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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2981819, member: 24314&quot;]&quot;BadThad, posted:&nbsp; &quot;And don&#039;t forget the flowlines, they are like little razors on a microscale and are damaged VERY easily.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I admire your knowledge as a chemist but to post that cotton HAS ANY EFFECT on a coins flow lines is well... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Microscale?&quot;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think 1/6000+ collectors even examine coins on a micro level.&nbsp; As for damage, we may find some hairlines across a flow line under magnification and if we wish to rub on a coin w/cotton for fifteen minutes we may shine the metal flow up enough to know something unusual happened.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>GDJMSP, posted:&nbsp; &quot;Believe what ya want, pretty much every painter there is on the planet uses acetone on a daily basis and gets it all over themselves - with no harm done.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree, for whatever the reason (genes?) some folks may not be as affected as others.&nbsp; That said, I can count over two dozen <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">old</span> friends and relatives who blame chemicals such as acetone for their problems. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps it&#039;s like Agent Orange.&nbsp; It does no damage until it does but who knew.&nbsp; Lucky this is a &quot;free&quot; country and we can play with chemicals.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been playing with acetone improperly <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> for half a century.&nbsp; I&#039;m waiting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie67" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> for the hammer to fall.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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