I hosed up a proof SAE

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 7:27AM

I just bought a 2006 Proof SAE for the hell of it recently and was taking pics of it. It had a big pube on the obv and some dusty bits. I figured that I could blow those off with a canned air thingy. Well, that was a disaster. Now there are spots all over the thing. Got the pube off though.

So, how do I clean it up? brillo? acetone? alcohol? Or am I just SOL?

kimon1230 · October 16, 2006 7:29AM

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh how did a pube get on it? And do we really want to know?

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 7:30AM

It was in the container with it when I got it! I swear!

Now I know why they don't trust me with raw modern proofs.

Bochiman · October 16, 2006 7:32AM

.... at all of it

I've heard before NOT to use compressed air...for exactly the reasons you mentioned.

Note to self....keep proofs away from Mark....far far away. He enjoys them too much and then tries to blow them off

Julio · October 16, 2006 7:34AM

This thread has possibilities.

. jws

Outhaul · October 16, 2006 7:36AM

This is ONE thread that's best left WITHOUT pictures!

Pentimento · October 16, 2006 7:39AM

No joke, one of my SAE coins has a hair in it too! I thought it was a crack in the plastic holder, because the shipment was all shaken when I got it this morning, but everyone here at work agrees that it is a long brown hair.... I need advice too! I totally would have used compressed air when I got home today..

DNADave · October 16, 2006 7:42AM

compressed air should be OK if you hold it at a distance and DONT shake the can.

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 7:44AM

If you don't quit harassing me, I'll post pics of it. It's pretty hideous.

Can it be fixed? or is it a pocket piece? or toning experiment?

MrSpud · October 16, 2006 7:46AM

If you can hold on carefully to the edges of the coin while wearing a powder free vinyl glove, a vacuum cleaner removes lint, pubs, cardboard schnibbles, etc. better than the canned air. Just don't let the coin get sucked up

MrSpud · October 16, 2006 7:47AM

I'd try acetone to try and get the spots off.

quattrocoins · October 16, 2006 7:49AM

Did you get it from Clarence Thomas Rare Coins?

FatMan · October 16, 2006 7:50AM

This is just wrong on many levels.

Connecticoin · October 16, 2006 7:51AM

If you have some, a dip in MS-70 should get the crap off, then a dip in isopropyl alcohol should stabilize the surfaces.

IGWT · October 16, 2006 7:51AM

-- "It had a big pube on the obv and some dusty bits." --

Did you show it to Anita Hill?

Edited to add: Quattro beat me to the punch line.

JrGMan2004 · October 16, 2006 7:52AM

SOL... a dip might take it off, but I don't think we've had any luck with it before...

Only canned air we use is called "Spray Anyway" or something like that... it's a 360 degree can that rarely ever spits...

But if you can't get that... avoid shaking the can before using it and avoid using it when the can is low on air... also keep the can upright to help prevent spitting...

drjules · October 16, 2006 7:54AM

I thought waxing was the best method for removing pubes?

Dr J

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 7:58AM

OK, you asked for it.

Outhaul · October 16, 2006 8:00AM

Looks like an eyelash.

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 8:02AM

The pube was way bigger than that one on her shoulder. It looked like a design element.

Bochiman · October 16, 2006 8:18AM

<< No joke, one of my SAE coins has a hair in it too! I thought it was a crack in the plastic holder, because the shipment was all shaken when I got it this morning, but everyone here at work agrees that it is a long brown hair.... I need advice too! I totally would have used compressed air when I got home today..

>>

Has that coin been to Mgoodm3 yet? Maybe he was just happy to see you

Connecticoin · October 16, 2006 8:20AM

A quick dip in Jeweluster might do the trick as well (followed by the stabilizing dip in alcohol).

GoldenEyeNumismatics · October 16, 2006 8:26AM

hahaha. Dip it

boatbldr · October 16, 2006 8:45AM

Is that also a hair under the "I" on the flag??

WoodenJefferson · October 16, 2006 8:57AM

You need to take this to the "Pubic Forum"

Hope everything comes out alright...don't ya just hate when you think you know what your doing and then really screw things up?

ie: I swear my wife's mixer was rotating backwards, I took it apart and rewired it "right" then threw it in the trash before she go home.

TWQG · October 16, 2006 9:00AM

<< So, how do I clean it up? brillo? acetone? alcohol? Or am I just SOL? >>

-a little soap and water ought to do the trick. For the coin, I'd use acetone.

Cameonut · October 16, 2006 9:33AM

Try acetone first.
If that doesn't work, try MS70 cut 3:1 water/MS70 and stabilize with alcohol or acetone rinse.
If that doesn't work, a quick Jewelustre dip and then stabilize the surface.

jmj3esq · October 16, 2006 10:00AM

I would carefully use MS70 to remove the spots. Use a Qtip as directed on the MS70 directions. Carefully rinse with distilled water and then blow dry. Thats what i would do.

WoodenJefferson · October 16, 2006 10:05AM

<< and then blow dry. >>

That's how he got into this jam in the first place...

DorkGirl · October 16, 2006 10:25AM

<< 

<< and then blow dry. >>

That's how he got into this jam in the first place...

>>

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 10:27AM

You guys are mean.

pbfloyd · October 16, 2006 10:30AM

Dont touch it! Thats a VAM 995 rare nose hair variety!!!!!

Weather11am · October 16, 2006 10:33AM

Return it? If that is an option.

ajia · October 16, 2006 10:33AM

Was that just instinctual.....blowing something with a pube on it?

Don't know the answer to your question, once 'tarnished' proofs are goners IMO.

Konahead · October 16, 2006 10:37AM

Was the Pube natural or dyed? We need more info on this offending pube.

Connecticoin · October 16, 2006 10:45AM

<< I would carefully use MS70 to remove the spots. Use a Qtip as directed on the MS70 directions. Carefully rinse with distilled water and then blow dry. Thats what i would do. >>

Try to avoid using the Q-tip if possible -- it can easily hairline proofs.

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nucklehead · October 16, 2006 10:53AM

I agree it's an eyelash,pubes are curly.Nice photo btw.

Nic · October 16, 2006 10:58AM

Go with the flow .... take a new picture in the morning. K

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 11:02AM

But will she be here in the morning?

Bochiman · October 16, 2006 11:06AM

If that was on the regular proof, I wonder what's on the reverse proof????

mgoodm3 · October 16, 2006 11:07AM

Didn't buy the rev.

Nic · October 16, 2006 11:07AM

.K

Myqqy · October 16, 2006 11:40AM

The pube was way bigger than that one on her shoulder. It looked like a design element.

Bochiman · October 16, 2006 11:43AM

<< The pube was way bigger than that one on her shoulder. It looked like a design element.

>>

Just saw that.....where WAS this "pube" on the coin?
Maybe I don't want to know.......

RYK · October 16, 2006 12:11PM

Great coin for a giveaway, no?

I hosed up a proof SAE

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