I thought this thread would be about Dellers Darkener used to retone dipped copper. Not sure how well it works or if they even still make it.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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it is my experience that if copper is "dipped" in a product like E-Z-Est that it will retone nicely based on what it looked like before it was dipped. a bright coin such as a Proof Lincoln with haze will return to the normal color eventually, but an older brownish coin such as a Large Cent will never look the same. copper is an alloy that just shouldn't be helped in most cases, the coin surfaces tend to be too delicate.
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In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
<< <i>I don't have an image, but dipped copper can be a pink color. Hope this helps. >>
Tom,
I'm not seeing any pink but it sure looks spooky! (That's what she said!)
I'll post an image tomorrow.
Ray
if art toned chemicals, then just about anything you can imagine
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
it is my experience that if copper is "dipped" in a product like E-Z-Est that it will retone nicely based on what it looked like before it was dipped. a bright coin such as a Proof Lincoln with haze will return to the normal color eventually, but an older brownish coin such as a Large Cent will never look the same. copper is an alloy that just shouldn't be helped in most cases, the coin surfaces tend to be too delicate.