Evening All,
I bought a tin of this a while back ( Pre-Lim Cleaner) but never really tried it until now and I have had some success with a roman bronze and a rose farthing which both gave surprisingly good results!! (I feel another cleaning video coming on!) But I was also wondering if anyone else uses it and to what degree of satisfaction are their results?
All the B
Alexander
Cleaning Bronze and copper coins.... anyone use this?
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That's a new one on me. 
It would be interesting to see the results.
It would be interesting to see the results.TerraBritannia [previously known as TerraEnglandia] but Andy is my real name.
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Snap, so would I. I’m not good at cleaning copper based stuff really.TerraEnglandia wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 6:12 pm That's a new one on me.
Yes please to the video
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I suppose the type of cleaning would depend upon the desired outcome.
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I have a George III Halfpenny that's sat on the kitchen table at the moment, it's possibly the nicest Georgian coin that I've managed to find to date. It has a few dodgy corrosion spots on it which is a shame, but overall the detail is quite decent all things considered. I'd love to improve it's appearance if there's a way.
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The thing you have to watch out for is sealing in any moisture within the metal. Do that, and the coin will eat itself from the inside out and conservators use vacuum chambers to remove moisture content and so help prevent bronze disease.
Having said that, there's no harm in trying these things out on low- or no-value items if it improves their appearance or aids an ID and I'd also be interested in seeing what your gear will do
Having said that, there's no harm in trying these things out on low- or no-value items if it improves their appearance or aids an ID and I'd also be interested in seeing what your gear will do
Thanks for great idea and just like to saybig fan of your YouTube channel never miss a video and would like to ask the birds in your videos in cabinets always been fascinated and you have some wonderful examples
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Hadn't heard of this - thanks, although it does say not suitable for silver.
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... only because it is a very very light abrasive so I just use my common sense....
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Yes I did try this after seeing it on your video. I feel it does lift the crud off of the coin which is what we want isn't it but I have not used it enough yet to pass a decent judgement. I didn't like the white powder after-effects, found that a bit of a pain to get rid of.