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 Posted 12/19/2012  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add keldaw2222 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
question , when I put them in it , how long do I leave them in it and when I get them out , what do I do with them ? do I just wash with water or do I use a cloth of some thing and whipe them dry ..? ,, kel ,,
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You can leave them in as long as you want, until you see results, if any I suppose. I do not rinse with water because it is nasty for coins and sort of defeats the purpose of the acetone. I also dont use a cloth to dry them. Acetone is very easily evaporated and if left out should be completely dry in less than 60 seconds.
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 Posted 12/20/2012  8:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The problem with acetone is that it does dry quick. If the acetone has pulled anything off the coin (or pulled any oils off your fingers), whatever it pulled off will be left behind on the coin after the acetone dries. So after an acetone bath, rinse them either in fresh acetone or distilled/deionized water - not tap water. Fresh acetone is preferred, but expensive. If you use water, you'll need to dry the coins in as gentle-yet-thorough a manner as possible. When I wash coins in water, I usually put them on tissue paper and place them in a very cool oven (60 deg C or so) to dry for a half-hour.
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