Re: Acetone and cleaning coins


"Honus" <honus1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've seen a bit of discussion about it lately, and I have a question. Is
> this the same diluted acetone that I can find in my wife's nail polish
> remover, or do you guys use something stronger from, say, a hardware
> store?
> I have some nearly worthless foreign coins with some pvc goo on them that
> I
> wouldn't mind removing. (Relax...those are the only sorts of coins that
> I'd
> ever consider cleaning.) The nail polish remover takes a fair amount of
> scrubbing to be effective, and it doesn't do much for the goo trapped in
> the
> denticles, or other finely detailed areas. Thanks in advance.
>

Hardware store acetone is relatively pure, and the cost per ounce is very
low. Nail polish remover likely has some other mung mixed in with it, and
the cost per ounce is very high. Acetone is a very powerful solvent, and
anything that needs scrubbing probably is not soluble in it - you may have
to go with a lacquer thinner for that. In either event, make sure you have
PLENTY of ventilation!

The goo trapped in denticles and reeding is...well, you really don't want to
know. If it bothers you, head for the nearest rose bush and break off a
thorn, preferably a green one, and use it to pick the stuff out a chunk at a
time.

Mr. Jaggers


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