Pouring and spilling acetone - spout attachment?

Or you could do what everyone's mother has done millions of times removing her nail polish and not worry about it.

 

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I've never used acetone to clean a coin, but would a rinse bottle from a lab work alright for this purpose?

 

Yes, that is a LDPE container made for lab containment. We use several of the different labeled ones in Bio as well as Chem labs. They make one with Acetone labeling. Company is quite reliable ( and thus somewhat expensive for low quantity. The acetone one is 2425-0501.

 

Probably, but I would not store it in those bottles for a Long time.

 

This acetone thread reminds me of the time my 2 oldest sons, babies then, found a permanent marker and covered the new laminate floor in our living and dining room with "art" Acetone worked almost like a miracle.
Reading the many replies here, it seems acetone has usage among coin collectors? What is its use?
I guess we have all seen encapsulated coins labeled "Improperly Cleaned" which implies that there are proper cleaning methods. Is acetone one of them?

 

It's used to clean coins, removing oxidation (toning), gunk, etc... Used too extensively or without caution, it can 'over clean' a coin. There are many threads to be found on safer handling of dipping coins in acetone.

 

Acetone won't remove toning, nor will it (by itself) "overclean a coin". It merely removes organic material present on the surface of the coin.

 

Okay. Though I disagree. Leave the coin in too strong of a concentration of acetone for too long and it will over clean it, in my opinion. Remove a clump of organic material and reveal a nasty spot stained on the coin, lowering it's "eye appeal" and it's over cleaned, in my opinion. Leave it in too long and remove years of built up organic material from oils and dirt naturally accumulated and present a blast-white coin or one that's blast white with dirt left in the groves or around the devices, and it's over cleaned, in my opinion. By itself, acetone is very strong and many people do not use it full strength when dipping/cleaning coins. Proceed at your own risk.

 

With any can that has an offeset opening--like iPen shows in the illustration above--you should pour the liquid slowly while holding the can with the opening facing upward. Why? Because air has to enter the can in order to displace the liquid, and when the opening is facing down the stream of liquid is blocking/choking the air from entering, and that is why you experience chuging and splashing

 

My previous post was interrupted by a software update, so I'm ammending it to:

Does your Gallon Can have the opening on one end like the the illustration of the Pint Can shown in iPens' thread? If it does, one trick that works to minimize the spastic pour that occurs is to hold your Can with the Opening facing upwards. When you do it this way the liquid starts to come out slowly with less movement to-and-fro because the incoming air can more easily fill the vacuum left by the fluid exiting the Can.
I would purchase a Pint Can of Acetone from Home Depot or Lowes (about $4.99) and use that first for gross cleaning of coins (it tends NOT to be pure like Koinsolv is, but is about 1/7 the price), and then when the Pint Can is empty, carefully fill it about 3/4 full with Acetone from your Gallon Can. Use a Funnel as suggested by several other members, that way you will catch all of the pour. HDPE (High Density Polyethylene); Polypropylene; and Nylon are resistant to Acetone and other similar solvents.

 

The only container I have any luck with is the quart size with the plastic flip lid. And with any flammable liquid, you should always have rags ready. I think they purposely make the container like that. The more you spill, the sooner you buy more lol

 

I use the Klean Strip gallon can, I believe that is 100% acetone. Also, when it's full or close to full, no matter how I try it, it will spill. It will always drip down to the bottom of the can. Maybe that's because there's no air inside the can to regulate the flow when full (?). It doesn't drip with less than half full gallon cans (not sure exactly when dripping stops compared to various volume fill levels...).

 

Yes, the Klean Strip Can with a Center Pour Flip-Top opening has that issue because the opening is only 3/8" in diameter; holding the Can sideways will allow the air to enter a little quicker.

 

Mine doesn't have a flip-top. It just unscrews with a 1" opening.

It's like the one below and I have issues pouring with that.

 

I was referring to the 1 Pint Can when I mentioned a Center Pour Flip-Top Opening; try the technique that I had described above for the GALLON Can that you have and I'm sure that you will have better success. You can get one of the Funnels that I mentioned--one with a long narrow tip that will fit into a Pint Can--at an Auto Supply Store.

 

Pipette.

 

The pour-ability issue is about viscosity. Acetone ain't got much.

You may recall your lab chemistry where you were taught to use a glass stirring rod across the opening of the beaker to direct the flow. Or not.

At home try the back edge of a butter knife across the opening of the container. You are welcome.

ps - just a short stub protruding in the direction of pour.

 

Just tried the above method and I'm still dripping down the side of the can no matter how it pours out.

 

In your original Post, to which I and several other members provided some suggestions, you focused on "spilling". The dripping issue will ALWAYS be there; even using a Pint sized Can and carefully pouring when it is held horizontally there will be some accumulation on the top surface after the pour is completed--it's just the nature of this very low viscosity fluid.