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Most interesting discussion, learned something totally new, and usefull. Thanks everyone!
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Very interesting....I am coin roll hunting Jefferson nikcels right now and have a pile of rejects. I took 8 out the pile and conducted an experiment last night. All 8 coins had different issues and were never going into my collection. After soaking each coin for 60 seconds individually and allowing them to dry on a paper towel I was shocked by the results...only 1 coin still had crud on it. I will take another look at them tonight. One of the cleaned coins (80s) has full steps and went from ugly to my collection in 1 minute.  |
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take 1/4 of a big spoon of ANT poisen and 3/4 of water. wrap the coin with silver paper and put the coin inside to 2-3 minutes. if its not enough,take of the silver paper and put it for 2-3 minutes again. wash it with water each time you'r doing it but no more than 2-3 times. But what brand of Ant poisen? At a store I found some Ant Poison. Is that similar? Water varies everywhere. What kind are you using? Is the Silver Paper Sterling? What is a you'r? Quote:
New to this—i was told/read "do NOT clean your coins "so have not touched my coins at all—so its ok to clean coins with soap and water and ok to clean with acetone?—thnx Please note. There are many hundreds of brands and types of soaps and same with water. You should be careful since some soaps are very abrasive and some waters contain chemicals that are not coin friendly. |
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Dish soap, a degreasing one with warmed distilled water is OK, anything else could have a long-term effect. Acetone is great for all coins, but some have reported less than satisfactory results on copper coins.
Try BadThads polarity ladder. substances react to acidic or alkaline differently. The safest agent is distilled water. Then acetone, then xylene.
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08/17/2018 11:53 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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 To CCF Bobverse! I'm glad that you were very happy with the results from your Acetone bath experiment! Congratulations on adding new coins to your collection! I hope you'll participate with CCF in the future!  Errers and Varietys.
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08/18/2018 05:32 am
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I can tell you what not to use to get coins out of acetone - plastic coin tongs melt in acetone. I have chop sticks but I'm not too handy with them. I also have some ordinary metal tweezers with some electrical heat shrink tube on the ends for cushion. I don't handle really expensive coins with them but they work fine for my circulated roll finds.
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Anyone ever try MEK? Meow was thinking to give that a try one day to see if it does a better job than acetone.
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Bedrock of the Community
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MeowtheKitty, the only question though, is it safe to use on coins? If it isn't, don't use it. :)
Errers and Varietys.
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Well how could we know unless we try? Has anyone you know of tried using it before on coins?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I haven't tried it before, so that's why I question it as well. If no one has tried it before, you can do it on a junk coin, as a experiment, and see if it's safe to use?
Errers and Varietys.
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As to MEK, Stands for Methyl Ethyl Keytone, a stronger solvent than acetone. My only question is, what are the inert chemicals that make it stable? Couldn't find that out. As I stated before, the polarity of the solvent matters. Acetone(and apparently MEK) is for organic substances, and Xylene base is for non-organic gunk on coins. One is an acid base the other alkaline. Each step listed previously is in order of harshness of cleaning. You have to remember that your purpose is to clean the metal with the LEAST amount of damage to the outer layer of coin metal. If MEK is advertised as a stronger substitute for acetone, more damage than acetone may occur... stick with the known factor, acetone. Your coins may look better immediately, bit just what long term damage have you caused will it tone badly in the future... maybe.
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08/18/2018 10:52 am
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Pillar of the Community
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Hope you read this Meow, you may just scratch one or more of your supposed 9 lives! Thank you Burton, just what I was looking for... Quote:
Methyl Ethyl Ketone
10. Stability and reactivity
Reactive Hazard: None known, based on information available
Stability: Hygroscopic.
Conditions to Avoid: Incompatible products. Excess heat. Keep away from open flames, hot surfaces and
sources of ignition. Exposure to moist air or water.
Incompatible Materials: Strong oxidizing agents, Strong acids, Strong bases, Strong reducing agents, Ammonia, copper, Amines
I would suggest AGAINST using this for clad coins and any copper coins at all! Is seems to be twice as volatile and vaporous as Acetone, and MUST be used in a WELL VENTILATED area, NOT your bedroom or basement!Edited by Crazyb0
08/18/2018 12:34 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MEK is used to clean aluminum aircraft parts before spraying with zinc dichromate primer... Gloves and a ventilator mask is highly recommended. Strong stuff, be careful...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think the moderators should pin this as a sticky topic. It's a very important one, in my opinion, as there's so much good and valuable information given on this thread.  Errers and Varietys.
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08/18/2018 1:24 pm
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