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direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
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I wouldn't feel safe leaving coins sitting outside and I have a free standing gas furnace in my house. I used a couple of flour jars with a rubber gasket on them in the most remote part of my house the last time. Of course after a few days of acetone sitting in the jar the rubber seal was shot. Would a jar with a cork type gasket on it do any better or would it disintegrate also after a dip or two?
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  • TexasNationalsTexasNationals Posts: 3,837 ✭
    Are you saying you had coins soaking in acetone on top of a gas furnace??
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,929 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't know if the cork would do the job. I just put several old red books on mine and it seems to seal just fine.
    So, maybe paper is the way?
    Good luck,
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  • CratylusCratylus Posts: 871 ✭
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  • direwolf1972direwolf1972 Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭
    No I have a somewhat small house and I'm afraid that if I dont have some sort of seal on the jar the fumes will go boom. The jar was in the most remote part of my house from the furnace.

    The rubber seal did excellent for a couple of days. About the time the coin was finished soaking I could start to smell fumes if I got close to the jar. It was only a matter of time before the fumes started to spread through the house. Luckily the coins were done and I moved the jar outside.
    I'll see your bunny with a pancake on his head and raise you a Siamese cat with a miniature pumpkin on his head.

    You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.


  • DeadhorseDeadhorse Posts: 3,720 ✭
    I don't understand.

    I simply use a baby food jar and put the metal lid on tight.

    No problems or fumes in years of doing it that way.
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  • YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220 ✭
    Find a old canteen that the Military used, you can get them at any camping supply store. Something like that will do the trick.
  • pendragon1998pendragon1998 Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭
    Aluminum foil cinched tight with a rubber band does it for me.
  • ahooka454ahooka454 Posts: 3,466 ✭
    Theres alot of dippitydooing going on around here, aint there?
  • clackamasclackamas Posts: 5,615 ✭
    You can buy empty, new metal paint cans at home depot. They work great.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why soak for so long? Any soak longer than about an hour probably won't make any difference. Also, the some of the disolved rubber from the gasket is probably coating your coin unless you rinse it really well with some more acetone.

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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    " Theres alot of dippitydooing going on around here, aint there?"

    Nope, acetone is NOT a dip.
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    " Are you saying you had coins soaking in acetone on top of a gas furnace??"

    I thought that too at first.
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    Acetone is a solvent. Anything it's going to remove will be gone in minutes. Use a small glass bowl and pour in a little acetone. Soak the coin for a few minutes. Use a Q-Tip to lightly roll around to loosen up the dirt and PVC. Then go into another bowl with clean acetone as a rinse. I actually use these:

    image

    They are fine for holding acetone (in fact one is labeled ACETONE). Readily available at chemical supply companies. I use Lab Safety Supply in the internet. I also use a lot less acetone and just rinse it into a garbage can. Squirt the Q-Tip and the coin, roll the Q-Tip around, another squirt or two, roll again with clean Q-Tip making sure it stays clean, then a final squirt as a rinse.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,736 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the last couple of posts - acetone will do whatever solvent job it is set to do within a couple of minutes. Without rubbing the surface, you can use Q-tips to "tamp" the acetone on to the surface of the coin and there will be no hairlines. I have always found standard glass of the shorter type to be good to get results in.

    Acetone is kind of two edged sword in that it cleans the coin but will pull down environmental contaminants and into solution and deposit it on the coin as the coin dries.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,814 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Acetone is kind of two edged sword in that it cleans the coin but will pull down environmental contaminants and into solution and deposit it on the coin as the coin dries. >>



    That's why you need to rinse your coin several times.


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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Aluminum foil cinched tight with a rubber band does it for me. >>



    Me too, but I don't even bother with the rubber band.
    Becky
  • GFourDriverGFourDriver Posts: 2,366 ✭
    It's always best to do the final rinse with distilled water.
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    " It's always best to do the final rinse with distilled water."

    Wrong, acetone dries quickly and won't leave a residue.
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  • cinman14cinman14 Posts: 2,489 ✭
    I thought the best part of using Acetone was the time sitting at the desk watching the coins soak and enjoying the fumes image

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  • MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
    Empty glass iced tea jars with cardboard inner liners in the plastic lids work well.
  • GFourDriverGFourDriver Posts: 2,366 ✭
    <<Wrong, acetone dries quickly and won't leave a residue.>>

    The acetone itself won't leave a residue but it will leave the original contaminants behind.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acetone has a very low vapor point. Even the ambient temperature in your home could be enough to cause the acetone to vaporize in a closed container. Refrigeration would dramatically reduce that condition.

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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Theres alot of dippitydooing going on around here, aint there? >>



    oh yea.

    as for it not being a dip.. i beg to differ. dip, clean, wash, soak, rinse,
    etc.. all fall into the same category for me.
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭


    << <i><<Wrong, acetone dries quickly and won't leave a residue.>>

    The acetone itself won't leave a residue but it will leave the original contaminants behind. >>



    A lot less contaminants than water spots. Just because it's water is distilled, doesn't mean that it's pure. There's still plenty of stuff in there. Plus, if you are using a decent grade of acetone, there aren't many contaminants there and any that are there can still be rinsed away.
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    Got pics? image
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,814 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i><<Wrong, acetone dries quickly and won't leave a residue.>>

    The acetone itself won't leave a residue but it will leave the original contaminants behind. >>



    That's why you rinse it a few times with fresh acetone.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    "The acetone itself won't leave a residue but it will leave the original contaminants behind."

    Even if you didn't use fresh acetone in the final rinse, the water wouldn't help. The "contaminants" aren't water soluble.
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  • Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,663 ✭✭✭
    I got a bodybag for PVC once. And I've caught green stuff on several coins under my microscope. Since then I acetone every coin I submit,
    to remove PVC if nothing else.
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