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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3246223, member: 112"]You can ask the resident chemists, but in simple terms it dissolves some things that acetone cannot, or does a poor job of doing. That, and the fact that it will not, cannot, harm coins is what makes it useful. </p><p><br /></p><p>Water dissolves some things that acetone and xylene will not. And acetone dissolves some things that xylene will not. And coin dip dissolves some things that neither water, nor acetone, nor xylene will dissolve. </p><p><br /></p><p>But if used properly, none of those 4 things will harm coins. But all 4, will each quite often help them. And that's really all you need to know.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's why I say that. There is hardly ever a time that anyone can tell for sure what exactly is on a coin. I mean short of an advanced lab - you just can't tell. It could be a mixture of anything, several anythings.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you use the 4 things in steps. 1 - you start with distilled water, if that does the trick you quit, you're done. </p><p><br /></p><p>2 - if distilled water does not do the trick, then you try acetone. If it works you quit.</p><p><br /></p><p>3 - if it does not you try xylene, if it works you quit. </p><p><br /></p><p>And 4 - if it does not you try a coin dip.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3246223, member: 112"]You can ask the resident chemists, but in simple terms it dissolves some things that acetone cannot, or does a poor job of doing. That, and the fact that it will not, cannot, harm coins is what makes it useful. Water dissolves some things that acetone and xylene will not. And acetone dissolves some things that xylene will not. And coin dip dissolves some things that neither water, nor acetone, nor xylene will dissolve. But if used properly, none of those 4 things will harm coins. But all 4, will each quite often help them. And that's really all you need to know. Here's why I say that. There is hardly ever a time that anyone can tell for sure what exactly is on a coin. I mean short of an advanced lab - you just can't tell. It could be a mixture of anything, several anythings. So you use the 4 things in steps. 1 - you start with distilled water, if that does the trick you quit, you're done. 2 - if distilled water does not do the trick, then you try acetone. If it works you quit. 3 - if it does not you try xylene, if it works you quit. And 4 - if it does not you try a coin dip.[/QUOTE]
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