Hand cleaning vs ultrasonic (1 Viewer)

[muggles]

Just further hand cleaned 10 hs cle 1s that have been thru the ultrasonic. BiG difference! Would post pics but my home lights are warm and makes the white yellow. But looking at the results i think im going to have to slowly do the whole set now. What are your thoughts? Hand clean vs ultrasonic

Hand cleaning = toothbrush, warm water and elbow grease.

 

[ovo]

hand cleaning takes longer, but will produce better results. I had to hand clean my Cleveland dollars after the ultrasonic because it couldn't get them clean enough. It's a trade off, time vs better results.

 

[muggles]

The difference is big to me. Im surprised the ocds here even consider ultrasonic

 

[btbmason]

I have heard a few people mention putting Horseshoe Cleveland $1s specifically through their ultrasonic multiple times.

Personally if I could do it all over again (and if I knew I'd be hand cleaning about 2,000 chips when I started...) I'd probably get an ultrasonic cleaner at the beginning and if I'm forced to hand clean a small portion so be it.

That also being said I'm absolutely not upset with the results I've received by hand cleaning my chips by any means, it just took a whole bunch of time.

 

[links_slayer]

hand cleaning takes longer, but will produce better results.

i'm not sold on this. i cleaned 1000 cleveland horseshoe $1s in my ultrasonic and could not have been happier with the results. they took longer than other denoms to get the best results.

 

[muggles]

But but but........ the whites are WHITE like not yellowish or off white.... WHITE

 

[GoStumpy]

My $1's were 'clean' until I washed them again in Oxiclean... they they are WHITE!!

So now after the ultrasonic I put them in a bucket of Oxiclean solution (100 at a time) and swirl them around with my hand, agitating for 30 seconds to a minute, then put them in clean water to rinse, and VIOLA! WHITE $1's

 

[Mr. Cheese]

Ultra sonic is my preferred method of cleaning. If a chip still has a little haze of dirt on the face after ultra sonic I just give it a quick 2 second whip with a magic eraser and then it's usually good as new.

 

[Max D]

I love ultrasonic, cleaned about 4,000 paulsons, but now that you mention the whites.... I did clean some Paulson Classic $1 that did not look as white as they could... but all the other look great.

 

[Max D]

My $1's were 'clean' until I washed them again in Oxiclean... they they are WHITE!!

So now after the ultrasonic I put them in a bucket of Oxiclean solution (100 at a time) and swirl them around with my hand, agitating for 30 seconds to a minute, then put them in clean water to rinse, and VIOLA! WHITE $1's

I need to try that.

 

[Psypher1000]

Hand cleaning = toothbrush, warm water and elbow grease.

White chips, like a white cotton shirt (or petty much white anything), will get stained with use over time. If there's no other cleaning or bleaching agent mixed in with the warm water you used, and your chips are coming out whiter via that method, then one or both of the following is occurring: you're either abrading the chips with the brush to the point of removing a thin outer layer of stained chip material (similar to what a magic eraser will do), or chlorine that's been added to the water is having a bleaching effect. The latter is unlikely since you're probably getting the water from the tap, and adding that much chlorine to the general water supply would make it nonpotable.

Ultrasonic cleaners are fantastic for removing dirt from chips. They don't remove stains from chips, though, nor does TSP/sodium metasillicate. That's why many folks prefer hand-cleaning with either oxyclean, or a dishsoap that includes oxyclean - the oxy acts (in addition to possible detering effects) as a bleaching agent which gives items the appearance of being cleaner.

I certainly agree that hand-washing/scrubbing the chips can produce better-looking results than an ultrasonic, but for me it's a matter of time and comfort. I've run 15k+ chips through an ultrasonic cleaner, and put so many through my first one that the heater died. I might have needed back surgery from all the bending over a tub of water had I cleaned all those by hand. I don't need my casino-used ones to be gleaming white. I just need them cleaned, and an ultrasonic cleaner with a surfactant added does that very efficiently.

 

[BGinGA]

I just buy mint chips. Clean and white every time.

 

[links_slayer]

I just buy mint chips. Clean and white every time.

always taking the easy way out...

 

[muggles]

White chips, like a white cotton shirt (or petty much white anything), will get stained with use over time. If there's no other cleaning or bleaching agent mixed in with the warm water you used, and your chips are coming out whiter via that method, then one or both of the following is occurring: you're either abrading the chips with the brush to the point of removing a thin outer layer of stained chip material (similar to what a magic eraser will do),

Oh yes it was lightly soaped not just water.