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View Poll Results: Repair or not | |||
Leave the damn thing alone! Don't mess with what looks like a period repair | 12 | 54.55% | |
Have the solder removed to make the serial number readable | 9 | 40.91% | |
Repair the enamel only | 0 | 0% | |
Remove the solder AND repair the enamel | 1 | 4.55% | |
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09-03-2012, 08:05 PM | #591 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
Not worth cleaning
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09-04-2012, 11:21 PM | #592 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
Or, that is exactly why it wouldn't hurt cleaning it. I dunno.
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09-14-2012, 03:00 PM | #593 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
I usually just remove dirt or dust with a cotton stick and in case of verdigris on brass I remove it carefully with a wooden toothpick and in heavy cases with some Ballistol weapons oil which won't harm or change the color of the brass. In case of dirt on enamel I use a wet cotton stick to remove the dirt.
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10-27-2012, 04:40 PM | #594 |
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To Clean, Polish, Shine OR Not?
Got a bottle of Brasso to work on some of my Soviet watches, works really, really well.
Decided to shine up a couple of my medals, a Bravery and a Veteran of Labor. They came out really nice. What is the general feeling of the membership about this? Thoughts please and reasoning. Thank You!
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10-27-2012, 04:51 PM | #595 |
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Re: To Clean, Polish, Shine OR Not?
MISTAKE!
Never ever use cleaning products to "polish". They are made to tarnish after a period of time so you have to reapply. They are also abrasive. There is a considerable difference between cleaning (with a damp cloth etc) and polishing with an abrasive. I doubt anyone will propose or approve using abrasives on awards.
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10-27-2012, 04:53 PM | #596 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
Not ever. |
10-27-2012, 05:14 PM | #597 |
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10-27-2012, 05:19 PM | #598 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
OK, Thank you all.
I have ONLY used it on one bravery medal and one labor veteran medal, none of my others. Lesson learned!
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10-27-2012, 05:26 PM | #599 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
I know it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to read through over 480 posts and some 49 pages in a thread like this, but that has become the model being imposed on the forum. There is much good advice in this thread (and this forum), if you are able and willing to dig for it.
I just hope these were unnumbered medals so that minimum damage was done to history? |
10-27-2012, 05:31 PM | #600 |
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Re: Damaged, Repair, Clean, Preserve Soviet Awards.
One was unnumbered, one was numbered, the Bravery medal. I planned on keeping both permanently anyway and honestly, I LOVE the way they turned out, but I WON'T be cleaning and polishing any more.
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