Acetone on Nickel - Is it OK?

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Acetone on Nickel - Is it OK?

Postby NHsorter » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:54 am

I found a 1946 6/6 nickel last night. Is Acetone safe on .999Ni like it is on Bronze? This nickel looks pretty good expect for some spots with sticky black stuff crammed into a few crevices. Probably bong resin. :roll: I just want to see if anyone has dipped Ni in Acetone and if the result would be a good clean coin, or if I would ruin it. I was thinking of putting it on eBay, so maybe I should just polish the crap out of it instead :lol:
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Re: Acetone on Nickel - Is it OK?

Postby merchoarder » Tue Apr 24, 2012 12:43 pm

Not really sure but you could always try it out on some non numi nickles and see how it works.
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Re: Acetone on Nickel - Is it OK?

Postby Rodebaugh » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:22 pm

Sure is.
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Re: Acetone on Nickel - Is it OK?

Postby NHsorter » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:46 pm

Thanks Rode and Merch. I will give it a try on a common first before I dunk the 6/6
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