heavy mineral oil (1 Viewer)

[Thomacetti]

My wife audits my Walmart purchases because I have a history of going “off-list”. Last week she discovered a bottle of mineral oil. That led to the following conversation:

Wife: Why did buy you buy mineral oil? Are you constipated again?
Me: No, it’s for my new Poker chips.
Wife: You bought more poker chips?
Me: ......
Wife: What does mineral oil have to do with poker chips?
Me: If you put oil on new chips it makes the colors really pop.
Wife: How do you put oil on the chips?
Me: There are a lot of different ways, but folks on the forum suggest lovingly rubbing each chip gently with a micro fiber cloth.
Wife: You’re going to hand rub 1,000 chips with mineral oil?!?
Me: Well, I’ll probably start with about 100 and then decide whether to do more. It will probably take a few hours.
Wife: You realize you haven’t given me a back rub in [time period redacted]
Me: .....:
Wife: I can’t believe you want to massage poker chips rather than me. You love your chips more than me.
Me: .....
Wife: I better not catch you putting oil on chips unless you want to spend the next month sleeping in the basement.
Me: In the basement where I keep my chips?
Wife:

Anyone else run into this problem?

1st RULE: You do not talk about CHIP CLUB.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about buying/selling sets
3rd RULE: If someone says "stop" or goes limp, taps out the auction is over.
4th RULE: Only two guys to a bidding war.
5th RULE: One sale at a time.
6th RULE: No dice chips, no paper cards.
7th RULE: Sales will go on as long as they have to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night at CHIP CLUB, you HAVE to buy samples.

Stick to the rules....textbook stuff

 

[allforcharity]

This process is ok to use on CC's as well, right?

People have oiled CC's with mixed results. Some really like it, others don't see the point. I think the higher plastic content (or whatever organic compounds are used) forms a much more resistant barrier to surface oil. So if you do oil them, you probably need even less oil than on a compression clay chip (which, I would assume, has a much higher percentage of inorganic compounds in it and also greater porousness).

 

[Lemonzest]

I oiled the Dunes CC and they seemed to really "need" it. It took a lot of oil as they drank it in. The color improvement was substantial as they really popped after oiling.

I would considering oiling CC's a must.

 

[Oog]

I oiled the Dunes CC and they seemed to really "need" it. It took a lot of oil as they drank it in. The color improvement was substantial as they really popped after oiling.

I would considering oiling CC's a must.

Completely agree. Oiling CCs made a huge difference.