My first attempt at antiquing coins

[VonHaida]

I was a bit bored tonight and decided to give it a go. I must say I was scared that I am gonna ruin the coins but overall fairly happy with the result. The only thing which bothers me is the tiny little holes in the small letters and around the edges. Any experts around here who could help with the hard to reach spots ? I used dremmel with the buffing accessory.

[999magnum]

Those look great!

[MickB]

They've all come out looking great but my favourite is the finish on the Libertad. Nice work!

[Groundup]

What process did you use. 

I did a poured silver bulldog once with some boiled eggs. The results were acceptable,but not as good as above. 

[VonHaida]

4 hours ago, Groundup said:

What process did you use. 

I did a poured silver bulldog once with some boiled eggs. The results were acceptable,but not as good as above. 

I used a warm water bath with a couple of drops of Liver of Sulphur, waited for them to go blackish and washed in a baking soda bath before polishing with a buffing wheel on dremmel. Trying to get some pointy tips to get into those hard to get spaces now for a better finish.

 

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12 hours ago, 999magnum said:

Those look great!

Thank you, happy with the result but the Siren needs some more finishing touches.

[ChrisF]

On 05/09/2018 at 21:29, VonHaida said:

I was a bit bored tonight and decided to give it a go. I must say I was scared that I am gonna ruin the coins but overall fairly happy with the result. The only thing which bothers me is the tiny little holes in the small letters and around the edges. Any experts around here who could help with the hard to reach spots ? I used dremmel with the buffing accessory.

 

 

 

 

Cotton bud to push in 0000's wire wool? 

[VonHaida]

1 hour ago, ChrisF said:

Cotton bud to push in 0000's wire wool? 

I bought some pointy felt heads for my dremmel on Amazon, if that does not work I will try your idea

[PAMPSUISSEAG]

Look awesome for your first attempt, I like the darker areas in and around the small letters & edges etc..