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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3054844, member: 112&quot;]That&#039;s pretty much the answer to your question Kurt. But I would add a couple of things. One of them is that about the only time you really need to be concerned or ask questions regarding which to use is when copper coins are involved. When copper is involved, start with distilled water and if that doesn&#039;t work then move on to xylene. And only use acetone if neither one of them works.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other would be that the list of things that acetone will effectively remove is a pretty short list. And while it will remove some &quot;oily&quot; substances it kind of depends on just how &quot;oily&quot; they are. Acetone doesn&#039;t really work well and sometimes not at all on a lot of oils. That said if you&#039;e talking about nickel, silver, or gold coins, it&#039;s not going to hurt anything to try acetone first and then move to xylene if acetone doesn&#039;t work. When acetone does not work, xylene usually will.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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