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I walked through
the local Wally World and grabbed some items to try.
Here, we are experimenting with Great Value Foaming Carpet Cleaner.
I have heard that some have had success with items such as this... so at
99 cents, I thought I'd give it a try.
The two larger coins are heavily soiled, and each seem to have encrustation.
One also has a quartzlike material, which I have found that often times
means a "tough" type of dirt to remove.
The smaller coin has light sand and a darker mud attached. The green patina
seems to be solid.
Going to spray the coins in a heavy coat and let them sit in a closed container
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After a couple
hours of soaking, alot of dirt has been removed and loosened. I have shook
the container a couple times. The green patina is intact on the top right
coin so far. This could hold some promise. One must remember to use a larger
container for this... they didn't lie when they said foaming. |
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After 6 hours
of soaking, considerable dirt has been loosened. Encrustations are being
loosened too. Spent perhaps 1 minute with a dddp on the top right coin;
it's about done. Either this is eating the patina, or the top right coin
has a fake patina. A layer of green is flaking off, but is revealing a dark
green patina underneath. This still holds alot of promise, unless the patinas
are eaten. |
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After soaking
overnight, more dirt has been removed. Bottom right coin is pretty well
encrusted under the dirt. Patina seems to be being stripped from the top
right coin. Top left coin is still pretty dirty, but it's coming. Will stick
with it, to see what happens. Oh, by the way... this stuff smells like urine. |
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Considerable
amount of dirt has come off. Patina seems to be being removed on top right
coin (see around rim) . Odd bluish/greyish/silverish tint coming from top
left coin (scan is near true in color). Considerable amount of encrustation
left on bottom coin. Throwing them back into soak... This is about 30 hours
of soaking. (see scan below)
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After 2 more
days of soaking. Considerable amount of dirt removed, encrustation is softening
and dissolving. If the patina was intact on top right coin... it's pretty
much gone now, and leaving a flat brown durface, which isn't all that displeasing.
More updates in the future... |
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