbsp; Similar with BR in that it is applied to stop the coin from toning.&nbsp; In reality it reacts with it and traps/wicks moisture.&nbsp; Leave it there for a long time and the underlying surface becomes corroded in many cases -- again bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess I just don&#039;t see the application of an inert oil as being a bad thing, and certainly nowhere near as far up the &quot;bad&quot; scale as something like a dip in JL or even VG, or the skillful application of a rose thorn or DD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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