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I can't see any reason why not to clean them up - I use brasso or plonk them in the ultrasonic cleaner when I get a set of old darts if they look like they could do with a clean
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Its all down to personal choice I think. I have cleaned some sets and some I have no desire to clean, I wont clean copper Tungsten darts and most of the vintage brass darts are left as is but I have cleaned a few vintage tungsten darts.
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(This post was last modified: 11-11-2014, 03:41 PM by brenthahn.)
If they're copper tungsten or brass, please no! Stripping the age off of those is like putting a beautifully seasoned cast iron skillet in the dishwasher.
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If pawn stars has taught me anything and if you're wanting them to retain their value than I say, dont you dare touch them.
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For my own use I cleaned the brass darts I started off with and was very surprised how nice they looked. I have to agree that resale requires the patina to show it all .
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Better leave them untouched as things might get messy when cleaned. I also am a fan of Pawn Stars and Hardcore Pawn (History Channel) same as Nathan.
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The ones you show in your link are disgusting ! Who knows what kind of crap are on the barrels ! I say wash them, you ain't gonna make $1 million bucks from an old set of darts !...J.D.
