Dirty fingers! :(

[realbluegold]

Today I was looking at my 10oz koala coin and accidently I put my finger on it and i saw the fingerprint and I tried to clean it but It got worse and now I have a beautiful coin with a blurry spot. How can I clean it??!??!?!?!?

 

Heeelp!

 

PD: Yes....i'm a stacker..not a collector XDDDDDDDDDD

[ukstack]

I did a similar thing with a 5oz snake i just lightly used my coin handling glove and it wiped off but it was on the queens head 

 

any piccys 

[HelpingHands]

I'm sure someone wrote on here what to do but I can't find it.

 

I'd have thought rubbing it with a cloth is no good as you might be spreading the problem.  I can't remember if someone said to rinse the area with water but I'm not sure so DONT do it unless someone can confirm.

[Kman]

Shouldn't we have a sticky for how to clean finger prints off silver and gold since it's a common problem? maybe a different one for each (if there are different methods)

 

I assume you have to be more careful with frosted gold and silver? easier to damage. 

[Pete]

Easy - rinse under warm running tap water to ensure all dust particles are removed.

Place in a bowl of hand hot water with washing up liquid and gently wipe the surfaces with a cotton wool ball or similar.

Rinse in clean warm water then pat dry on kitchen paper towel.

If the mark remains you may need to repeat adding a small amount of ammonia solution.

Failing that, rub a bit firmer but be prepared for very fine scratches that can only be seen at grazing angles in bright illumination.

[silversword]

And in future... cotton gloves first before you handle anything!

[a_a]

No glove, no love.

[silversword]

No tweezers?  Sweet Jesus!