Eagle I Restore

[Deep1]

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:


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.:


Kinda like taking a toothpick to a concrete sidewalk.
Made a concoction of this:

It may or not be safe, most likely not. but it's working.
Here's it is after a soaking and tooth brushing:


Gonna keep soaking and brushing. See if I can get it to parade grade.

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

Nice restoration job.

 

[xcopperstax]

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

 

[Nick79]

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

 

[Deep1]

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

 

[IMAUDIGGER]

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.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the nice restoration!

 

[Argentium]

I know certain people highly recomend lemon juice for a task like that !