After soaking in mineral oil how do you................

holeinone1972 · October 17, 2008 9:19PM

clean off the mineral oil from the coin?

I have a 1983 DDR Cent on ebay for sale now, and it is still soaking in mineral oil. How do I go about cleaning it before I ship the coin out?

thanks Rob

WinPitcher · October 17, 2008 9:26PM

I would have listed it after I was done restoring it.

Steve

jhd · October 17, 2008 9:42PM

YOUR ad is wrong and misleading. The coin pictured IS NOT THE COIN YOU WILL GET. It will look different when you take from the oil and then spend 15min getting it off.

keets · October 17, 2008 9:45PM

simply rinse it in acetone, the coin should be free of oil and essentially unchanged in less than a minute.

19Lyds · October 17, 2008 11:14PM

Add my vote for Acetone as well.

micmt · October 17, 2008 11:19PM

Thats one fugly cent......Acetone like the rest.

ajia · October 17, 2008 11:36PM

I guess acetone is the answer to the question, but I'm wondering about the look of the coin IF that crud comes off?
The few times I tried something like that the coin ends up looking just as bad because the crud had eaten away at the coin, leaving pits that where just as unsightly.

Please take some pics after the bath & rinse and let us know how it turned out.

notwilight · October 17, 2008 11:47PM

It's not going to change appreciably. --Jerry

julie43 · October 17, 2008 11:51PM

acetone? won't that give it that cherry cool aide look?

PerryHall · October 18, 2008 12:03AM

Sorry, but that coin is ruined and mineral oil or holy water won't fix it.

julie43 · October 18, 2008 12:06AM

is that corrosion on the coin? I would still buy it as the doubling is soooo strong you can see it from here! You do have it listed this way so nobody can complain and it looks like the zinc is coming through the copper plate so don't do anything but rinse or you will ruin it.

sumdunce · October 18, 2008 12:56AM

I would like to know if mineral oil and acetone fix that coin.

Please post some "after" photos.

S

notwilight · October 18, 2008 1:00AM

<< <i>I would like to know if mineral oil and acetone fix that coin. Please post some "after" photos. S >>

You don't need photos, it won't. that is zinc coming thru the copper. --Jerry

holeinone1972 · October 18, 2008 1:15AM

The mineral oil soak was to help slow/ stop the corrosion. Good lord, I am not trying to do anything to the coin, but help preserve/ slow the process of the corrosion. W/O the corrosion it's a $400 coin or near abouts. A great chance for someone to pick it up on the cheap.

For those complainers here, easy, don't bid. LOL

thanks for the replys I figured a quick rinse with acetone was all it needed.

Rob

notwilight · October 18, 2008 1:40AM

<< <i>The mineral oil soak was to help slow/ stop the corrosion. Good lord, I am not trying to do anything to the coin, but help preserve/ slow the process of the corrosion. W/O the corrosion it's a $400 coin or near abouts. A great chance for someone to pick it up on the cheap. For those complainers here, easy, don't bid. LOL thanks for the replys I figured a quick rinse with acetone was all it needed. Rob >>

Don't think I was complaining. The mineral oil is the right thing to do to try to stop the corrosion. But it won't change the coin's appearance as some were suggesting.

-Jerry

WinPitcher · October 18, 2008 2:33AM

I don't think I was complaining either, I simply would not have listed it until it was
fully rinsed or whatever word one wants to choose.

Good luck with your sale.

Steve

grip · October 18, 2008 2:52AM

<< <i>I guess acetone is the answer to the question, but I'm wondering about the look of the coin IF that crud comes off?
The few times I tried something like that the coin ends up looking just as bad because the crud had eaten away at the coin, leaving pits that where just as unsightly.

Please take some pics after the bath & rinse and let us know how it turned out. >>

Im thinking the same way...I think hes going to have some nasty looking zinc craters.

Al

Dog97 · October 18, 2008 2:53AM

<<<How do I go about cleaning it before I ship>>>
Hahahha that sounded funny.
Like everybody else said, acetone.
Knowing nothing about the values & prices, coulda been a good candidate for NCS conservation???

smokincoin · October 18, 2008 5:58AM

Man, that's gotta stink! Just curious... Was it that way when you found it? Where did you find it?

GrumpyEd · October 18, 2008 6:36AM

It's going to look about the same as it did before soaking, acetone should get the mineral oil off.

The only thing I'd expect the mineral oil to do is stop or slow the spots from growing.

Still I expect someone might pay $75 for it as an example of one of the big ones.

oreville · October 18, 2008 6:57AM

I find that I like to put the coin inside some soft tissue paper and then squeeze the coin tightly between my forefinger and thumb. It eliminates about 90% of the mineral oil and doing this several times removes 98% of the mineral oil.

Of course, an acetone rinse is normally advised but in this case I would not have used it.

Having a small mineral oil residue on the coin especially on the corroded areas would have kept the air out of the offending areas and sopped/slowed out further oxidation.

holeinone1972 · October 18, 2008 7:10AM

I just added this fresh reverse picture to the listing.

This has been rinsed in acetone, then in clean water dried, photographed and ready for shipment.

grip · October 18, 2008 11:16AM

Do you think it looks better?

Al

Gription · November 21, 2008 10:19PM

hmmmm, oops huh

After soaking in mineral oil how do you................

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