lonely panet Posted January 23, 2014 Report Posted January 23, 2014 Hi all, Im interested to know if anyone knows how Jim Dawson managed to clean the examples picture in his last book? I have 3 examples, one I cleaned with autosol just to give the metal back some of its WHITE METAL finish it was issued with (prob wont do it again) the second is a blue mineral finish so no need to clean the 3rd I haven't cleaned yet. the stamps are in excellent condition and don't want to blur them in the process. can anyone offer advice to help me put it back to the original issued condition. regards H Quote
AikiScott1 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 Hello and good evening. I don't know how others may feel but I am not so sure that you should put it back to issued condition. With my collection, I just tried to make sure all original parts were in place, the dirt was off, any rust was stopped in its tracks, and any patina was as undisturbed as possible. However, this is just my two cents. Thanks. --- Scott M. Quote
lonely panet Posted January 24, 2014 Author Report Posted January 24, 2014 I understand your concern, im not buffing it, or taking to it with stealwool. Im just wishing to clean it so it will look like this... regards Hamish Quote
Kai-Gunto Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 Golden rule number 1 : Dont polish anything. Like Hamfish said, only cleaning. Dont remove patina. Ask ,before doing. Quote
Mark S. Posted January 24, 2014 Report Posted January 24, 2014 Im just wishing to clean it so it will look like this... Not sure if equating coin collecting to what you want to do is 'apples to apples'... but what's the old saying? "How do you make a penny worth $1000 only worth a penny again?"... Answer: "Clean it!" Mark S. Quote
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