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Message:: [QUOTE="Jeepfreak81, post: 24885271, member: 93888"]This is where people have issues I think, you need to keep a clean final rinse.  I use the 3 step method, after a while step 3 becomes step 2, step 2 becomes  step 1, and step 1 gets tossed onto my concrete walkway to evaporate I pretty much follow this same practice with any coins I get from other people, out of circulation, etc.  If it's from the mint or some other place where I can be reasonably assured it's a "clean" specimen I won't bother. Distilled water, Acetone, Xylene - 3 well known safe things to use on coins all are capable of removing/loosening different things.  This is where the chemistry part comes in, and while I understand the basics of it, I don't know it well enough to go into detail.  I'll leave that for the experts. One last note is that I personally do not use distilled water as a final rinse.  Others will contest that and say to rinse and pat dry.  IMO that's risky and unnecessary especially in my case as I don't use xylene which evaporates more slowly than acetone. I don't use it simply because I haven't really had the need and I prefer not to handle it if I can help it.  Distilled water first (if necessary), then acetone in a 3 step process, air dry (happens quickly) and then into a holder it goes.[/QUOTE]