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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1309101, member: 112&quot;]Fair enough, but when you take the care to stand that coin up on edge and allow it to dry, for at least 12 hours, there&#039;s no excess left in those nooks and crannies. </p><p><br /></p><p>You haven&#039;t been around long, but this is an old issue with Thad and I, and a couple of others. The issue is this. It doesn&#039;t happen every time, but some of the time when you dip a coin in acetone to clean it, even when you do it correctly and I always recommend a 3 step process, sometimes that coin will have a whitish looking cast to it. This is precisely because the acetone dehydrates the silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, it has always been my recommendation that after using the acetone you do a final rinse in distilled water. Then stand the coin up on edge on a soft towel and lean it against the back splash on your counter top. Allow it to air dry overnight, usually about 12 hrs. By then the coin looks normal, natural again. That whitish cast is gone. And it is gone because the coin has been re-hydrated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the coin will eventually become re-hydrated all on its own, just from the humidity in the air. But why wait ? You did after all go to all of the trouble to clean the coin in the acetone so that it would look better. So why not have it look better right away ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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