Felting mint chips (1 Viewer)

[Pinkdan]

I'm in the pro-oil camp, even for new Paulson chips.

Clay chips will soak up liquid, oil, etc. Why let the first exposure to the pristine clay be to 'hand' or 'body' oils that may or may not be clean or may be clean, and from hands that have touched food, potato chips, face/hair, etc? Food oils can go rancid. (I don't know about body oils). Instead why not first give 'virgin' clay chips a light oiling with mineral oil -- a neutral type of oil that will not go rancid.

At a minimum, I like to do a light oiling to the outside of the chips, a barrel at a time, with a microfiber cloth.

Some of the colors will look better, too, being saturated by the mineral oil.

 

[Jeevansluck]

I recently received my order of Tiger Palace hotstamps. As I experienced with MANY of AST T25 and T100 chips, they had that weird white substance all over the face. Looks like residual from washing of the chip or something that happens as a part of production. I noticed it only happens to hotstamps and more so on green and black base. Although my AST T500 had it too. It’s like a white yellowy residue, as if left behind in a drying process of some sort. I always hated it.

When I owned my ASTs, I painstakingly lightly oiled each chip in my set by hand. It took weeks to get through them all.

I guess I’m posting because I go my own way, when it comes to oil and oil on new Paulsons. I oil Paulsons. Many mint Paulsons. I don’t discern between old or new. I don’t want crap all over the chips. Pure and simple. While I agree human hands and natural oils will remove this staining over time, I prefer to present beautiful clean chips from the start.

**it’s important to point out that I don’t even use a quantifiable amount of oil. It’s a microfibre cloth that is soaked in oil and I keep using it. Never adding more. You wouldn’t even know I’ve oiled them**

Here is a some before and after of TP T25. The whole rack was “stained” with this. Exactly like me ASTs. The results are stellar!

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After….

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[TheRealTeddyKGB]

+1 for oiling virgin Paulsons ESPECIALLY hot stamps.

 

[chipinla]

Under UV light, it shows that it gets everywhere. This was from cleaning primary 25s:
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I didn’t think to oil them to possibly lock in the dust. I just don’t like oiling chips unless they’re REALY dusty like new CPCs. I like chalky chips.

Are you sure that’s from cleaning the $25s?..

 

[upNdown]

I recently received my order of Tiger Palace hotstamps. As I experienced with MANY of AST T25 and T100 chips, they had that weird white substance all over the face. Looks like residual from washing of the chip or something that happens as a part of production. I noticed it only happens to hotstamps and more so on green and black base. Although my AST T500 had it too. It’s like a white yellowy residue, as if left behind in a drying process of some sort. I always hated it.

When I owned my ASTs, I painstakingly lightly oiled each chip in my set by hand. It took weeks to get through them all.

I guess I’m posting because I go my own way, when it comes to oil and oil on new Paulsons. I oil Paulsons. Many mint Paulsons. I don’t discern between old or new. I don’t want crap all over the chips. Pure and simple. While I agree human hands and natural oils will remove this staining over time, I prefer to present beautiful clean chips from the start.

**it’s important to point out that I don’t even use a quantifiable amount of oil. It’s a microfibre cloth that is soaked in oil and I keep using it. Never adding more. You wouldn’t even know I’ve oiled them**

Here is a some before and after of TP T25. The whole rack was “stained” with this. Exactly like me ASTs. The results are stellar!

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After….
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If you’re gonna do it, that’s the way to do it. As opposed to some of the oilers out there who seem to prefer the wet look.

 

[utgtrash]

I recently received my order of Tiger Palace hotstamps. As I experienced with MANY of AST T25 and T100 chips, they had that weird white substance all over the face. Looks like residual from washing of the chip or something that happens as a part of production. I noticed it only happens to hotstamps and more so on green and black base. Although my AST T500 had it too. It’s like a white yellowy residue, as if left behind in a drying process of some sort. I always hated it.

When I owned my ASTs, I painstakingly lightly oiled each chip in my set by hand. It took weeks to get through them all.

I guess I’m posting because I go my own way, when it comes to oil and oil on new Paulsons. I oil Paulsons. Many mint Paulsons. I don’t discern between old or new. I don’t want crap all over the chips. Pure and simple. While I agree human hands and natural oils will remove this staining over time, I prefer to present beautiful clean chips from the start.

**it’s important to point out that I don’t even use a quantifiable amount of oil. It’s a microfibre cloth that is soaked in oil and I keep using it. Never adding more. You wouldn’t even know I’ve oiled them**

Here is a some before and after of TP T25. The whole rack was “stained” with this. Exactly like me ASTs. The results are stellar!

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After….
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Shit now I can’t unsee the same stuff on mine, thank you for the post and pics!

 

[Saxplayer]

I recently received my order of Tiger Palace hotstamps. As I experienced with MANY of AST T25 and T100 chips, they had that weird white substance all over the face. Looks like residual from washing of the chip or something that happens as a part of production. I noticed it only happens to hotstamps and more so on green and black base. Although my AST T500 had it too. It’s like a white yellowy residue, as if left behind in a drying process of some sort. I always hated it.

When I owned my ASTs, I painstakingly lightly oiled each chip in my set by hand. It took weeks to get through them all.

I guess I’m posting because I go my own way, when it comes to oil and oil on new Paulsons. I oil Paulsons. Many mint Paulsons. I don’t discern between old or new. I don’t want crap all over the chips. Pure and simple. While I agree human hands and natural oils will remove this staining over time, I prefer to present beautiful clean chips from the start.

**it’s important to point out that I don’t even use a quantifiable amount of oil. It’s a microfibre cloth that is soaked in oil and I keep using it. Never adding more. You wouldn’t even know I’ve oiled them**

Here is a some before and after of TP T25. The whole rack was “stained” with this. Exactly like me ASTs. The results are stellar!

@Jeevansluck
I have the same hotstamps in their boxes yet - I was going to use a damp microfiber cloth and wipe them down, let them dry. How did you go about oiling them?

 

[Jeevansluck]

@Jeevansluck
I have the same hotstamps in their boxes yet - I was going to use a damp microfiber cloth and wipe them down, let them dry. How did you go about oiling them?

A damp microfibre will work just as well. I just find the oil makes it easier to remove the stain than water. Since oil is totally safe and sort of adds a natural “sheen” to the chip, I’ve always oiled.

I use a damp microfibre cloth. It’s been washed a few times over the years, but it’s always saturated with mineral oil.

For a reference, I bought this bottle when I got my CPC set back in April 2019…
Here it is today …

I’ve oiled thousands of chips.

I sort of just work it on. I try not to rub the stamp or push too hard. Just gentle circular cleaning until the stain is gone and the color sort of gets uniform across the face of the chip.

 

[Saxplayer]

A damp microfibre will work just as well. I just find the oil makes it easier to remove the stain than water. Since oil is totally safe and sort of adds a natural “sheen” to the chip, I’ve always oiled.

I use a damp microfibre cloth. It’s been washed a few times over the years, but it’s always saturated with mineral oil.

For a reference, I bought this bottle when I got my CPC set back in April 2019…
Here it is today …

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I’ve oiled thousands of chips.

I sort of just work it on. I try not to rub the stamp or push too hard. Just gentle circular cleaning until the stain is gone and the color sort of gets uniform across the face of the chip.

Did you wash your Tiger hot stamps first or just straight to your oil cloth?

 

[Jeevansluck]

Did you wash your Tiger hot stamps first or just straight to your oil cloth?

I did rinse them under direct flow of tap water. Barrel at a time. Quick wipe dry with Terry towel, and then the oiling.