Todays 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

[Lorrain.]

Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Thanks again for looking

Lorraine

 

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[stevemc]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

WOW!!!!! You really do clean silver well! Looks good.

 

[Coastie59]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Glad u decided to clean her up.....looks great!

 

[mlayers]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

She sure did clean up nice. WTG.......Matt

 

[trsrseeker]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Awesome!

 

[Bobbypins]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Now THAT'S what i'm talkin about

 

[smcdmc]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

So what did you use to clean it?

 

[fistfulladirt]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Sweet! I would have done the same!

 

[Lorrain.]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

So what did you use to clean it?

Short term ( 15 minute) electrolysis followed by light thumbs scrub with Baking soda/Tarn-X mixture... Q-tips in the crevices....as you can see by the pic...I did not do a great job on the eagle's wings ( to the right of the eagle pic)...they need a bit more cleaning

Lorraine

 

[general]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

You did a great job on a beauty of a coin!

 

[Diver_Down]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

So what did you use to clean it?

Short term ( 15 minute) electrolysis followed by light thumbs scrub with Baking soda/Tarn-X mixture... Q-tips in the crevices....as you can see by the pic...I did not do a great job on the eagle's wings ( to the right of the eagle pic)...they need a bit more cleaning

Lorraine

Lorraine, what type of sacrificial anode do you use in your electrolysis setup?

 

[Lorrain.]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

"Lorraine, what type of sacrificial anode do you use in your electrolysis setup?"( quote from Diver_Down)


Reply:
I'm sorry , Diver_Down.....I don't understand what the term "sacrificial anode" means.

I didn't make the set-up; my brother made it for me, but I can show you some pics and maybe that will answer your question. If I remember correctly an anode is the positive wire? ...I really am not sure...

here's pics of my set up

Lorraine

 

[Diver_Down]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Yes, the positive wire will be the sacrificial anode. It looks like in your setup that it is a stainless steel bracket? Also, what is "Washing Soda" in your formula label? I have good results of using a copper rod, but it is too sacrificial and quickly degrades. Also, the copper rod tend to impart a "copperish" toning to some of my items. It isn't offensive and looks sort of appealing (I might try a common 21 Morgan to "tone" just for effect), but I'd rather find a different type of sacrificial anode.

 

[Lorrain.]

Re: Today's 1943 Walking Liberty find cleaned....photo

Yes, the positive wire will be the sacrificial anode. It looks like in your setup that it is a stainless steel bracket? Also, what is "Washing Soda" in your formula label? I have good results of using a copper rod, but it is too sacrificial and quickly degrades. Also, the copper rod tend to impart a "copperish" toning to some of my items. It isn't offensive and looks sort of appealing (I might try a common 21 Morgan to "tone" just for effect), but I'd rather find a different type of sacrificial anode.

Yes, it is stainless steel.

Washing soda is manufactured by Armand Hammer; the box looks just like the baking soda box, ,but the granules are like minute pellets (same consistency as the Ivory detergent of years gone by) as opposed to the powdered baking soda.

You can find the Washing Soda in the same aisle as the detegerents. I also use the washing soda in my laundry cycle.

Lorraine