My first re-label project NYNY $1s to Empress $1s (1 Viewer)

[Jeevansluck]

Doesn't that one look a little out of alignment?

I'm learning some new tricks...

 

[Saoliver]

I may need some lessons. I've got a couple of chips to practice on.

 

[allforcharity]

Any different techniques when tackling a Bud Jones plastic chip?

 

[Jeevansluck]

I may need some lessons. I've got a couple of chips to practice on.

Here is my first practice session with my new skills I am putting to practice

Ahhhh, sweet murder, I'm being corrupted. Don't know if it's good or bad but dam it feels good! Already got my order in for new labels.

Fresh kill

Only 246 more to go

 

[sheikh617]

It's a lot of patience and effort. I want to buy 600 AS 43mm chips so bad, the only thing stopping me is that I do NOT want to label them lol.

 

[Jeevansluck]

It's crazy because I bought the set with the chips still NYNYs. Then I decided to perform the tedious task of Overlabeling all 260 chips. 2 weeks later, without even felting a game, I'm now removing the overlabel and doing it the right way, a full textured and laminated label that will make the chip look much better for the set.

600 though man, that's alot. I am now awaiting my order of 520 or so labels.

I do find joy in the killing part, and then I find labeling tedious, but crank up some tunes and just go barrel by barrel. Beers work good too until the label alignment quality goes to shit. Haha

Happy Holidays

 

[Jeevansluck]

Figured I'd keep this thread alive as long as the project is a go.

I started out with 260 NYNY $1s. I then relabeled 258 of them with a Gear manufactured "Empress $1" overlabel. The other 2, were previously murdered wrong by the owner. So I had them fully murdered and put on a textured and laminated Gear "Empress $1" label, and the results were astounding.

I've gone ahead and murdered 253 NYNY $1s. It is definitely hard work.

I've ordered enough labels for all the chips and a few spares.

I must say, Dawn and toothbrush make a huge difference. Most of the chips are clean, but I decided to clean a few more dirty ones. I then decided to just wash all of them. There was still bits of residue from the NYNY label in the inlay area. It's nice to get them cleaned and dried by hand.

**I did not try "Magic Eraser". I figured it wasn't necessary since the chips are pretty clean. I figure the magic eraser is for nasty gunk and color transfer**

 

[Teach42]

Wow! What a difference. So from a feel perspective, can you tell there is a label?

 

[allforcharity]

Good job, Nav! By this time next week, I'll have some CDI-theme inlay replacements of my own to show.

 

[Jeevansluck]

Wow! What a difference. So from a feel perspective, can you tell there is a label?

Well, the textured and laminated label makes the chip feel different. Especially in stacks. The overlabeled version did "spin" more when in stacks. The feel is different as well as sound when shuffling etc.

As well, visually, with the textured laminated label, the chip more closely fits with the rest of the set. With the overlabel, it looked nice, but definitely looked like an outsider.

 

[Jeevansluck]

On with the show!! So excited.

Got 1 done. 252 to go..

 

[Jeevansluck]

I'm so excited, I can't help but post here. I feel this is what the hobby is all about (for me anyways). Making a chip something more beautiful than it was. I personally found the NYNY $1 label to be BUTT UGLY. Hard to even read what the denom was and just UGLY. These @Gear labels are effing amazeballs. The chips are receiving a huge upgrade..



I will be through these in no time. I work 12hr shifts and got a rack done inside of 2 hrs. Nothing like getting paid to sit around and relabel my chips. I do love my job! It's not a bad arrangement. Just keeps me away from my family, but I can use time here to focus on stuff like this ..

I could have easily finished the job by the end of my shift, but didn't bring all the chips.

I am finding application of the full inlay label to be easy and fast to put on. My experience with application of the overlabel is that its much harder. I'm able to go quite quickly and with 100 chips done, I fouled up just 1 label. No matter, @Gear gave me a few extras and I also over ordered by 7 chips worth anyways(14 spare labels). I have room for error.

 

[Johnblue]

the Empress chips were always "the ones that got away" ... i started hanging around about the time these first went on sale at the chiproom, i didn't know enough about chips at the time to pull the trigger and spend the few hundred dollars it would have taken to buy a playable set... haha... regrets... by the time the Grand Vics came around i got my first set... but i remember how the empress leftovers were still available for months after the sale, singles were probably ablout 50 cents to a dollar for the 5s and 25s...

now i look at the empress and they are some of the all time greats....

man those 1s look perfect with that label!!!!

 

[Jordan Downs]

Great job! they came out awesome!

 

[Teach42]

Really looking fantastic. Totally worth all the effort you've gone through to get it just right.

 

[grantc54]

What chip label project is next? Don't say you are done, once you start you can't stop.

I think your Jack tournament set needs a 25k.... maybe a 100k?

 

[grantc54]

What chip label project is next? Don't say you are done, once you start you can't stop.

I think your Jack tournament set needs a 25k.... maybe a 100k?

Those SB T5K's you have would make a great $25k....

 

[Jeevansluck]

What chip label project is next? Don't say you are done, once you start you can't stop.

I think your Jack tournament set needs a 25k.... maybe a 100k?

Funny you mention that, as I once did possess a barrel of SB T5000s that I had hoped to convert to Jack 25K.

I subsequently sold the chips. That being said, this exercise was definitely a drug and I want more. Just don't know what.

For the short term, I'd like to make some custom bounty chips for my Jacks.

I'll confer with you at Tony's tomorrow!