Hello to the group and thank you for accepting me. I don't know how long my interest in zapping coins will last because I try out a lot of hobbies, but I do...
Hi Andy and welcome my friend! Andy, I certainly think the 6 amp unit is much better. I have Zapped thousands of coins and I use my Zapper with the 6 amp...
Citric oil and an hydroxide will give you a soap. Acids and hydroxides (alkalis) neutralize one another and potassium hydroxide is a very strong alkali. To:...
Citric oil and hydroxide will not give you soap. Citric oil is a cyclic hydrocarbon (behaves more like gasoline)with 2 C-C double bonds; it does not contain an...
Wow John! Are you a chemist my friend? I am really ignorant in this area.. God Bless.. Jerry..   http://www.ancientcoinstore.com ... From: John Barnard...
Hi Jerry, My background is in chemistry and biochemistry and I teach various chemistry and biochemistry courses at the Northern Alberta Institute of ...
Wow! Great John and I am pleased to have another college teacher in our group. I am a retired collge art prof. John, I am really stupid when it comes to...
Citric oil is a trivial term that can be more or less precise as to composition. The addition of D-limonene is piling Pelion on Ossa, and you've got a tall...
Jerry, thanks for your response, I'll make the 6 amp apparatus. I'm still waiting for my coins, of course. Yes, we do have many things in common. I am also an...
Hi, Another question from a newbie, while I'm waiting for my first batch of uncleaned coins to arrive. I read a description of using heat and cold to remove...
Hey my friend! Andy at one time or another you will find members of this group have tried almost everything : ) When all is said and done I am a proponent...
Ello all,            Good evening all. I am announcing today that my current listing of my auctions has begun.            This...
We started cooking coins first part of the year but had to go out of town for over a month. We thought we disconnected the power source but found it pluged in...
Welcome Home Gary and Don! Great to have you back but I am sorry you guys are in the dog house. I have not experienced this but I would go to the store...
Gary and Don, There are all kind of spot and stain removers on the market of which you may have to soak them in first. They just had a thread on M30 spot or...
... you may have to soak them in first. They just had a thread on M30 spot or stain removal that some mentioned in that they are using to clean their coins...
Hi Jerry, We got back last thursday. Don will have to leave again 03/08 and I will follow 03/13. We expect to be gone 45 days depending on what we run into. It...
Great my friend! Sorry you guys are going to have to leave again. I hope you get things cleaned up. Gary, I have nevr had the problem some members ahev...
As some of you already know, I have been working on a new cleaning solution and cleaning process for bronze, billon and silver coins. It has taken me a couple...
Hi All, Well we got over the stained items, I will replace them. The Goo still remains. I found out that this is the same material that is on the anode in our...
Use graphite. Any metal finds its way into solution as a contaminant. The film on the anode is the poorly conductive salts of the nickel and chromium and iron...
Hey my friends! Please don't use stainless Gary and Don. Stainless can release cadmium and it is very toxic. Google it and you will see what I mean. ...
A PS guys! I do like stainless for the cathode. I use a 1/4" inch stainless threaded rod cut to length for my cathode. The SS conducts well and rust...
... The problem metal is not cadmium, but chromium. See here for some info: http://users.eastlink.ca/~pspencer/nsaeta/electrolysis.html Hope that helps. ...
Thanks for the info Bob. As I recall when we started this zapping you said do not use stainless steel. We are using distilled water. Thanks again. Gary & Don ...
Hi Jerry, We thought we were doing right by using the stainless steel. We are now stopping operations until we get a piece of rebar for temporary use. We will...
Hi Marcus Thanks for the jam up report and the info. I am glad to be part of a group of people that will share knowledge. We thought we were doing right with...
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