An Acetone Bath for 158 Coins

So I guess I’m looking at one or more small baking pans, which I can use to clean the greatest quantity of coins
possible as quickly as possible.

 

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Stupid question time ==== so bear with me . When acetone evaporates in the sun, does it completely evaporate, or is there something that remains on the container (like a glass). Do you wash out the glass before it's used again? Do you just use dish detergent in the kitchen sink? Will it hurt if some acetone goes down the sink?

If acetone is left out to evaporate and it's not sunny, does it still evaporate? And how long will it take?

Can you reuse acetone that you've used on coins for anything else (where the use for coins doesn't hurt it)?

 

Pure acetone will completely evaporate. However, used acetone (contaminated) will leave something behind for a while.

Washing out the glass should remove all of the contaminants.

Putting acetone down a sink WILL hurt or at least quantities of it will. You are using it to remove PVC and then putting it in PVC pipe. Enough of it will also remove your pipe!

Evaporation rates have way too many variables to answer that question. It would be highly dependent on temperature and wind speed. To give you some perspective, it probably goes 2 or 3 times as fast as gasoline.

Can you reuse it? I am not sure where you are going with this, but I am sure it would make a good fuel. If you only have minor continuation, it could possibly still be used to remove nail polish.

 

It is a solvent for superglue ( CA). I use more in gem cutting than I do with coins. The crystal rough is superglued to a metal "dop" and then it can be cut ( held against rotating diamond laps ( discs) at specific angles) to make facets. After finishing, the dop/superglue/gem is put into one of my plastic #5 pill bottle with acetone and in about 12 hrs they fall apart, and I reclaim them and save the acetone for the next time.

 

I never use gloves with acetone. I don't want a wet, slippery coin slipping out of a glove.

Bear in mind acetone dries your hands out, but not terribly. Washing your hands for a couple minutes will fix that.

Don't use a pan with a large surface area. Bigger surface area=faster evaporation.

I prefer to use a large shot glass for most coins. When not in use, I just place a jar lid on it.

As for a disposal, just pour it on the sidewalk, it will evaporate very fast, just don't get in on grass.