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Christopher Lyle Inner circle Dallas, Texas 5698 Posts |
What is the best polish to use for coins? I just got my hands on five 1921 Morgan Silver Dollars and I want them to look brand new. All shiney. I just used Wenol "Metal Polish" on the coins and they now look pretty darn good...however, I'm thinking they could be much prettier.
Any suggestions...
In Mystery,
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MickeyPainless Inner circle California 6065 Posts |
Christopher,
Swing by your local jeweler and pick up one of their polishing cloths that are impregnated with a polishing compound. |
GeorgeG Special user Thousand Oaks, CA 977 Posts |
The best stuff to use is toothpaste
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Larry Davidson Inner circle Boynton Beach, FL 5270 Posts |
There are many threads on metal polishes, but unfortunately the Café search engine isn't very user-friendly at this point. Here is my suggestion.
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts |
Simichrome polish is what I have always used.
Cheers!
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
bdekolta Inner circle Texas 1636 Posts |
Flitz
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Wilber New user 76 Posts |
Silvo silver polish works as well.
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Christopher Lyle Inner circle Dallas, Texas 5698 Posts |
Thanks everyone for all the help! = )
In Mystery,
Christopher Lyle Magician, Comic, Daredevil, and Balloon Twisting Genius For a Good Time...CLICK HERE! |
silverking Inner circle 4574 Posts |
Be aware too that some of the polishes that use a "dip cage" into a liquid are actually an mild acid bath that starts to remove silver from the coin if you leave it in for more than a few seconds.
If you look closely into the liquid when the coin is in the bath, you can see miniscule particles of silver coming away from the coin. This acid bath is probably the very best product to get your coins looking brand new again, but it's hardly what one would call "gentle" on the silver coin its cleaning. I've used it many times without an issue, but you've got to resist the temptation to leave the coin in for more than a few seconds in order to get it even "cleaner" |
mmreed Inner circle Harrisburg, PA 1432 Posts |
Ive used a product that was first introduced to me in the military - which we used it to shine our uniform dressings such as medals, branch insignias etc...
the product is called Brasso, and works well on brass, but also does a nice job on silver. What I have done is soak a coin in peroxide to cook off the natural dirt etc...then take brasso to it.
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Pecan_Creek Veteran user The Nation of TEXAS! 323 Posts |
I have used tarn-x then took them to a buffing wheel with green rouge on my bench grinder with a light touch and the turn out very shiny. If they are brilliant uncirculated coins this may take the crisp edges off of them. I have culls from the coin shop that already don't have crisp edges.
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Jordini Inner circle 2765 Posts |
Maas! Maas Maas Maas! It does wonders and is not nasty stuff like brasso. Easy on hands, great on metal, works wonders in seconds. I would swear by the stuff (but we're not supposed to swear on the Café).
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LordFelix New user 56 Posts |
Seconded on the Flitz.
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Strange Tasting Fish Sticks 1988 - 2013 The Big Brother is watching you 1095 Posts |
I wanted to add something here. I'm a numismatist as well as a magician. If you have coins in your personal collection, for example like from an heir or from an estate, (that you do not use for magic) do NOT clean them. This takes away the value by more than half. It's a big no no in coin collecting.
But if you are like me and just purchased what we call "junk" silver, i.e silver coins that are very worn and used for magic, then it doesn't matter. Also, to clean coins, I would suggest you use a mild acid like ezest, dip the coin in. It will remove the tarnish. I ONLY recommend this for junk silver used for magic. |
LordFelix New user 56 Posts |
Agreed on the collector angle. Never clean or polish (gasp) a coin you are collecting.
But I think its a given that everyone here is using their coins for magic, right? |
mud New user Western NY 66 Posts |
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On 2008-05-27 01:57, SouthAfricanpenny wrote: Erm, you disagree with who? Nobody said not to polish coins that are used for magic. |
Tom G Inner circle 2895 Posts |
Flitz or Maas, both work really well at cleaning and polishing, and leaving a protected finish.
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iceblade Loyal user 254 Posts |
Guys I have used something called "Dr Beckmann's metal polish" and I like it a lot. It can polish very well copper, silver and brass and is really user friendly as a chemical substance. Pretty "soft" chemical compared to the other cleaners (eg brasso, silvo etc) and polishes really well.
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wackyvorlon New user Sarnia, ON, Canada 72 Posts |
Brasso has a variety intended for silver, named Silvo. A jeweler would probably use rouge on a cotton buff. You know, if you wanted it really shiny, you could probably take it to a jeweler and have him buff it.
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krintz Regular user 135 Posts |
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On 2008-04-16 01:57, GeorgeG wrote: So I grabbed my Colgate Sparkling White CinnaMint*, because my Johnson was too shiny. It worked like a charm! All '64's now look identical, including my Schoolcraft flipper. Now, to be fair, I'm going to brush my teeth with Brasso tonight... results to follow BTW...you all know to NEVER polish up collector coins, right? Do not ruin the patina... '64's are OK, because they're still fairly common, and boy, do they look fantastic all shined up. I'd rather not mess with these coins either, but the Johnson shell simply doesn't age the same way as the un-gaffed coins. Krintz *that is the actual brand I used... slight cinnamon scent is an unexpected plus |
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