Any one still using this?
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I have a partial bottle from years back.
Haven’t used it in years, but have it buried in my old coin doctors bag.
Conservation only! Not a coin doctor here!
I certainly don’t use it routinely, but thanks for the reminder that I have it.
I might try it on some stubborn verdigris I noticed on an old Bullalo. The other goodies haven’t worked so far. Maybe just a longer soak?
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Looks like it’s undergone a name change but still available. Reading some reviews it seems it’s not for copper.
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It sounds like it may be a different formulation then, because the older Blue Ribbon was primarily used on copper- if I’m not mistaken?
I’m not an expert.
It was often touted as a coin preservative and purportedly offered to “rejuvenate” dull and lifeless old copper, transforming it from a dry, aged patina, to a more youthful vigor. Kind of like face cream for that old sun weathered face.
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The old Blue Ribbon was made for copper. I believe it replaced the original Care sometime in the 1980’s.
The blue ribbon formulation was gradually diluted down to remove most or all of the trichloroethane. Anything issued after the late 90’s , some with different names, was pretty much light machine oil.
Both my old bottles have different labels, and also differ from the op’s label. Since my bottle on the right doesn’t even mention damage to the ozone, I’m guessing it was made before the Montreal protocol went into effect, in 1989.
Someone is trying to sell a bottle on eBay for $195 https://www.ebay.com/itm/324931733352?hash=item4ba770c768:g:FnQAAOSwHH5hBbj7
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Wow, I have some and I sent some to a board member a long time ago. I think I still have like 5 bottles of that one and this one.
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Only 4 but have a lifetime supply of the other one.
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Do you think the newer Coin Care is similar in quality and usefulness to the older Blue Ribbon?
Is it your experience that is is better, or less useful on copper, nickel?
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When I used it back in the day it was better I felt but I only used it on copper I never tried it on any other type of metals.
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Why do you have so much? And does it worry you to store 'harsh chemicals' near your albums?
A store closed and it was not sold anywhere anymore around here so I side I’ll buy it he sold it to me cheap so why not and no it’s not that harsh there is nothing that pricey in them anyway but it’s not going to hurt them.
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buying in volume is tricky.
remember several years ago when the manufacturer of "E-Z-Est" announced that they would no longer be making that product?? my boss got wind of that news from his supply dealer and brokered a deal to get all he could. we ended up having more than 30 gallon containers and many boxes of the smaller jars of it. he was pretty happy with himself and figured it would be a profitable investment.
less than six months later the manufacturer resumed production due to overwhelming demand!!
my boss will never sell what he has and will never use it all. duped again........................ 
Anyone still using this ? It was sold as Dissolve. This was my favorite until hanging around the atmosphere for 90 years became a problem. We bought it in gallon brown glass jugs.
The early copper collectors love Blue Ribbon. Original bottles (with the trichloroethane) easily sell for $100+ per bottle. When available, which isn't often.
Trich 1,1,1 was some good stuff for cleaning metal and it left no residue. The aerosol version was banned because of CFCs. Bulk form was still used, but, sparingly.
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Do you think those 30+ year old chemicals would still work as good this many years later?
I had a bottle years ago (like 23 years)... Disappeared in one of my moves.... It was never opened either... purchased it and then never used it. Got it at a coin show in WA state. Oh well... Cheers, RickO
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1,2,3,4... Let's see... that's 15 x $195=Dang!
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I'm more interested in what's in the albums! 🙂
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I've had these two bottles unopened for about 20 years.
These chemicals aren't going to "go off" - the whole point of banning them is because they don't degrade readily, but persist in the environment. If they only degrade slowly when out in the open air and full sunlight, they're not going to degrade at all sitting in a tinted glass jar.
What they might do, however, is evaporate. If the bottle is well sealed, then they should be just as good to use now as they were when they were made. However, if the bottle has a slow leak, then it may not be as useful, as one or more of the ingredients (most likely the CFC) will be more volatile and more prone to escaping - which means there's less of it left in the bottle, changing the ratio of ingredients in the liquid. Which would (presumably) make it less effective.
If the bottle's never been opened, easiest way to check for evaporation loss is to measure the volume. If it's still "2 fluid ounces", then it's fine. For opened bottles, there's no real way to check, and the bottle is no longer factory-sealed, so best assume that evaporation has occurred.
I do find those last-generation CFC labels kind of amusing: "Hello. This chemical is destroying the planet, but we're going to sell it to you anyway".
Personally, if I'm going to be dunking my coins in solvents to get rid of goo, I'd choose acetone. Yeah, it's flammable, but it works just as well as this stuff for most contaminants. And unlike CFCs and machine oil, acetone is water-soluble.
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I think the prudent thing to do would be to try them on your coins first 🤪
Same product we used in telephone switch rooms for years. In both liquid and aerosol spray cans. Every once in a while I see a can sitting around. I've used the old aerosol cans and they are still amazingly effective. To answer your question... it still outperforms the newer product used today, at least for contact cleaner on old electrical components.
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Yeah and I'm down to a half inch of the stuff in my bottle..................
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