Peroxide soaking dingy white chips (1 Viewer)

[Innoruuk]

Hello, experts!

I have some older white solids that I'm planning to mill & label, but I'm not quite happy with their tint yet. I soaked in TSP & ultrasonic cleaned twice, then scrubbed with a sonic scrubber. They're worlds better than when I started, but I'm not content yet.

I received some advice on using peroxide for white chips. First, is that good advice? Second (assuming that it is), can someone give me the specifics (ELI5) on doing this? I have ~400 chips that could use a facelift.

Thanks in advance!

 

[BNads86]

The above pic is before any cleaning, correct? If you ran through the US twice I'd expect these to look a lot cleaner.

 

[Innoruuk]

This is after the first run. They were old and crusty to the point that they smelled like old coins.

 

[Innoruuk]

This is one that’s as clean as I think I can get it.

 

[upNdown]

Oxiclean will work wonders on those. It’s the best thing I’ve used, to whiten white chips. It definitely fades colors, so I’ll only use it on solid white chips.
I forget if it damages hot stamps though.

 

[Innoruuk]

Okay, great. I'm not worried about the hot stamps, so I may give that a shot.

 

[upNdown]

Okay, great. I'm not worried about the hot stamps, so I may give that a shot.

Looks like I’ve used one scoop of oxi to about a gallon of hot water, with a squirt of dish soap. The results are impressive:

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/direct-messages/white-chips.282216/

 

[Innoruuk]

Wow. How long did you leave them soaking?

 

[upNdown]

Wow. How long did you leave them soaking?

I think that was 10 minutes. I know I’ve gone to 15 minutes or more with dingier chips.