Ever dip a coin, submit it and have it come back "PVC Residual"

Peaceman

I wonder if there is some kind of light these grading companies use to see if there is active PVC on a coin.... I dipped a coin, sent it in and it came back PVC. There's no part on the coin that it "ate" through either...... just looks very hazy.... Have you ever had this happen to you?

291fifth

Dipping doesn't remove PVC.

ss350camaro

<< <i>Dipping doesn't remove PVC. >>

Bochiman

Acetone removes PVC...normal dipping (depends on what you ASSume from dipping) doesn't.

Crazy4Coins

Hope it wasn't a VAM...

Peaceman

Dipping = acetone...... is there another dipping I dont know about... It was a VAM but a minor one... I'm just surprised it came back that way after I dipped it....

JrGMan2004

<< <i>Dipping = acetone...... is there another dipping I dont know about... It was a VAM but a minor one... I'm just surprised it came back that way after I dipped it.... >>

"Dipping" is usuing something like eZest to clean a coin, which is an acid... eZest also does nto remove PVC residue. Acetone is used to remove PVC residute

ss350camaro

<< <i>Dipping = acetone...... is there another dipping I dont know about... It was a VAM but a minor one... I'm just surprised it came back that way after I dipped it.... >>



So, You did use Acetone? Was my ASSumption correct?

Acetone should have removed the PVC, BUT, if you did not rinse thoroughly in clean Acetone you might have coated the surface of the coin again when you removed it from the Acetone bath.

Best to use several containers and rinse in each consecutively to make sure it's all off

The coin probably hazed over in transite to the TPG.

Steve27

" Dipping = acetone...... is there another dipping I dont know about..."

I guess your a newbie here. Dipping is the use of a mild acid to remove silver oxides (aka toning) from a coin. Acetone is not a dip.

sinin1

yes - it smelled like new shower curtain even after 24 hours acetone soaking