I have asked before what is ment by dipping but no one has ever said just what it is they are dipping them in. I know it is a chemical of some kind but does that or those chemicals have names? Also what is E zest I hope I spelled it right? I would like to clean up some common Lincolns just for the heck of it but don't want to blow the house up or melt the coins to nothing. Just curious.
Differs In the past I have just pulled random ugly coins out of my pocket given them a looking over then dipped them in all kinds of bad things. I suppose if someone lets the cat out of the bag of what "Dip" works on what problem someone would feel obliged to shoot you.
What more do you need to say other than coin dips contain an acid ? Yes, E Zest is a coin dip, there are many others sold by various names. A simple advanced search on Google for the term "coin dip" will return more results than you care to read. Pretty much all of them contain the same chemical - thiourea, an acid. But there are some that contain cyanide - and if you wish to risk using that stuff, you (meaning anyone) go right ahead and do it. Sensible people would choose to avoid it. But again I will warn anyone who tries to use a commercial coin dip - experience is a must ! Use it without experience and the odds are quite high that you will end up with a bunch of worthless coins.
You must be really bored? Dipping copper :hammer:usually results in the ugliest unnatural pink and rainbow-ish artificial colour. So if they have any value at all, they will surely be worth only 1 cent after dipping:headbang: (esp. if they are common date Lincolns.) If you want to clean them then soak them in luke warm water with some basic soap, then give them a gentle rinse and gently pat them dry. Still, if their condition is even the slightest bit bothersome to you then sell them and put the money into something else. Unless they are already only worth one cent, then, I guess, experiment like a mad scientist if you can't resist that desire.
If you are using concentrated NH3, I suggest you use gloves and an apron. I wouldn't want to get any of that stuff on me....sound more dangerous than the cyanide.
Oh God... I really debated even asking this.. But.... Please all.. Don't think I want to do this.. NOTHING more than curiousness... NOTHING... But I see the cats on Ebay.. we all know them.. with ALL the Toned Coins.. We all KNOW they are AT.. I know that I have seen coins that have been in or near fire/ heat.. and I see the Tone is yellow mostly.. But these colors.. What in the heck are they dipping them in? Are they always those store bought AT'ers or what?.. Sitting in the Sun? I know that I have seen what Tobacco can do..... (Smoking like a Chimney Wife)
Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. There are already too many people doing it. Telling others what the chemicals are would only add to that.
As for acetone, I have a question. The labeling on the can makes it sound like you should get medical help if you so much as look at the stuff. I know it should be done with proper ventilation, and that you shouldn't have yourself more than one shot a day, but when retrieving coins from a soak, do you really need gloves or do you just bare hand it?
Well it's not the healthiest stuff in the world that's for sure. But I have literally bathed in acetone before, on many ocassions, and I'm still here. I will say this, it will dry out your skin like nothing you have ever seen. It will turn your skin white, I mean white white - because it removes all of the oil from your skin. But painters use it every single day to get many oil and lacquer based paints off their bodies. So the use of gloves is optional, if you don't mind having white hands.
Thanks. The can I have says to seek immediate medical attention for contact with skin, but I thought that may be a bit alarmist.
No worry, I understand.. I WOULD NEVER.. But am smart enough to research and find out.. Just thought I would ask.. But absolutely understand why you wouldn't want to post such info.. I am surprised at some of those AT items and what people will pay and Fall for..
