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The damage lighter fluid does on vintage MOC's and packaging
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<blockquote data-quote="OTB Records" data-source="post: 323806" data-attributes="member: 6162"><p>Sorry that my post has reignited (pun not intended) this thread and the animosity but I personally feel that the community should uncover the truth behind the use of products such as lighter fluid and the potential harm to MOC figures if used to remove stickers etc. </p><p></p><p>I have been in the world of collecting for many years and lighter fluid is used in numerous areas of collecting as a efficient way of removing some stains/glue etc. Here is a post from a coin collecting forum where someone asked if it was wise to use lighter fluid to clean coins. One of the replies they got was as follows:</p><p></p><p>"Lighter fluid is awesome! It has even been used to shows up watermarks on little bits of very old paper for more years than we want to know about. It totally disappears from the paper. Totally evaporates and after more time than I am old it has not damaged a single piece of very old paper!"</p><p></p><p>I believe the original poster of this thread has a duty to bring any concerns to the attention of collectors but (and it's a big but) is this based on facts or is it a form of scaremongering? I fear for the newbies coming to our hobby and reading this will be alarmed by what might happen to their collection in the future.</p><p></p><p>We need solid facts and proof of any dangers involved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OTB Records, post: 323806, member: 6162"] Sorry that my post has reignited (pun not intended) this thread and the animosity but I personally feel that the community should uncover the truth behind the use of products such as lighter fluid and the potential harm to MOC figures if used to remove stickers etc. I have been in the world of collecting for many years and lighter fluid is used in numerous areas of collecting as a efficient way of removing some stains/glue etc. Here is a post from a coin collecting forum where someone asked if it was wise to use lighter fluid to clean coins. One of the replies they got was as follows: "Lighter fluid is awesome! It has even been used to shows up watermarks on little bits of very old paper for more years than we want to know about. It totally disappears from the paper. Totally evaporates and after more time than I am old it has not damaged a single piece of very old paper!" I believe the original poster of this thread has a duty to bring any concerns to the attention of collectors but (and it's a big but) is this based on facts or is it a form of scaremongering? I fear for the newbies coming to our hobby and reading this will be alarmed by what might happen to their collection in the future. We need solid facts and proof of any dangers involved. [/QUOTE]
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