ks coyote
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For those of us who use olive oil is there a better brand to use and is there a difference between virgin oil and regular?
Olive Oil Question
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Get the most inexpensive olive oil that you can - no difference for what we use it for. My wife HATES when I use her extra-virgin olive oil for my "stupid coins."
Yep
Virgin is always better....................
Virgin is always better....................
ParkHunter
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montanamuzik
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Virgin is always better....................
As Popeye would say...."Yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk!!" *slaps knee*
Virgin is always better....................
But how do you really know for sure?
Iron Patch
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I think the cheaper the better, believe there's more acid in it. Now if you were frying the coppers you would want to go for the pricey stuff.
TangleFoot
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Olive Oil FRIES Coppers? Never heard that before. Guess there is no safe way to get caked on dirt off of coins?
pulltabMiner
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Virgin is always better....................
They're good for the occasional volcano sacrifice
KSCHEMIST
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I would think since the main reason for using olive oil is to remove oxidation products from items that the grade of the olive oil would be the most important reason for choosing an olive oil product. 'Extra virgin oil' is low in acidity (oleic acid).
Therefore use a 'fine' grade or olive lamp oil if you can find it as they are higher in acidity. These would be cheaper than the 'extra virgin' grade.
Therefore use a 'fine' grade or olive lamp oil if you can find it as they are higher in acidity. These would be cheaper than the 'extra virgin' grade.
jason_k
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hahahaha! Our wives would be fast friends!My wife HATES when I use her extra-virgin olive oil for my "stupid coins."
Dark Chameleon
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I got advice from an experienced detectorist and coin cleaner and he recommended mineral oil over olive oil.
Apparently olice oil makes the coin darker but mineral oil keeps it coin looking shade.
Think of baby oil as thats mineral oil.
Combining baby oil with virgin oil through does wonders....in so many ways...
Apparently olice oil makes the coin darker but mineral oil keeps it coin looking shade.
Think of baby oil as thats mineral oil.
Combining baby oil with virgin oil through does wonders....in so many ways...
Jody007
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Does "extra-virgin" olive oil come from very ugly olives?
anvilmanco
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BostonCat
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I was fully expecting to be seeing a beerdoodle post here somewhere.....
coinfinder2100
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funny because I actually did this when I read that.
ks coyote
Super Motivator
I got advice from an experienced detectorist and coin cleaner and he recommended mineral oil over olive oil.
Apparently olice oil makes the coin darker but mineral oil keeps it coin looking shade.
Think of baby oil as thats mineral oil.
Combining baby oil with virgin oil through does wonders....in so many ways...
Thanks. I'll give the mineral oil a try. Olive oil does turn coins darker.
Iron Patch
Elite Member
I don't see why anyone would use olive oil when peroxide works so well and fast. Oil just makes for greasy coins that still have corrosion. If they don't have corrosion, than you could have used peroxide and been done in 20 minutes compared to two months. I clean a lot of coins and never have a use for olive oil. Probably the only time I would use it would be to take care of a slight amount of remaining residue.
BB_in_Maine
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My wife HATES when I use her extra-virgin olive oil for my "stupid coins."
That sounds familiar...
BB_in_Maine
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IP, this is completely intuitive, and I have no factual evidence to back it other than what I have experienced recently... I have a running theory on coppers that depending on the soil type they were found in, and their own particular alloy, they will have different types of corrosion on them... Some are brown, thin and flaky, some are green and thick... The late 1700's coppers I've found are a slick, smooth green, with the remaining patina clinging very delicately to the copper core. In this latter case specifically, I think olive oil is the way to go. Over a couple of months, details will appear gradually and gently.
For coins whose patina is essentially intact, peroxide is the way to go - definitely busts through the crust the quickest. But when you are dealing with a fragile coin, peroxide (and hot peroxide in particular) I think is just too aggressive a process, and you run the risk of flaking off detail that would have helped you get an ID on a coin.
It makes sense to me that since the chemical process the coin has been undergoing while in the ground for 100, 200, 300 years has been a slow and gradual one, stopping that process dead in its tracks and subjecting that copper to a new, highly reactive environment, might not always be the best... Some I think do better with that more gradual transition period of an olive oil soak.
Still hoping to perfect my cleaning methods, and get to the point where I can just look at a coin and say, "Yep, that's a candidate for 'X' treatment" and go to it...
