Can acetone nail polish remover destroy cubes?

[xFear of Napalm]

After I had dirt my mini qj, no amount of cleaning was helping,
until i used acetone nail polish remover in it, and it cleaned out
quickly. Will the nail polish remover have any adverse affects on
plastics?

 

[EnterPseudonym]

Yes it's what causes jigaloo and CRC to melt cubes.

 

[4Chan]

I used acetone nail polish remover on my type A, and yeah, it kinda does affect the plastic.

I don't want to say "melt", but it gives the appearance of such.

 

[brunson]

I don't believe there is any acetone in Jigaloo. I would suspect primarily the methylene chloride (a degreaser) or possibly the tetrachloroethylene (dry cleaning fluid) to be the cause of the damage. It also contains propane and isobutane (probably propellants) but they're in small enough amounts and evaporate so quickly I don't think they'd have any lasting effects.

CRC Heavy Duty Silicone spray is 30-40% acetone (by weight). The heptane isomers are solvents, so they're probably not that good for your cube, either.

 

[Wdth2]

Jigaloo contains 30-60% methylene chloride which is a potent organic solvent which is used to melt plastics together. CRC on the other hand contains silicone and another organic solvent.

Jigaloo:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...1hMwBd&sig=AHIEtbTdOT_agiU9KYVCddXJBVfjcONArw

CRC:
http://hazard.com/msds/f2/bcl/bclfp.html

Edit:
It appears that both lubes don't contain acetone. Even if it did, it should evaporate before it does any significant damage.

 

[Whyusosrs?]

yes, acetone can melt plastic however, nail polish remover does not have enough acetone in it to affect it if you just wiped it down with it. If you just leave it in there, then yea, it will soften the plastic eventually.