I did not flip them. Just left them for like 10 days or something. Worked great.
Oiling Chips Done Right (5 Viewers)
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I did not flip them. Just left them for like 10 days or something. Worked great.
Dml
High Hand
Thanks for the pointers! Very informative. I will definitely try your method! And thanks to some of the comments made in this thread they helped clear up some of my questions. Lots of good info.!
Mr Winberg
Full House
Sounds great! So both sides turned out equally good?
Edit: Also, what did you lay them out on?
justsomedude
Straight Flush
For Paulsons I think it's common to just oil the rolling edges. Excess oil will spread/seep onto the chip face as you wipe/dry them off. Completely saturating Paulsons can, as you noted, soil the inlay (the inlay is only protected by a plastic cap, which is not air/water-tight).
Soiled inlays usually dry out over time, but some stains may remain.
dhowitzer
Sitting Out
Has anyone tried adding mineral oil to a tumbler? I may try that for my brand new paulson Jack Detroits
If you're deliberately trying to trigger us...it worked.
Insane difference on these PCA 5s. Freshly cleaned vs cleaned then oiled. These things pop now. The unoiled 5s honestly were so faded they could have caused dirty stack issues with the 1s....that bad.
TikiKingKing
High Hand
Nice! What a difference it makes... Can you oil them immediately after cleaning or should they dry first?
I let mine dry usually half a day but sometimes a full day. Depends on if I'm using the ultrasonic or not. If it's just Dawn and warm water I will start oiling after a half day or so if it's my ultrasonic I usually give them longer.
Very little oil....so little oil. I've been using the same microfiber cloth to oil chips for like 6 months or more without adding more oil. That's how little oil.
Look at these beauts!
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
And it's not organic at all and doesn't get rancid or smelly.
I've also had the same microfibre cloth for 8 months also, and it's going strong. A tablespoon of oil just can go for months.
No oil for ceramics or plastics. Only clays.
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
I figure the oil would have no "porous" areas to settle in. It's likely it would just run off or the chips would be always stuck together
Yup. It'll just be a big ol' mess.
Chuy22786
New Member
Looks great. We have the same set of Milanos at my home game. Definitely going to use this method
Pinesol13
Flush
I've got a random question and I've been searching the forum for a while and couldn't find a definitive answer, and this thread seemed like the best option to post in. I have a lot of Dunes CC from Apache and some of the chips are much more slippery than others. My question is does cleaning off the factory dust and/or oiling help to reduce the slip at all? Thanks!
Standard required procedure for all CCs is to rinse clean, let dry, and then oil (almost unscrupulously, unlike CPCs and used Paulsons)
That said, I had some Parkers BJ chips that were quite faded after cleaning. I applied a little oil and they were as good as new.
Do what Coyote recommended above. Some oil will create much better looking chips and their slipperyness will be uniform. If you don't like how slippery they are then you probably just don't like CC chips.
It was just a teensy misting of oil, right?
Just wiped on a touch and wiped off.
Pinesol13
Flush
Thanks. I was hoping that cleaning the layer of factory chalk off of them might somehow improve the slippery factor.
After having showered them clean and having them dry out, you 've GOT to oil them (this is mandatory for CCs and CPCs as well - not necessarily for used Paulsons, unless the latter are casino-used and ultrasonic-cleaned; for mint Paulsons most people will say don't even touch them
).For CPCs, I 've found that the ABSOLUTE MAX permissible dose of oil is half a teaspoon on a clean shoeshine applicator for no less than 5 barrels, to oil the edges.
After you 've done with all the edges, you wipe all the excess oil from them (edges) with a clean and soft micro-fibre cloth.
The hard part comes now. With the, now slightly oiled, cloth you oil the faces of each and everyone of the f*ckin chips, avoiding the labels.
I guess that, with CCs, the oil could be somewhat more, and the pressure upon wiping the perimeter of the faces even higher.
Ideally, you need a buddy who loves chips or a partner who loves just you, for this ordeal, if the number of the chips is North of 600.
If you don't like all this and are rich, get mint Paulsons.
If you don't like all this and are less-than-rich, get ceramics.
For once in my life I actually followed exact directions and used the technique described in this thread for a new set of milanos. The chips look a million times better. After following the final step, (wiping away the settlement oil with my finger) my only concern is they still feel a little oily. I don’t plan on playing with them for another few weeks so I will continue to let them air dry in the racks and hopefully they will dry up some more. If not, I’m contemplating if I should wipe them down with a dry microfiber cloth because while I like the shine, I don’t want them to be oily enough to make the players hands oily. Will they typically dry out enough on their own?
It's not likely the oil will dry if it is on the inlay area, you may need to wipe down with a cloth. The edges should dry
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