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Re: Need some acetone advice
Acetone will dissolve many organic substances including most greases. It will have no effect on most inorganic substances except for salts. It should not be possible to tell that a coin was bathed in acetone but will probably not take off the milk spots or the toning. -
Re: Need some acetone advice
Acetone will not "shine up" anything. It is a degreasing agent that will remove oils and such. It will not remove tarnish/toning or those "milk spots" with are the result of improper rinsing of the planchets after they were cleaned at the mint. In my experience I have found that it usually will not do anything for the… -
Re: Need some acetone advice
Acetone is great for PVC and some organic stuff. Not much help on milk spots. Sometimes acetone will remove a little ugly only to show off the ugly under it. On the very few coins I feel can be helped I always try acetone first. Don't know I have ever improved the luster using it. I feel that every coin is a different… -
Need some acetone advice
I'm playing inside today because of the weather. I have some original bank roll Franklins and some original bank roll 1964 Kennedys with what you guys call "milk spots" on them. Was wondering if a little dip in acetone will shine these babys up? I also have some brown box Ikes that I would like to crack out and do the same…
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