Does electrolysis de-grade iron relics?

Does cleaning the rust off of, say, a bullet-mold, via electrolysis take away from it's worth? Thank you.....kevin

I know it's used for means of preservation. Lookup beau ouimette on youtube

Okay, thanks fsdigital.

Kevin you need to stabilize the relic...Leaving it in dug state will harm the relic..Electrolysis is superb method for stabilizing if done right..

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Same goes for a copper coin showing raised red or green corrosion.

I know I have had great success rate on iron objects to using electrolysis, but had varied success on coins. Can anyone explain the technical right versus wrong as to how best to handle all types of coins (silver, copper, bronze, brass, and gold if crusted in barnacles from a saltwater beach).

Search and Recovery raises a very good question. Therefore, I am taking this post back to the top in hopes that someone will answer the question on "coin cleaning/ electrolysis how-to". I'd like to know myself. I have been digging some deep Indian heads with crusted backs/fronts.....as the case may be and would REALLY appreciate a few words on coin cleaning via electrolysis. Thank you! Kevin

Get it out of the ground is the first way to save it. Then after you treat it you can rub Vaseline on the iron my stuff looks great and I use a grinder machine with a soft wire disk and it cleans the flakes off

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I have tried olive oil on old coins, but with very little improvement. Then again these coins were hundreds of years old.

Yes, I have tried the olive oil, grape seed oil et al, and they only turn a crusty coin into a shiny crusty coin. But I realize that the grape seed oil is supposed to take a while to 'soften' the crust. I saw somewhere about electrolysis on coins and using a 120 volt to 9 volt transformer/adapter like ya charge cell phones with. I'll research further and post what I find. If I find anything practical.

Depends on the condition and length of time of procedure.....

Ive had some great results on silver coins believe it or not. Experimented with a few black mercs that were burned, nothing worked but electroylisis. Obviously anything valuable I'd beware, but if your careful not drag the clamp across the face and scratch it my understanding is you really cant booger up silver.

Ive done it on some copper coins with mixed results. Frank lopergolo (sp?) Aka detect america has worked extensibly with archelogists at universities, and helps them stabilize allbkinds of artifacts. If youre intrigued by electroylisis that guy is a wealth of knowledge. He gets specific on things like current/time ratios that hes learned through years of trial and error.