Best source for acetone?
Herb_T
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I have been looking for pure acetone, but it has become trial and error finding one that doesn’t have anything else in it. Anyone have a favorite that is pure?
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Ace hardware?
That means I have to buy and test. I need a for sure this acetone made by XYZ is pure. I can buy regular acetone and I have even called some mfg’s and the customer service didn’t always know. I am sure it’s not something they have been asked before.
I am tired buying and testing…..
does not the label provide the info you need?
Btw. How exactly are you testing acetone for purity? Curious minds want to know
This is from home depot: Klean-Strip one Galon Acetone. $20.97
100% acetone.
You can find this at home depot, Lowe's, etc.
We use this a lot where I work, we make aerospace parts.
Throw a coin enough times, and suppose one day it lands on its edge.
Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) behaves like acetone and is a lot less toxic.
Chino Hardware.
I buy mine at cvs - pure 100% acetone
Fisher Scientific, but that's major overkill
Acetone flows freely out of Ricko's faucets. He lives on a natural acetone stream
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Home depot
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Hoard the keys.
My ACE hardware closed this week. Owner retiring. I didn't know they
were franchised like McDonalds!
Not always….it will say acetone, but when you take some drops out of it it leaves a white residue behind on a mirror. Not what you want with coins.
Do you have this and do you use it to clean your coins from time to time?
I buy mine at the local hardware store... Says pure acetone....leaves no residue. Make sure that mirror is clean before you put the acetone on it, or it will act on any residues. That could be what you are seeing. Cheers, RickO
doesn't a good distilled water rinse remove any residue?
Not if the residue isn't water soluble.
Reagent grade is for use in a situation that requires medical type cleanliness. Any acetone from the paint section will do.
Have a retired chemist and a full time custom home painter (20+ years) in the family.
Know quite a bit about acetone but never used it for coins, Ricko posted a great run down on the process👍🏼
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Acetone is a precursor of meth manufacturing. That is one reason why in certain locales it is only available to the retail consumer in 16oz containers.
Pay cash.
About the only thing I buy at Walmart.
Save big money at Menards!
https://www.menards.com/main/search.html?sf_categoryHierarchy=&search=acetone
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In some states you may have to show ID and/or sign a register if you purchase more than a small amount (similar to Sudafed) due to its use in mobile and motel manufacturing methods.
Lowes.
Jim
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Those places usually don't ship chemicals to a residential address.
This.
You could always buy some distillation equipment via eBay and distill a bunch and then sell off the equipment. You could heat it with a hair dryer.
I really did not know this was an issue. So, if it says 100% acetone on the bottle or can from somewhere like Ace, or Home Depot, or CVS, isn't that a deep-enough dive? Or am I wrong? And if I rinse with distilled water (I confess, I often use tap water) isn't that enough? Perhaps not.
Tom
The way it is handled in bulk there are many opportunities for contamination. How do they know the truck tank or rail car or transfer lines are clean? Or the refilling lines for repackaging it into the cans you buy at all of the places mentioned here?
I wouldn't use public (city) tap water for much of anything unless its purified!
Take the toilet tank lid off your toilet and look at the those brass bolts that mounts the tank to the bowl, or what's left of them
In automotive modern days its recommended using either pre-mixed antifreeze or distilled water! I figured out in 1970 that tap water would eat a copper radiator completely up in pretty short order, some areas the water is worse than others.
Back to the acetone!
So, acetone is used for a con wash! how well does it remove say oily finger prints! I've seen circulated RAW copper's in coin flips that years later looked like reaction to the metal in the form of finger prints!
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I've had good success on fresh fingerprints, albeit only a few examples over the years. However, if an older print has started to etch the surface, it won't help. I still use it on older prints just in case there are still active contaminants.