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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 5316543, member: 27832"]Yep, and we'll say "bad batch of acetone", or "the acetone stripped off something that was hiding the pink", or "user error". None of which are provable, and all of which may be wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>In light (sorry) of my latest re-read of that paper, I'm leaning toward "wet acetone produces vinegar more easily than I thought". If that's true -- if all it takes is acetone, water in the acetone <i>possibly from high humidity</i>, and ambient light -- that's enough for me to come over to the "don't use acetone on copper" camp, even if <i>most of the time</i> you'll get away with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone in the Desert Southwest might have a hard time reproducing the effect. Someone in South Florida or New Orleans might have a hard time <i>avoiding</i> it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 5316543, member: 27832"]Yep, and we'll say "bad batch of acetone", or "the acetone stripped off something that was hiding the pink", or "user error". None of which are provable, and all of which may be wrong. In light (sorry) of my latest re-read of that paper, I'm leaning toward "wet acetone produces vinegar more easily than I thought". If that's true -- if all it takes is acetone, water in the acetone [I]possibly from high humidity[/I], and ambient light -- that's enough for me to come over to the "don't use acetone on copper" camp, even if [I]most of the time[/I] you'll get away with it. Someone in the Desert Southwest might have a hard time reproducing the effect. Someone in South Florida or New Orleans might have a hard time [I]avoiding[/I] it.[/QUOTE]
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