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A question about verdegris on a copper/bronze coin.

MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
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What is your best method of getting rid of it? I have a bunch of bronze medals that have verdegris on them. Share your secrets, please!!!
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • maddogalemaddogale Posts: 859 ✭✭
    Marty...there have been a bunch of threads on that subject. Most I think concern themselves with olive oil. mineral oil, etc..... I have found in my personal experience that air tool oil works really well. An odd choice for certain, but it is a lightweight oil that is primarily used in displacing water that may form in air powered tools, as well as lubricate them. I have had some proof cents soaking in it for 3 years now, just to see if the carbon spots they had would grow any larger. So far, the spots have stayed as they were, surfaces still look good (aside from the carbon spots). I recently soaked a 1812 large cent with some crud and verdegris on it for about 3 months. It cleaned up very well. Good luck in your search!!
    "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, I won't be laid a hand on; I don't do these things to other people, I require the same from them."
  • MesquiteMesquite Posts: 4,075 ✭✭✭
    Try this link. Good luck with it!
    There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
    –John Adams, 1826
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Thanks!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We need before and after pics.image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I had a tip some time ago... that a quick soak in white vinegar (about ten minutes), rinse with water, then acetone soak, will remove verdigris quickly. I tried it, and it was successful, with no ill effects. Cheers, RickO

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