Posted 12/01/2014 02:18 am
Old threads on the subject here and here.
In summary: they put it in commercial acetone and other solvents so that anyone who ignores the huge POISON labels on the bottle and tries to drink it anyway, will get a mouthful of something horrible-tasting. Denatonium benzoate is a solid at room temperature, so it will stay behind on your coins if you allow the acetone to evaporate away. However, it is present in such minute quantities that you would not be able to see any such deposits. Neither should a tiny amount of DB do any harm to the coins, in the short or long term.
However, if you are concerned, DB is soluble in water, so it should wash right off with a distilled water rinse.
In summary: they put it in commercial acetone and other solvents so that anyone who ignores the huge POISON labels on the bottle and tries to drink it anyway, will get a mouthful of something horrible-tasting. Denatonium benzoate is a solid at room temperature, so it will stay behind on your coins if you allow the acetone to evaporate away. However, it is present in such minute quantities that you would not be able to see any such deposits. Neither should a tiny amount of DB do any harm to the coins, in the short or long term.
However, if you are concerned, DB is soluble in water, so it should wash right off with a distilled water rinse.
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