Does your Dealer sell DIP?

georgiacop50 · February 5, 2013 1:08AM

Last weekend I was trying to find a source for a new can of Jeweluster.

I was quite surprised to find that none of the 3 geographically closest dealers to me carry the item.

Phone calls resulted in:

"No, we don't carry that kind of stuff."

"No, we do not sell that."

"We do not clean coins, Sir!"

I ended up going to Bed, Bath, and Beyonce or something like that, where I knew I would be paying nearly twice the going rate for their version of dip.
I've got to remember to pick up a spare Jeweluster at the next show!

DoubleEagle59 · February 5, 2013 1:10AM

I think most dealers sell dip.

If they don't, you should look in their back room....it looks like a chemistry lab!! (from personal observation of many Canadian dealers).

Bubblehead · February 5, 2013 1:19AM

One dealer in town sells the 5oz container of e-Z-est for $6.00.
The other dealer can't be bothered. He's more of a jewelry shop
and bullion house.

AUandAG · February 5, 2013 1:37AM

Mine sells e-Zest.

bob

OKbustchaser · February 5, 2013 1:38AM

No, he just dips them for you.

LanceNewmanOCC · February 5, 2013 1:38AM

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yes unfortunately. the closest retail dealer to me has cleaned/dipped more coins than most dealers will ever even see in a lifetime, probably including myself.

i can say i've only dipped about 6-12 coins, a few were testers and the others were too grimy even for me. (one capital mult-silver set proof holder needs all the silver coins dipped from extreme haze and i sold them for melt anyway, just dipped them for principal)

but having sold many thousands of coins, seems like a pretty good percentage.
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lkeigwin · February 5, 2013 1:59AM

e-Z-est was formerly known as Jeweluster. Maybe you should ask for it by its current name?

You can buy it here.
Lance.

19Lyds · February 5, 2013 2:02AM

Go online and order it by the gallon.

PerryHall · February 5, 2013 2:07AM

Tarnex is coin dip and can be bought in most drug stores, Target, Walmart, etc.

lcoopie · February 5, 2013 2:20AM

perhaps there is not much profit in selling dip?

magikbilly · February 5, 2013 2:24AM

"...I ended up going to Bed, Bath, and Beyonce or something like that, where I knew I would be paying nearly twice the going rate for their version of dip."

What is in it?

Eric

georgiacop50 · February 5, 2013 2:41AM

Same stuff: thiourea and a buffer/sequestering agent

Rodebaugh · February 5, 2013 3:31AM

<< "...I ended up going to Bed, Bath, and Beyonce or something like that, where I knew I would be paying nearly twice the going rate for their version of dip."

What is in it?

Eric >>

Ezest Cumbermellon. Coins come out white as rice and smell great!

OldEastside · February 5, 2013 3:31AM

No, but once in a while he has some casino CHIPS

hahahahahehehehooohhhman

Steve

illini420 · February 5, 2013 4:06AM

Just about all of the coins shops around me carry the stuff. I remember asking at one shop while browsing the coins and was immediately given a lecture about not cleaning my coins... but after telling them I know what I'm doing I was then offered as many jars of the stuff as I wanted, haha!

magikbilly · February 5, 2013 4:13AM

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<< "...I ended up going to Bed, Bath, and Beyonce or something like that, where I knew I would be paying nearly twice the going rate for their version of dip."

What is in it?

Eric >>

Ezest Cumbermellon. Coins come out white as rice and smell great! >>

Your kidding right? What would the sniffer make of cumbermellon?

But if there are truly scents in there....

Eric

jmj3esq · February 5, 2013 4:16AM

One of my two local dealers sells dip. E-zest.

WTCG · February 5, 2013 4:20AM

I've got too much of it sitting around. I'll sell you a few jars.

It's almost the same stuff they sell as drain cleaner. Tarnex could be considered a substitute.

Rodebaugh · February 5, 2013 5:11AM

<< 

<< 

<< "...I ended up going to Bed, Bath, and Beyonce or something like that, where I knew I would be paying nearly twice the going rate for their version of dip."

What is in it?

Eric >>

Ezest Cumbermellon. Coins come out white as rice and smell great! >>

Your kidding right? What would the sniffer make of cumbermellon?

But if there are truly scents in there....

Eric >>

Yeah I'm Kidding. Funny to picture a product like that next to the fancy soaps and hair conditioners.
Not saying they don't have some sort of dip......I would just be cautious using it on coins. Test it first on some pulled from circ change.

magikbilly · February 5, 2013 5:14AM

<< Yeah I'm Kidding. Funny to picture a product like that next to the fancy soaps and hair conditioners.
Not saying they don't have some sort of dip......I would just be cautious using it on coins. Test it first on some pulled from circ change. >>

I'd [o]only use something intended for this use.
Improperly removed rinse residue can appear the day after the day after tomorrow. Or later.

Eric

coindeuce · February 5, 2013 7:34AM

Geez, I thought this thread was gonna be about Skoal !

LochNESS · February 9, 2013 3:57PM

<< Tarnex is coin dip and can be bought in most drug stores, Target, Walmart, etc. >>

I continue to be confused about this dipping / cleaning vs not cleaning business. Won't the sniffer reject dipped coins? I know I saw urea on the list of prohibited substances (OP'er mentioned thiourea).

PerryHall · February 9, 2013 7:54PM

<< 

<< Tarnex is coin dip and can be bought in most drug stores, Target, Walmart, etc. >>

I continue to be confused about this dipping / cleaning vs not cleaning business. Won't the sniffer reject dipped coins? I know I saw urea on the list of prohibited substances (OP'er mentioned thiourea). >>

If the sniffer detects anything on a dipped coin, it means the coin was improperly rinsed and could change in the slab over time as a result of the remaining dip residue.

Does your Dealer sell DIP?

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