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SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
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So I tried cleaning sticker residue off the back of a slab with some Goof Off. Ended up eating into the plastic as well as fogging it up directly over the coin. Got some PlastX and diligently wiped away. Things seemed to improve at first but then the plastic became even cloudier and more mangled looking overnight. So instead of pulling out my belt sander I mailed it to PCGS to reholder. I am a dork. Just sayin'. image

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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We all learn from our mistakes !!!
    Good-luck with the results.
    Timbuk3
  • C0INB0YC0INB0Y Posts: 627 ✭✭
    Nonsense!

    That’s called a "Senior Moment"
    I was ‘COINB0Y' with 4812 posts and ‘Expert Collector’ ranking (Joined in 2006).
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,939 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LMAO, who here has not done this?


    hahahahahahahaha, laughing with you my friend!

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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,370 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>image >>



    image
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  • TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    a buffing wheel on a bench grinder with no or very little grit will do the trick
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Instead of cleaning sticker residue from a slab, I just crack it open and resubmit.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hope it wasn't one of your OGH pcgs slabs.

    WD40 works great for removing sticker glue residue. Just keep it away from the slab seams as it is a penetrating oil.
  • SeattleSlammerSeattleSlammer Posts: 10,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fortunately not an OGH.
  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,758 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>LMAO, who here has not done this?


    hahahahahahahaha, laughing with you my friend!

    bobimage >>







    I second that one.........image








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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I never like to argue with forum members, so I will agree. image
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    Next time use Mineral Oil image
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,859 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing your experiences so others can learn from your mistake. At least you didn't use acetone which would have melted the plastic.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,765 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I did that once with a 1891 CC Morgan Dollar in Govt Holder image

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  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭

    I am a dork.
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    Coin collector, duh.

    image

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Chemicals can be tricky... some even cause tarnish...image Cheers, RickO
  • lcoopielcoopie Posts: 8,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I believe you meant to use goo-gone.
    LCoopie = Les
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Im NOT a fan of the plastiX. Remember, that stuff is made to quickly clear up such things as those (horrible idea) plastic headlight covers. I think there are various sizes of grit in that compound, some very coarse.

    slab renew, while costlier, seems to be a MUCH better made product, with fine abrasive only.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My long lost other brother Darrel is here somewhere. image

    I don't feel so alone. I tried cleaning a motor with gasoline years ago. Ended up having to rewire my brothers Duster.

    Edit to add: I discoverd what "Ignition" meant image

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Try canola oil or Mazola next time.
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    I knew it would happen.
  • Mar327Mar327 Posts: 2,074


    << <i>I believe you meant to use goo-gone. >>


    LOL I'm sitting here looking at my bottle of Goo Gone, wondering if it would've worked better than that Goof Off stuff! Don't use that stuff you buy from late night TV infomercials....

    Don't worry, being a Dork = being a coin collector, you're in good company! And yep, I've messed up a slab or 2 myself.
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  • AbesNeighborAbesNeighbor Posts: 705
    I've used kleenex with a little tooth paste with success.... it also gives your coins a minty scent :-)
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    Nose grease... use it!


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  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Has anyone ever tryed brasso polish?....toothpast does work.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,859 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Has anyone ever tryed brasso polish?....toothpast does work. >>



    Tooth paste is too messy. Brasso works great. On the Brasso can they even say it's excellent for removing scratches from acrylic watch crystals.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,254 ✭✭✭✭✭
    yes indeed that is how we do learn at times image. move on, were all human ( dork or not ) at times ....... I guess thats how we learn at times as well
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know
    image
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • SpkrmakrSpkrmakr Posts: 107 ✭✭✭
    Been there....done that....more than once! You're OK. Don't do it again.
    Spkrmakr
  • BBNBBN Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭
    We enjoy collecting coins. By society's standards, we're all dorks.

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  • RGJohnRGJohn Posts: 402


    << <i>......... I tried cleaning a motor with gasoline years ago. Ended up having to rewire my brothers Duster.

    Edit to add: I discoverd what "Ignition" meant image >>



    A fellow around here did something similar 30 or so years ago. He's been known as 'Melted Chuck' ever since. You would probably have been dubbed 'Lucky (your first name here)'.
    Many, many perfect transactions with other members. Ask please.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hope you never buy a coin off this seller as then your doomed! image

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  • rabbitracksrabbitracks Posts: 538 ✭✭
    As long as you get the same results from the slab factory your not
    a dork. I also tried cleaning a slab and had the same results. I instead
    cracked the coin out and sent it back to PCGS to get it reslabbed and
    low and behold it came back a grade higher. Sometimes you can win!
    But I sure won't try cleaning it the way I did that time ever again.
    Mike.
    Enjoying time at home with the family now is my full time passion.

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