The situation as you describe, sounds dangerous. I'd not want that going on,
in my home. Yes, acetone is the ingredient in nail polish remover. But, it
only takes one mistake.

When I was a teen, there was a fire call. The pharmacist at the small town
pharmacy had dropped a jug of acetone, next to a space heater. Some how
there was a fire. He tried fire extinguisher, and finally bailed out. The FD
came, but by this time the the pharmacy was heavily involved. They were
carrying out charred stuff to the dumpster, for weeks after that. The place
never reopened.

I had my black and white camera there, but the focuss was off. I took some
pictures, but they didn't come out very well with the focuss set to two
feet. Ah, well.

Christopher A. Young
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question, I own a home and just started renting a room out to a friend. I
have been helping him sell some gadgets online (he makes them himself). he
purchased hard plastic tubing to make the items (it's pretty small tubing).
he buys the tubing in bulk. he uses pure acetone to remove some
manufacturing numbers that are stamped on one side of the tubing. he uses a
cotton swab and dips it in a pint bottle of pure acetone and then uses the
swab to blot out the stamped number. I think that's great. however, he's
doing it on my living room floor which concerns me. and what concerns me
even more, it he spreads out some newspapers to work on and lets the area of
the plastic tube dry (the area where he blotted out the stamped number). is
this safe? sorta safe? or not safe at all? and when I say safe, I mean
safe on the living room floor of someone's home. I really thought laying
newspapers under it is a stupid idea. I know nothing about pure acetone
other that I read it is flammable. my roomate just told me it was
fingernail polish remover (which women use all the time in the house) so it
should be no big deal to use in the house. all responses are much
appreciated. I asked him to take it outside, but he told me he would be
extra careful. it's starting to get cold where I live (that may be one of
the reasons he doesn't want to take it outside).

thanks