Elmers (white) Glue??

[IndianaSmith]

I recently read an article stating that you can place coins on wax-paper, give them a shot of Elmers, let it dry overnite, and peel it off the following day. This will remove "crud", but not damage the coin. Can be repeated if needed.

Anyone ever try it?

Smitty

[willie d]

I don't know about elmer's but I did see something about a hot glue gun being used on cruddy coins.

[coinking]

If I may add my meager experience to the group? I had read a number of fine articles on cleaning the old Roman coins that I bought, and find that there is no substitute for infinite patience. (That's OK, I'm really good at nit-picky stuff.) First I want to say that I will never, ever again use Olive Oil! The batch that I started is going to take years to clean, and once it soaks in, you can never again use distilled water soaks. I'm having terrific luck due to a posting by a gentleman who steered me to a site that recommends repeated soaking and brushing with distilled water. Here's the relevant part to this post: between soakings I use Elmer's glue on first one side and then the other. Head and shoulders better than the hot glue gun that I purchased for the purpose!! Rather than pick off remnants of the glue, which could damage the coin, I take off anything that comes off fairly easily and then dump them into a fresh soak, which removes the rest of the glue too. Hope this helps, since I relied heavily on others to get started myself.

[IndianaSmith]

Sorry, I had missed these posts. Thanks for the info. Also, I think you can place the glue-covered coins in the freezer, and the expannsion rate being different between the metal & the glue will assist in "cracking" the glue loose. I need to give it a try on somethng just to see how it works.

Smitty

[IndianaSmith]

I did end-up trying this on a few crusty clad coins. I just laid them on the wax paper & gave them a generous coating of white glue. I let them set a couple days, didn't put them in the freezer during any portion of the process.

After a couple days, I was able to peel the dried glue right off, no residue or "sticking" where the glus was concerned. I did peel-off alot of visible crud, which was imbedded in the glue. It almost looked as though the coin was still in the glus, because of the dirt removed.

I think this would be a good thing for anyone to try if they were interested, white glue is pretty cheap. According to the article I had read, this will in no way damage a coin, which I'd be inclined to believe.

Smitty

[gmstreet]

I read somewhere about the glue as well, maybe here. I have never tried glue, but tried duct tape on a buffalo nickle once. It worked really good! I rinsed the loose dirt off with warm water, let the coin dry, and then applied the duct tape. I used a tooth pick to lightly trace the details of the coin through the duct tape. After I was satisfied the tape was in all the nooks and crannies I peeled it off. I guess you could say I gave that old Indian a bikini wax!! LOL!