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Acetone and mineral oil are quite chemically different; the only similarity is that they are both petroleum-derived, and both are flammable (though acetone somewhat more so). Acetone is a pure chemic… (View Post)

That's "maximum 3% VOC". In other words, it's probably higher than 97% acetone, but falling as low as 97% acetone won't fail their quality control process. VOCs are, by definiton, volatile,… (View Post)

One should perhaps differentiate between "famous people who collected coins" and "famous people who have paid people to assemble for them a coin investment portfolio" or "fam… (View Post)

Pure nickel coins are more resistant to PVC damage than copper and copper-alloy coins. Many times, when disassembling an old collector's PVC-laced "world coin album" page, the copper/bronze… (View Post)

Yes, your treatment should remove whatever residue might have been in the old acetone. "Glue" is just a generic word for a kind of plastic that we use to stick things together with; it coul… (View Post)