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jbuck Moderator United States 189029 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 12:00 pm Quote: Don't let unfounded "chemical phobia" keep you from using an important conservation solvent. Amen! Do not get me started. After all, we are all made of chemicals. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 12:15 pm A little off topic but also NEVER microwave distilled water as it does not boil due to the lack of impurities. If distilled water is super heated and you add something to it it will explode and burn everything within range Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189029 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 2:40 pm We must have seen the same episode. 1_OXM4mr_i0 Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Chute72 Pillar of the Community United States 1314 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 2:41 pm Thanks for all the good information. At $1 a gallon, I can buy my distilled water - just won't use it for my instant coffee. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189029 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 2:43 pm Quote: ...I can buy my distilled water - just won't use it for my instant coffee. Trust me, there are far worse things in coffee than tap water. (I do not like coffee) Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 3:04 pm You know I intentionally left that part out for you to do right jbuck Edited by Cascade 01/06/2016 3:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189029 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 3:09 pm Yes. Yes I did know that. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10458 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 3:32 pm Quote: For final rinse, acetone is still preferred over distilled water. Be careful with using acetone when handling mint state bronze or copper... photochemical reactions can occur between the two (in the presence of water vapour), which can leave a "gasoline-on-water effect on the lustre" http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...468601003590 I use Toluene for working with mint state bronze and copper. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 3:33 pm Xylene is nasty stuff. Do not use indoors! I use acetone and distilled water only. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 3:43 pm Is it particularly harmful to slightly breathe in acetone vapors briefly while checking the coins? Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 4:18 pm No, just don't sit there for 20 minutes with your head in the bowl taking deep breaths. Probably still wouldn't hurt you but it's a foolish thing to do. Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 4:50 pm Thanks conder. I can feel.a very faint burn when I switch em or sit there for a few seconds trying to hold my breath while toothpicking Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19963 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 5:03 pm Quote: Is it particularly harmful to slightly breathe in acetone vapors briefly while checking the coins? Not at all, just don't go "huffing" it. Our bodies naturally produce acetone, it's really not that bad and neither is xylene. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189029 Posts	Posted 01/06/2016 5:37 pm Quote: Be careful with using acetone when handling mint state bronze or copper... Good thing I prefer my copper in brown. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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