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<p>[QUOTE="Co1ns, post: 4798189, member: 87765"]Selection of coins with wide variety of crust types/problematic patina incl. one with bronze disease (not visible in pic but coin 9):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165141[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After 3 day soak in lye with solution changed each day, scrub with a nylon brush:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165144[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1165146[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall great results, but the votive wreath type in the top row got wrecked. I think I went a bit overboard with the 3 day soak - believe I could of got same or better results with just an over night, as it's the quick scrub afterwards that seems to really shift all the crap.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other 9 all now look better in hand, with after photos not really doing them justice vs before photos putting lipstick on pigs. Bronze disease appears to have been cured, but time will tell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Co1ns, post: 4798189, member: 87765"]Selection of coins with wide variety of crust types/problematic patina incl. one with bronze disease (not visible in pic but coin 9): [ATTACH=full]1165141[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1165142[/ATTACH] After 3 day soak in lye with solution changed each day, scrub with a nylon brush: [ATTACH=full]1165144[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1165146[/ATTACH] Overall great results, but the votive wreath type in the top row got wrecked. I think I went a bit overboard with the 3 day soak - believe I could of got same or better results with just an over night, as it's the quick scrub afterwards that seems to really shift all the crap. The other 9 all now look better in hand, with after photos not really doing them justice vs before photos putting lipstick on pigs. Bronze disease appears to have been cured, but time will tell.[/QUOTE]
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