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Any ideas on how to get these rubber band streaks off this bar?

shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Try soaking it in some acetone. If that don't work, try some coin dip such as Tarn-x or E-Z-Est.

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  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:
    Try soaking it in some acetone. If that don't work, try some coin dip such as Tarn-x or E-Z-Est.

    Ok, will do. Thanks

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Acetone or MS70 should work. Cheers, RickO

  • CoulportCoulport Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭

    Robber is vulcanized with sulphur. The sulphur is what reacted with the silver.
    E-Z- est will take some off but usually not all even after a long soak. After that, nitric acid or emory paper will work. Acetone, and water are useless in this instant.

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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh boy !!! :(

    Timbuk3
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Take a rubber band and stretch it a few times and then smell it. That's the sulfur which is highly reactive with silver.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,787 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not sure if this is true, but sounds plausible :smile:

    When silver is attacked by sulfur, the chemical reaction leaves the metal with a brown-black patina which does not result in much metal loss. The attack also results in black fissures and pits. The rate of pitting attack is generally slow, but can increase if a stronger acid or salts are present.

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  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The dreaded rubber bands. Remove any from coin collections.

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  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @metalmeister said:
    The dreaded rubber bands. Remove any from coin collections.

    I almost cried when I first seen the bar. Albeit just a bullion bar, I still want it to look presentable...

  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tarnex and rinse completely. Maybe will clean it off.

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  • tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have you dipped it? That's what I would try before anything else.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @tommy44 said:
    Have you dipped it? That's what I would try before anything else.

    I haven't dipped it yet, I will do that this weekend!. I will keep you guys posted.

  • coinpro76coinpro76 Posts: 366 ✭✭✭

    @shinywhite said:
    I haven't dipped it yet, I will do that this weekend!. I will keep you guys posted.

    Interested to see the results, the pic made me :#

    all around collector of many fine things

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