**UPDATE**CLEANED CT CIVIL WAR BUTTON

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

I tried the amonia bath repeatedly that was reccomended by another forum member Waterhead. it did do some improvement for this heavily green encrusted button but,not the result I had anticipated.
I decided to dig out the bottle of CLR and plopped it in. worked on it for about an hour and VOILA! looks a lot better now!

[coinnut]

That turned out Excellent Dave!! Those buttons are delicate to begin with, so you can't be harsh with them. You did thumbsup01

[del]

much improvement Dave , your skills at cleaning are getting better

[Jeff (or)]

Very cool button, Turned out beautiful!! Congrats!

[greg]

Real nice. Did you ever try lemon juice? It works for me, but it may need to soak a few hours.

[Carver]

That turned out great! Nice find

[rsarge1]

very nice job and find wtg

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Real nice. Did you ever try lemon juice? It works for me, but it may need to soak a few hours.

nah never tried lemon juice yet. hours? ugggh.i get impatient as it is rofl
i may try it sometime.but will lemon juice disolve that green deposit that's my question?

[coinnut]

nah never tried lemon juice yet. hours? ugggh.i get impatient as it is rofl
i may try it sometime.but will lemon juice disolve that green deposit that's my question?

You may want to see what color lemon juice turns the metal first. You don't want to get rid of the patina on it, just the green. If it turns it bright copper color, you may have to tone it with sulphur to get it back to a dark brown color. Maybe it just needs some more CLR to finish the job? It seemed to work great on it.

[del]

hey Dave i found an piece of info on what we were talking about pertaining to the button .

Button depicts state seal of Connecticut, grape vines with Latin inscription, He who transplanted continues to sustain, intended for officers of Connecticut units.

[giant056]

Looking good for sure thumbsup01

[sniffy]

purdy nice.

[Ill Digger]

Wow Dave !!
Your braver than I am !!
With a find like that I would be afraid I'd come back to a little puddle of black dusty CLR 8/
She turned out great !
That brought out alot more of the details! thumbsup01

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

hey Dave i found an piece of info on what we were talking about pertaining to the button .

Button depicts state seal of Connecticut, grape vines with Latin inscription, He who transplanted continues to sustain, intended for officers of Connecticut units.

thanks Dan.i read somewhere what that mean't.latin i suppose

[Civil War Nut]

I have looked at some of your post. Very Nice Nice Nice Nice it must be nice.

[Evan/tn]

Hmmmmm CLR ya say eh? might have to dig out some of my old buttons and give them a dippin!
It sure did come out looking great,nice find!

[russellt]

wow . it did a great job..... its true CLR is the shizzz

[coinnut]

Hmmmmm CLR ya say eh? might have to dig out some of my old buttons and give them a dippin!
It sure did come out looking great,nice find!

Anywhere from a 20 to 50 % mix with water. Then neutralize with a baking soda and water (paste) rub.

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Anywhere from a 20 to 50 % mix with water. Then neutralize with a baking soda and water (paste) rub.

i used 100 % ratio buddy!

[coinnut]

i used 100 % ratio buddy!

Then one day you should see some dust where your button was lol