How do you neutralise acetone ?

[affinite]

A friend of mine bought a second hand inflatable that, although perfectly sound, was a little scruffy and dirty so he decided to clean it up a little with ACETONE !! Although concentrating on the rubber bits (handles, rubbing strake etc)He was careful to keep it away from the seams and joins. Spectacular result ! ... All the areas that he cleaned came up shiny and clean. Problem was that the acetone kept on working and hasnt stopped melting the rubber, the surface of which now feels like honey.
Anyone know how to neutralise this stuff ???
Bye the way - I would never be so stupid as to use Acetone in this way myself ......

 

[cliff]

Acetone is a solvent and cannot be "neutralised". It is however soluble in water but if the fabric of your "friend's" inflatable now "feels like honey" I would suggest it is stuffed - throw it out and buy a new one - although it may help to pour very hot water over the affected areas to evaporate residual acetone and wash it away.
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[Appleyard]

No ..of course you wouldn't would you? But your friend would....What's his name then? To answer your query...Presumably you.sorry.I mean your friend ..has tried to dry off as much as possible,but the acetone will have all evaporated away anywayso there is none left to neutralise. I had the same yes ..me problem trying to clean up a stained fender with acetone which left it sticky. Te acetone had in fact dissolved the plastic. I left it outside for several days and it eventually hardened. Hope you..I mean your friend ..has some success.

 

[angelsson]

I have seen acetone being used in osmotic blister craters, to remove water or acid liquids before filling with fibreglass.

What other uses can it safely be put to.

 

[ccscott49]

I used acetone, to remove the previous boat name from my secondhand rib, used it with a cotton bud, very sparingly and used lots of water and detergent afterwards to get all traces of acetone off.

I had been warned about it's volatile nature, by somebody here on the forums!

Handy these forums!

 

[cliff]

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What other uses can it safely be put to.

[/ QUOTE ]To remove your nail polish! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif or to make TATP or ............
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[VicS]

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What other uses can it safely be put to.

[/ QUOTE ] "Safely" rules out making triacetone triperoxide (actone peroxide) then!

 

[cliff]

I wondered where you had got to /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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[eyehavit]

Acetone is a solvent and may cause many organic materials to become sticky and even swell when exposed to it. If damage is only superficial, after a while, and this could be days or weeks, the acetone will evaporate out of the material.
Leave it in a dry well ventilated place safely away from any heat source and check how things are going after about a week. Do not try introducing other solvents as they probably will complicate things.

 

[SvenglishTommy]

You dont need to neutralise it, it's gone already. Acetone really doesn't like being acetone, in fact it will react with almost anything to not be acetone anymore, which is why it is such a good sovent.

What damage done is done.

 

[MASH]

Quite. What's left is the denatured plastic after the acetone changed it chemically and then evaporated. Denatured rubber like that won't re-nature, I'm afraid. Get a new dinghy!

Acetone is most commonly used in boatbuilding as a polyester resin solvent for cleaning brushes, rollers, spills etc. There's nothing particularly odd about it, it is less flammable than petrol and repeated exposure on skin can cause dermatitis for a while, otherwise its pretty benign - unless as others have mentioned it is combined with high-test peroxide - an activity likely to compromise you, your nearby environment's structural integrity and your liberty if you survive...

 

[affinite]

Thanks all. Its as I thought ...
I'll tell "my friend" to get a new dingy and go easy on the acetone in future.
Rgds
Steve (Affinite)