Peroxide bath, no luck oh well.

[jraven]

I tried to give these little buggers a peroxide bath. I think I over did it. It was fun to watch em bubble tho!
Just the two on the right.

 

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[lgadbois]

Peroxide is exactly what you don't want to use! It is an oxidizer.

If you want to just clean the coin, dish washing soap and a tooth brush works good. If you want to remove the oxidation, use an alkaline cleaner like Bam.

 

[Goes4ever]

I use peroxide on all my wheats it cleans them up great, not sure what you did wrong?

 

[BuckleBoy]

I use peroxide on all my wheats it cleans them up great, not sure what you did wrong?

Ditto.


lgadbois,

Do you have a before and after photo of your cleaning method with "Bam"?

 

[ashleysflyr]

I use peroxide on all my wheats it cleans them up great, not sure what you did wrong?

Ditto.


lgadbois,

Do you have a before and after photo of your cleaning method with "Bam"?

I would like to see as well...

~Tom

 

[Don in SJ]

Peroxide works just fine on all copper/brass relics in removing encrusted DIRT, it does not really remove the blue/green corrosive growths, only if the blue/green is a light coating, not raised bumps, nor does it remove patina, patina only comes off if the coin is corroded beneath the detail, sort of like exfoliated type of corrosion.

Following all cleaned using peroxide, not all my best samples, a good overview of some of the results. All are usually soaked afterwards in distilled water for a few hours, then dried thoroughly and then coated with either Blue Ribbon Coin conditioner or wax.

Don

 

[Southern_Boy]

Wow...it did a number on them.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Wow...it did a number on them.

Your photo of the flesh-eating child scares me.

 

[I_Dig_NYC]

Those before and after pics are astonishing

I wish my stuff came out that clean.

 

[mastereagle22]

I use the potatoe method with all my wheats and indian heads that I have found. It works great!!

 

[Tensas]

M.E. what is the potatoe method?

 

[Detectingfreak]

That sucks! Maybe you should be more carefull!

 

[mastereagle22]

The potato method is SIMPLE. Buy a potato or two and keep them around. Then when you get a cruddy coin you cut a piece of the potato off big enough to put the coin in. Leave it in for a few hours and you will notice the potato gets black around where the coin is. Remove and rinse and hit lightly with a toothbrush to brush the stuff off.

For a really cruddy coin it may take 24 hours. I don't leave my coins in for longer than 12 hours at a time. Do NOT reuse the potato just toss it and get a new piece each time. This works great!

Then I usually put a little baking soda on the coin and rub with the toothbrush again to neutralize any residual and wash with water. Dry the coin and you are done. The only drawback I have found with this method is that it will leave your penny or coin looking dull. So I use a little Renaissance Wax to shine it up just a little.