ACETONE - before and after pics of my Crackout icon - *more pics added*
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I thought I'd share the power of acetone on cleaning up this coin which obviously turned in the holder:
After the rinse:
And into the type set:
After the rinse:
And into the type set:
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looks a lot better and now i know what to look at!
Did you know when you bought the coin that an acetone bath would clean up the filmy surface?
I actually had the coin for quite awhile before I did this. But I had used acetone on other coins and was very confident of what the results would be. And I finally decided that this one was going in my Dansco 7070 because I wasn't going to sell like it was, and I couldn't stand to look at it in the holder any longer!
Nice results for an acetone bath! How long did you leave it in?
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Probably 30 minutes or so - I used a shallow, open glass container and that stuff evaporates pretty fast.
alcohol or distilled water?
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I think I dipped this coin in distilled water after the acetone and patted dry with a soft cloth. But unless it is a prooflike coin with mirrored fields, usually just acetone and that's it.
<< <i>After the acetone bath, did you wash the coin
I think I dipped this coin in distilled water after the acetone and patted dry with a soft cloth. But unless it is a prooflike coin with mirrored fields, usually just acetone and that's it. >>
I wash them under warm water for half a minute or so. We have great water inOR so there is no need for distilled, but you do need to wash them for a little longer. Nce results. You should send it in just for kicks to see what it would grade now. No dip, just acetone, that is as kosher as it gets.
I have to tell you, and it may be due to the differences in the pics, or the fact that I'm up typing this at 4:44am because I can't sleep, but this does not look like the same coin to me. It seems like a different strike to me.
Unless the coin in the clacker had a lot of PVC... I've never seen this kind of change merely from an acetone bath. If I'm wrong, I hope that our friends here on this board will tell me because I've have some cracking and acetoneing to do!
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That acetone must be on steroids -- the high powered stuff. The results are almost disbelievable.
I have a few with film like that (although not that bad -- you can see nice luster underneath). Maybe I'll get the heavy duty wire cutters out tonight, goggles, some acetone and get crackin
Acetone is not dipping - than what is "dipping" just acid?
Is using a simple jewlers cleanig (ammonia) considered dipping?
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Since it’s out of the holder all bets are off. Doesn’t really look like environmental damage to me as much as toning or light staining on the surface. I can’t see why it wouldn’t grade if the coin wasn’t wiped, and it looks a lot better after the acetone dip.
Acetone is not dipping - than what is "dipping" just acid?
When people refer to “dipping” a coin, they’re talking about dipping in some type of acidic solution, e.g. Jeweluster, E-Z-est, which strips a microscopic layer from the metal. You’re changing the surface of the coin forever. It removes toning, spotting, etc. but changes the coin from its mint state. Can it be detected? Usually not if done well, but shiny 19th silver just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, and many collectors like an “original” look, but just as many like them shiny and lustrous, hence the tradition of dipping.
Acetone only eats away at contaminants on a coin and does not affect the coin’s surface. Although there’s a lot of debate on these boards as to what is “cleaning” or “doctoring” or “curating,” my opinion is that acetone is not doctoring or cleaning.
Acetone is completely necessary for any coins with a PVC haze to prevent further damage to the surface of the coin.
…"sudsy ammonia" for cleaning dirty gold while another swears by lemon juice.
Lemon juice, Tabasco sauce, Taco Bell hot sauce, Ketchup, whatever, is going to have some type of acidic origin. This will affect the surface of the coin. I wouldn’t use ammonia or lemon juice on any coin I care about. Especially on copper. Those two will react, changing the surface of the coin.
And I did not dip this - just the acetone.
I also believe that the marks above the eagle appear more like staining, even though they are kinda rust colored. They were most likely there when the coin was graded the first time and it didn't get a bodybag. But I agree that all bets are off if it was re-submitted.