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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4959013, member: 27832"]There are knowledgeable people here who swear that they've seen acetone discolor copper coins. There are other knowledgeable people here who swear that's not possible (except under certain contrived conditions), and that those coins must have had some other deposit that the acetone removed, exposing the undesirable color underneath.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn't use gloves when working with acetone, partly because I'd be afraid the acetone might dissolve something out of the gloves and leave it on the coins, and partly because I'm not scared of acetone. (It dries your skin, it catches fire easily, it will knock you out if you breathe too much of it, it will kill you if you breathe or drink or bathe in <i>way</i> too much of it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4959013, member: 27832"]There are knowledgeable people here who swear that they've seen acetone discolor copper coins. There are other knowledgeable people here who swear that's not possible (except under certain contrived conditions), and that those coins must have had some other deposit that the acetone removed, exposing the undesirable color underneath. I wouldn't use gloves when working with acetone, partly because I'd be afraid the acetone might dissolve something out of the gloves and leave it on the coins, and partly because I'm not scared of acetone. (It dries your skin, it catches fire easily, it will knock you out if you breathe too much of it, it will kill you if you breathe or drink or bathe in [I]way[/I] too much of it.)[/QUOTE]
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