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Valued Member
United States
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I have a coin currently in a slab with a tiny speck of white stuff on it, it is a little raised disc about 1mm in diameter, and under 15x it almost looks like a piece of wax. How likely is it that acetone will dissolve this? I obviously don't want to remove it from the slab if I'm not very confident this will come off, so please tell me what you think. I understand why acetone wont remove toning or anything like that but I'm hoping this is different.  Edited by donkrx
06/22/2012 04:26 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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It could be anything on there really and until you crack it out and try acetone you wont know if it will work.
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Valued Member
 United States
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I'm not asking for someone to tell me with 100% certainty that it will work. I'm just asking people that have experience using it for coins how likely it is that it will work for my situation. What types of substances could be on the coin that I'd have difficulty removing?
Maybe if some people could just tell me situations where it didn't work for them, and why (if you know why).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What kind of slab is it in? Looks more like a piece of debris than something on the coin.
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 United States
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I wouldn't crack it for the specific purpose of acetone - that doesn't look like the kind of stuff acetone will dissolve. Agreed with BadThad - seems more like debris than anything else. In fact, you might contact the TPG involved to discuss reslabbing. |
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United States
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NGC - why? You think a piece of the slab broke off and its now somehow stuck to it?
Lol... so I looked back at it and was like hmmm maybe I didn't smack it hard enough (I already tried that several times last night). So I smacked it really good on the side and it finally came off! Yay... I really like this coin too, that's awesome.
Now I'm still curious, if this was a piece of wax like I originally thought, would acetone (or anything else other than "coin dip" dissolve that? Or would it be permanently smudged on the coin?
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06/22/2012 08:05 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wax would be one of the things acetone would dissolve, as would most kinds of oil, grease, rubber, many plastics, sticky goo and organic residues. It will also lift off loose surface debris like this.
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Valued Member
United States
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OK thanks, yeah I'm going to get some of it and test it out on some Buffalo nickels that have epoxy on them. I know it works on many plastics but not all, and wax is not something I'd expect it to dissolve easily. I might have to try that out. Would acetone remove "putty" that people use to fill in hairlines and other flaws? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Would acetone remove "putty" that people use to fill in hairlines and other flaws? There are so many different things out there and some will work with Acetone and some will not. Only real way to know for sure is try. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:I'm going to get some of it and test it out on some Buffalo nickels that have epoxy on them. Acetone usually will not work on epoxy. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Try high vibrations such as sonic toothbrush---to see if it moves---looks like debris---styrofoam chip climgs to acrylic cases---major industrial problem.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Unless the coin was in a details slab I would leave it as is and guaranteed.
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United States
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You realize this thread is more than a year old, right? I suspect the OP has already resolved it one way or the other, not to mention he hasn't visited CCF since....
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