It Worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I put it under water so that should get rid of the chemicals from the nail polish remover right?
how long does it take for chemicals to react?

Stainless

 

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Go to the Hardware Store or Auto Parts Store and get 100% PURE Acetone.
On the way home, go to the grocery store and get a jug of Distilled Water.

Soak the coin in the 100% Pure Acetone overnight.
Make sure to only use glass containers with acetone, short containers with a very wide mouth work best.
In the morning, rinse it off with the Distilled Water from the jug.
Then, soak the coin in Distilled Water for a couple of hours.
Make sure to use a different glass container for the Distilled Water.
You can let the coin air-dry on a paper towel.
DO NOT rub the coin and I highly suggest against "patting" it dry.
I hold the coin by the edges and use a hair dryer to dry them.
Do not hold it close enough for the heat to affect the coin.
If it gets too hot to hold, you are too close.

If you get at the Frankie within the next couple of days, you should be able to remove any odd chemicals that was in the fingernail polish remover.



Good luck, bud !
:hail:

 

The q-tip was not the thing to use. In fact, I seem to recall other members telling you that when you asked the question....
Since this is a circulated coin you didn't hurt it, and it really wouldn't have killed the value even if you had cleaned it alot worse......
But--if you ever have to do this to an UNC coin, please do NOT use a Q-tip and don't use nail polish remover---go back and read the older thread...you where see where other guys suggest against it. They aren't trying to be mean, they are trying to help you and tell you not to do things that they know will mess up a coin.

Speedy

 

What do you think Speedy, '30 Day Probation Period' followed by '2X Moderation' for six months after clearly not following instructions and possibly doing irreparable damage to Historic Numismatic Americana...?

Chuckle... <VBG>

 

sorry for using q-tip but it was available and i dont have acetone...but iI just bought some last night....

some members were telling me it was okay so I thought I'd try it

stainless

 

Bad, stainless, bad boy!

 

Well, I'm sure those on high will forgive you, LOL...

 

LOL!! No....I don't think so. I just hate to see him do the same things I did when I first started. I still have a coin that was NICE UNC and had one small fingerprint. I took a q-tip to it and now it looks REALLY really really bad. I doubt that I could even get Melt for it and it was a variety that was worth around $25-/+

Speedy

 

Dont worry!! You did not harm the coin unless you used the Q-tip to heavily scrub the coin. I have to agree that I wouldnt use fingernail polish on a coin because of unknowns that might be in it but a Q-tip used to apply cleaner or to lightly rub even an uncirculated coin wont harm the coin, especially on a circulated coin.

If you use the coin cleaner MS-70 it will tell you to use a Q-tip (or a very soft cloth) to apply the solution and to lightly rub it in. Lets use common sense, this is silver vs soft Q-tip cotton puff...

 

You'd be surprised how abrasive "soft" cotton can be at the microscopic level.

 

no, I wouldnt...but dabbing a coin with soft cotton will not leave abrasions on the coin. Not that I feel the need to scan the surface of a coin through a microscope to find every little scratch anyway.

 

Try doing that to a proof coin and then look at it under 20x magnification.

 

True enough, but 90% of coins look like crap under a 10x loupe let alone a microscope.

I'm all for doing the least possible damage to the surface, but if you're worring about microscopic scratches on your coins you'd never buy another one again.

 

I dont bother magnifying the surface to check for minute little scratches (eye appeal is what matters to me). I am sure if I did on the coins I used MS70 with a Q-tip, I wouldnt find any starches caused by the Q-tip as I used it gently. You would not know the mint coins were cleaned to remove some grime.

MS70 is a coin cleaner that is to be used (and I have) on mint state and proof coins and the proper way to apply it is to dab it on with a Q-tip or soft cloth.

Again, if you simply use it very softly, there is no problem. This is, again, the hysteria about cleaning that makes people lose a bit of common sense.

 

I agree with what you're saying here to a point, but the top TPGs grade coins using a 5x loupe or less.

I challenge you to show me a flawless coin under 20x magnification.