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DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 06/24/2013 12:15 pm I have read that you can clean coins by using acetone - 1.)were can I buy acetone ? 2.)Are there any other chemical solvents that can be used to clean pennies ? Report this Post to the Staff

Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 06/24/2013 2:15 pm I had a look for acetone - couldnt find it. The people I asked looked at me like I was some sort of terrorist. Perhaps its my age. Apparently, boots stocks it. And number 2, I've been using white spirit to good effect. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyJames Valued Member United States 211 Posts	Posted 06/24/2013 2:38 pm I have found acetone at the local hardware store in the section with turpentine and paint thinner. Pure ethanol or isopropyl alcohol (pure rubbing alcohol) will probably be the most similar to acetone. Some people use xylene, which will behave a little differently. Report this Post to the Staff
NathanASE Pillar of the Community United States 1511 Posts	Posted 06/24/2013 8:17 pm Straight acetone can be found at your local Walmart, in the paint section right next to/under the paint thinner. What kind of cleaning are you hoping to do? It works pretty good for removing sticky residue, glue etc... And is not harmful to the coin. But will not remove toning/tarnish, environmental damage and other things, it's more so for gunk and stickey crap. Search acetone on the search tab for this forum and there's many topics about it. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 06/24/2013 9:37 pm Don't know if there are Walmarts for DaytR in the UK. At least, there won't be if God is truly an Englishman. Report this Post to the Staff
DaytR Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 837 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 2:22 pm Interesting stuff , I will look in the places suggested ..... I am just looking for it for cleaning a few pennies here and there. I wish we had a Walmart over here , I guess the closest equivalent is ASDA ....... doesn't sound as fancy Report this Post to the Staff
Coinage123 Valued Member United Kingdom 449 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 3:08 pm Ethanol and Isopropyl alcohol are both chemically very similar to Acetone. I personally use isopropyl alcohol as I'm quite lucky to have a friend who is a printer engineer and he uses it to clean printer heads. You can get pure acetone off Amazon UK under nail varnish remover.(make sure its PURE acetone though as some are a scented and have other chemicals in them.) I did try posting a link to a product however it didn't work. the is a brand called 'Nail Perfection' which sell pure acetone in 500ml bottles for Â£6.75. Edited by Coinage123 06/25/2013 3:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 06/25/2013 5:24 pm A fella on ebay sells acetone much cheaper - 1L for Â£9.95. Free postage. Check it out. You can get all sorts of chemicals on ebay...try some Sodium Acetate Trihydrate - its the stuff from handwarmers. Report this Post to the Staff
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