Acetone is ok right?

I have been reading on here that acetone does not take away toning. I just bought a massive hoard of world 10 cents and 20 cents today and there is alot of PVC on the coins. I bought them because they are all beautifully toned underneath the green PVC. If someone can confirm this that would be great.Also is nail polish remover Ok????

Thanks

 

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Not to me, I don't like the flavor

 

But for cleaning coins, from what I've read it's ok in small doses.

 

NO! Nail polish remover has additives and all sorts of junk, go to your local hardware store and get some pure acetone, should be in the paint thinner section of the paint aisle.

 

I just want the green off of it......Im not looking to clean it all. Id rather leave it alone if it is going to eat up all the colors on them.

thanks

 

ok and it just takes of the green PVC right?

 

I have heard a lot of this method and NO, you must use 100% acetone from a hardware store so as to not leave contaminates on your coins! SAFETY, look up the safety procedures for handling 100% acetone, and ask more members for how to do it properly.

 

Yes acetone is safe to use on NT coins. I've never heard of it affecting NT coins, but it can remove certain types of artificial toning.

 

pure acetone should, it should eat any organic contaminates but i would wait for others who have tried this to chime in to make sure, for i have never tried this yet.

 

Here is a thread I started about these questions a while ago.... Acetone Questions

 

Thanks for the info guys, I had no clue I could get it at the hardware store..... I thought I had to get it online LOL!!! Ill post some pics hopefully tomorrow night after i get the PVC off. I had the most fun today looking up all these world coins with the local dealer.

 

sweet!!! thanks

 

I agree. Try one coin and see what you get.
Are you sure it's pvc?

 

cant say Im 100% but it is green it is raised up and it is not toning.

 

Quite possible it is corrosion rather than PVC, unless the coins were all in 81/2 x11 soft pocket PVC holders. If the massive hoard was in a bag or something, probably PVC isn't the problem. You will know if the green is still there after the acetone.

 

The green may be verdigris and not PVC damage.

I have heard that verdigris can be removed using both lemon juice or vinegar. Some people even use catsup.

More here...

http://vintagejewelrylane.com/information/verdigris.htm

 

If it looks like this it's definitely verdigris.....

 

If you do use acetone be sure it's in a well ventilated area and away from any source of ignition. Acetone evaporates very rapidly, btw it is one of the main ingredients of carb/fuel injector cleaners, you don't want to breathe this stuff or blow your house up with it. For all of that you can buy it in the paint department of Walmart.

 

Flammable - yes. Evaporates very rapidly - absolutely. Health risk - not really.

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Somehow, I doubt the small amount used to "clean" a coin is likely to do anyone any harm any more than your mothers have suffered from removing their finger nail polish.