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<p>[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 3097264, member: 33176"]Let me ask if you did any other "cleaning" to the coins before applying the wax? The first coin appears lighter and the second one appears to have either some BD or toning that seems to have disappeared. </p><p><br /></p><p>Relating to the temperature, perhaps you are heating too high. I know the boiling point of water is 212 degrees F or 100 degrees C, but it is not necessary to get to these temperatures. If I spill water on the floor, it is gone tomorrow although the temperature never got to 212 degrees...why...evaporation. Probably 200 degrees or less would be sufficient. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, Renaissance Wax is apparently a hydrocarbon, as is Petroleum Jelly (Not for toast <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and Mineral Oil. My question/concern is the evaporation of any of these products. If a coin is treated and then stored in a flip of some kind, could the evaporation of the product distort, dissolve or discolor the flip?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 3097264, member: 33176"]Let me ask if you did any other "cleaning" to the coins before applying the wax? The first coin appears lighter and the second one appears to have either some BD or toning that seems to have disappeared. Relating to the temperature, perhaps you are heating too high. I know the boiling point of water is 212 degrees F or 100 degrees C, but it is not necessary to get to these temperatures. If I spill water on the floor, it is gone tomorrow although the temperature never got to 212 degrees...why...evaporation. Probably 200 degrees or less would be sufficient. Finally, Renaissance Wax is apparently a hydrocarbon, as is Petroleum Jelly (Not for toast :yawn:) and Mineral Oil. My question/concern is the evaporation of any of these products. If a coin is treated and then stored in a flip of some kind, could the evaporation of the product distort, dissolve or discolor the flip?[/QUOTE]
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