Eagle I Restore

Deep1

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Everything old from this site comes out of the ground in very poor condition.
Found some WWI buttons in good condition,anything older is crusty.
Found an Eagle I cuff button. Managed to scrap some crust off and saw shiny gold gilt
Out of the ground:
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Soaked in ammonia for a while and toothpicked for an hour or two. More like 2, Didn't do much. This is how it looked.:
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Kinda like taking a toothpick to a concrete sidewalk.
Made a concoction of this:
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It may or not be safe, most likely not. but it's working.
Here's it is after a soaking and tooth brushing:
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Gonna keep soaking and brushing. See if I can get it to parade grade.
 

xcopperstax

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You have greatly improved the condition of that button! Nice work and congrats!!!
 

Nick79

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Nice work! Is the arthritis cool blue part of the mix or what you need after you are done scrubbing? Hahaha
 

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Deep1

Deep1

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Dec 30, 2018
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Being over 150 years old, I figured the Eagle could use some Dr. Fred.
 

IMAUDIGGER

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Hopefully you did some research prior to mixing all those chemicals!!
Be careful - different combination of chemicals can cause fires..burns...DEADLY gasses.

The button is fantastic.
 

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Congrats on the nice restoration! :occasion14:
 

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