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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jengebretson, post: 56191, member: 2727&quot;]Thanks for the complements. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, in the Roman collecting circle, I&#039;m seen as a herectic by many for my experimentation and some of the non-accepted techniques I apply. Many people only use:</p><p>1) Distilled Water</p><p>2) Olive Oil</p><p>3) Toothbrush</p><p>4) Soap</p><p>To them, I&#039;m a monster.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m happy with most of my results, and I think that&#039;s what matters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have also tried similar techniques to an 1867 shield nickel that my mother received in change last year. It was encrusted with a green growth on the shield side, totally covering the shield and most of the legend. The five cent side had a brown encrustation that covered most of the 5 and the stars.</p><p><br /></p><p>No matter what I did, the coin had a swirly brown finish to it, so in addition to the above methods, I applied Jax, a black-brown repatination chemical before applying Renwax. (I should also note that the coin, as was the buffalo, was soaked in 91% rubbing alcohol for 15 minutes to help remove moisture from the coin and prevent further growth before waxing). </p><p>The coin came out with a reddish brown &quot;patina&quot;... similar to finding a similar aged coin with a metal detector.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had decent success it seems with the above techniques for nickels. Silver coins shouldn&#039;t have these problems... and techniques are totally different for handling silver.</p><p>Copper coins would be similar, but the biox will leave the coin an odd pink. It&#039;s just hideous. Repatination with a chemical such as Jax or Dellar&#039;s would be about mandatory. I have heard reverse electrolysis works as well, but haven&#039;t tried it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully this information might be useful to someone, and if anyone ones some extra information, please feel free to message/email me.</p><p><br /></p><p>-Joe[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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