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Beautiful job, well done!
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![]() Originally Posted by treasureguy56 View postI am a single father and busy as heck but want to help anytime I can..first good rule in my opinion is never do electrolysis on copper coins unless you have strong experience with reverse electroplating..later today I'll give you more advice.. |
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![]() Originally Posted by treasureguy56 View postCan you post or send me pictures of the fatty.. it may not be a lost cause |
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Good job...nearly museum quality!
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Awesome Job .. would be Really NICE if you outlined the steps you used to Do it..
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![]() Originally Posted by JAK View postThank you kindly.. quality coin restoration/preservation is actually my goal.. there are still many improvements I need to make and methods that I need to get a better working knowledge of |
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![]() Originally Posted by SoOregonMd View postI don't have a recipe..or follow exact conventional wisdom..nor do I have some secret magical potion... it's like looking at a painting and asking the artist how to do it.. I know you won't like my answer..start by reading the post by Waltr on archaeological restoration..then Google bronze disease..read and study all you can find..then you will see there is not a single perfect recipe..even real archaeologists have different opinions..but they all agree there is no perfect method for cupreous coins Last edited by joe dert; 03-01-2019 at 11:47 AM. |
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![]() Originally Posted by joe dert View postFair enough , Thanks for the reply ! __________________ |
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![]() ![]() Originally Posted by SoOregonMd View postThanks for making a polite reply.. I would like to be able to give everyone a foolproof step by step recipe. I don't have one..but I can tell you this much.. I use two commercial products to color a shiny "ruined" clean copper coin.. Birchwood Casey brand Brass Black...and Birchwood Casey Plum Brown.. I don't heat the coin to apply the brown.. I use it cold..and I mix it with the black..no specific ratio.. I'm still experimenting.. Last edited by joe dert; 03-01-2019 at 05:02 PM. |
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![]() Originally Posted by joe dert View postNice !! the Color was one of the things that stands out well on your coin.. so you get it to a shiny point and then "colorize" it to give it a natural looking patina? __________________ |
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![]() Originally Posted by joe dert View postJoe . Thankyou for responding - I can appreciate you're lack of free time . It will take some time for me to find the coin (1859 indian ) - I just went through a hernia surgery and Im currently going through re cooperation ( Im not allowed to do much or lift much ) . |
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![]() Originally Posted by SoOregonMd View postYes..but it's tricky to work with.. because it's very fast..do it by a sink with the water running so you can quickly wash it to stop the process..not sure how natural it looks.. I just try to make it so I like it..if you mess up strip the coin clean and start again..play with stripped cleaned and polished Lincoln pennies first to get a feel for it.. |
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![]() Originally Posted by treasureguy56 View postSorry to hear that..just take it easy and heal up.. |
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![]() Originally Posted by joe dert View postI certainly understand why no step by step recipe, and appreciate the individual ingredients like this one! ![]() |
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