A few people have requested that I post the process I used for relabelling the Tropicana Evansville chips from TCR's Black Friday sale.
I do 5 chips at a time. I do one side of each chip x 5, and then I go back and do the other side of each chip. The reason that I stick to 5 is that by the time that I finish pulling the label off of the last chip, the alcohol has had time to work on the first chip
I start out by making an almost parallel slice from the middle toward the edge. Because this chip has a metal slug, there's actually no worry about harming the chip. A nice sharp blade will be able to get underneath the laminate, and sliced smoothly and easily toward the edge.
As you get toward the edge, you can attempt to angle up in hopes of pulling the edge of the label up. Sometimes this will work, and sometimes it will not. If it works then great.
However if it doesn't work, then you'll end up just ripping the label away from the edge instead of pulling it away. In either case, you're ready to grab some pliers and pull the label with consistent even pressure. The label will come off either way.
Once the label has been removed, I placed the chip back in the lineup of five, and I put a few drops of alcohol on top of it. Just enough to cover the surface.
You're now ready to move on to the next chip and repeat. Once you get through a single side of all five chips, you are ready to revisit that first chip. This is the part where you're going to use a piece of paper towel to remove the adhesive that has been dissolving with the alcohol. For five chips, one half of a paper towel is enough. I fold the paper towel into a long thin piece. The reason that I do this is because once I use the tip of the paper towel to remove the first chips adhesive, I actually ripped that tip off, and start with a clean dry piece for the next chip.
Removing the adhesive takes about 4 seconds. Hold the chip firmly onto the table with one hand, while the other hand uses karate kid style wax on/wax off circular motions. The adhesive will come right off.
You might end up with these tiny little globby things of rolled up adhesive. That's another reason that you tear off the edge of the paper towel. You will use the paper towel to just wipe them off the chip real quick, and now that that tip of the paper towel has some of the globby things on it, you just want to get rid of it.
For placing the label, you start out with a cleaned chip. After you've wiped it down in the above post, within a couple of minutes and he left over alcohol that you've left on it, especially on the rolling edges, has completely evaporated.
I use this awesome Klein tools curved knife to apply the labels. You have the label stuck to just the tiny edge of the curve.
Because @dickthebaker did such a fantastic job on the size of these, you can basically place the edge of the label right into the edge of the recess.
Once placed there you can put your thumb on the center of the chip, as you pull the knife away and the label will just go right in place. With the label down and the knife out of the way, a circular motion or two around the label with your thumb and you're done.
And the obligatory splash pot of the final product...
I wanted to call out @TheOffalo who beat me to it and recreated the artwork for this to be possible.
I do 5 chips at a time. I do one side of each chip x 5, and then I go back and do the other side of each chip. The reason that I stick to 5 is that by the time that I finish pulling the label off of the last chip, the alcohol has had time to work on the first chip
I start out by making an almost parallel slice from the middle toward the edge. Because this chip has a metal slug, there's actually no worry about harming the chip. A nice sharp blade will be able to get underneath the laminate, and sliced smoothly and easily toward the edge.
As you get toward the edge, you can attempt to angle up in hopes of pulling the edge of the label up. Sometimes this will work, and sometimes it will not. If it works then great.
However if it doesn't work, then you'll end up just ripping the label away from the edge instead of pulling it away. In either case, you're ready to grab some pliers and pull the label with consistent even pressure. The label will come off either way.
Once the label has been removed, I placed the chip back in the lineup of five, and I put a few drops of alcohol on top of it. Just enough to cover the surface.
You're now ready to move on to the next chip and repeat. Once you get through a single side of all five chips, you are ready to revisit that first chip. This is the part where you're going to use a piece of paper towel to remove the adhesive that has been dissolving with the alcohol. For five chips, one half of a paper towel is enough. I fold the paper towel into a long thin piece. The reason that I do this is because once I use the tip of the paper towel to remove the first chips adhesive, I actually ripped that tip off, and start with a clean dry piece for the next chip.
Removing the adhesive takes about 4 seconds. Hold the chip firmly onto the table with one hand, while the other hand uses karate kid style wax on/wax off circular motions. The adhesive will come right off.
You might end up with these tiny little globby things of rolled up adhesive. That's another reason that you tear off the edge of the paper towel. You will use the paper towel to just wipe them off the chip real quick, and now that that tip of the paper towel has some of the globby things on it, you just want to get rid of it.
For placing the label, you start out with a cleaned chip. After you've wiped it down in the above post, within a couple of minutes and he left over alcohol that you've left on it, especially on the rolling edges, has completely evaporated.
I use this awesome Klein tools curved knife to apply the labels. You have the label stuck to just the tiny edge of the curve.
Because @dickthebaker did such a fantastic job on the size of these, you can basically place the edge of the label right into the edge of the recess.
Once placed there you can put your thumb on the center of the chip, as you pull the knife away and the label will just go right in place. With the label down and the knife out of the way, a circular motion or two around the label with your thumb and you're done.
And the obligatory splash pot of the final product...
I wanted to call out @TheOffalo who beat me to it and recreated the artwork for this to be possible.
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