Acetone skill level- Expert

[Kevin McGovern]

Hey, did you know you shouldn't put acetone in a plastic cup? I just pranked myself.

 

[RX-79G]

The acetone that came in a plastic bottle?

 

[Kevin McGovern]

Apparently a different plastic then my trusted friend from my college days...

Who I killed. Guess we weren't as tight as he thought...

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[mete]

There are a huge number of plastics --make sure you know what you have and the possible reactions !! Like gunpowder it used to be NO plastic for storage .Now powder comes in plastic !

 

[RX-79G]

I was just kidding around. I imagine acetone bottles are nylon - which won't stick to any glues, either.

 

[Kevin McGovern]

I know. I went from "hey, this cup has a crack in it" to "oh crap" in about 2 seconds.

 

[Metalhead0483]

Hah! Thanks, I needed that

 

[Drew Riley]

Ah yes....

I don't think styro cups work either.

A lesson I quickly learned a long time ago: Acetone is good for cleaning a lot of things, but not EVERYTHING.

I had a plastic power strip I wanted to wipe some smudges off of.... I started wiping it off with my acetone soaked shop towel, simultaneously wondering why it was getting harder and harder to wipe off. Oh yeah, it's melting; that's why.

 

[12345678910]

Even OEM bottle will decompose after a while.


I have a rubbing alcohol bottle exposed to window sun in the shop, it went brittle and fell to pieces.


I had some 30 year old glass soda pop bottles Ihad saved filled with those kinds of things, but then remembered they were discontinued for exploding like grenades

and some bottles discontinued for starting fires

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...er-crystal-balls-causing-house-fire-risk.html

 

[JG Custom Metal Works]

I usually just pour a little bit in the metal cap when I use it.

 

[ron_m80]

I cleaned my safety glasses with it once......

 

[Kevin McGovern]

"My mother hung me on a hook once.... Once."

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[LCoop]

YeAP I cleaned a plastic measuring glass with it ONE time

 

[TonyRV2]

Reminds me of the time I put automotive lacquer in a plastic cup....my tool box looked nice with the newly applied streaks of mint green paint....once.