cleaning old buttons

[handsome3096]

i have found old buttons that are gold looking in color dont know if they are brass are gold buttons they seem to look in good shape but have green corrosion over a large part of button how can i remove any are all off corrosion with out damaging the button please reply thank u

 

[David]

I don't know, but maybe this will help you somehow ? You might want to contact this man for advice as he has many, many very old buttons on his web site:

http://relicman.com/index.html

Harry Ridgeway
124 Selma Drive
Winchester, Virginia 22601

cwrelicman@comcast.net

(540) 662-6786

 

[khouse]

I saw on some show where they were using a water pick like for your teeth to clean relics and coins. Do you have a water pick?