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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1090248, member: 112&quot;]Does it ? Even assuming that acetone, xylene or some other solvent will completely remove all traces of the oil - something that I&#039;m not 100% sure of since the metal is somewhat porous - how do you apply the oil to the coin to begin with ? You rub it on with your finger don&#039;t you ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, isn&#039;t just rubbing the coin with your finger alone, let alone oil, a no-no because it alters the coin&#039;s surface ? I was always taught that it was, and I have always tried to teach others that it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I suppose that you could pour enough of the stuff on the coin to completely cover it on both sides and the edge and then let the excess run off, or else try and pat the coin with an absorbent cloth to soak up the excess, but I can&#039;t really see people doing that because even then you&#039;d end up with a slimy, oily coin. One that had way too much oil on it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Inert oil ? Sorry Mike, but to my knowledge there is no such thing as an inert oil. As for the bad scale, I understand your point. But a bad scale for some things is pretty much subjective. This would be one of them for several reasons. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me it&#039;s kind of like saying it&#039;s OK to use this jeweler&#039;s cloth to wipe this single spot of the coin, just as long as I don&#039;t sit here and polish the whole coin up. Yeah, wiping a single spot is not as bad as polishing, but bad is bad isn&#039;t it ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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