Has anybody tried to make a milk spotted SAE uniform white?
Mr_Spud
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I was just thinking, you know how sometimes the milk spots grow big and look like porcelain? What if, since the coin is ruined anyway, you could make the entire coin a uniform white color that looked like porcelain? Has anybody deliberately turned the entire coin surface into a uniform white giant milk spot?
If I google silver Eagle milk spots I get a lot of hits where people say it has something to do with silver chloride. Is it possible to treat the entire coin with chlorine or sodium chloride and maybe electricity or something would convert the surface completely into a thick uniform milky white surface?
Here’s some German notgeld white porcelain coins, to show the appearance I’m talking about trying to achieve
Just wondering🤔
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I am pretty sure it isn't possible. The spots will always be darker.
I have seen someone on ebay who applies an antique finish to silver eagles. He probably dips spotted coins and then antiques them. They look pretty cool.
Not white the whole coin but went another route - AT'd it with a hard boiled egg but it looked ridiculous so with an aluminum foil, baking soda, and boiling water bath I removed the toning then I polished it with a dremel tool with a cloth pad and some rouge - the milk spots polished off and it turned into a nice shiny .999 silver round. (which it really was in the first place)
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Take a silver polishing cloth and gently hit the spots,,,,, it turns out pretty good. It will never slab but doesn't look bad.
Krylon.
Put it on eBay as a rare DMPL. Someone will start a thread that'll be good for a hundred posts.
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You can oxidize silver white. Whether you can get it uniform, idk.
Interesting concept. Had not considered that option. If it could be done uniformly, and the spots totally blended, it would at least make for an aesthetically pleasing coin, rather than a blotchy mess. Cheers, RickO
Maybe sandblast it for a uniform appearance or something akin to anodizing. Or get it colorized with enamel?
Time for the laser. Smoother right out🙀
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i really wish the mint would fix the problem of spotting. its long and way over do