I decided to take them out of the racks and let them air dry for probably another week or so. I would rather them be more on the matte side than oily to the touch.
Oiling Chips Done Right (8 Viewers)
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Do you mean Le Paulson Noirs with the Pineapple mold? Nice!
Vintage1974
Pair
This post is money!!! Thank you so much for all the effort...very much appreciated!
Just milled up, cleaned, and oiled a rack of El Dorado fracs.
I thought the general consensus was that chips should be milled, washed, dried, labels applied, then oiled? Something about how oiling them first can affect how the labels stick. I might be wrong on this, maybe @Gear could offer his expert opinion.
Yeah, I think the jury is still out on this. Plus since the labels have not even been ordered yet, the chips have plenty of time to dry. Not expecting any issues. Worse comes to worse and the labels don't seem to adhere, I'll ultrasonic clean the chips again and then label before edge oiling.
This. I think it's OK to oil chips either well before, or well after applying labels. Basically you either want to give the adhesive a couple of days to fully adhere/cure/dry/whatever, or give the oil a few days (or more) to dry/soak-in/whatever.
I have oiled chips before applying labels. Yes, it it probably best to wait a few days (or a couple weeks) in between. Yes, they can wait in a rack or a box.
I have cleaned, oiled, labelled chips (with @Gear laminated matte labels), and played them the same night MANY times with 0 issues. You just have to make sure you wipe down the inlay area well and given them about an hour or two before labeling.
I always get a chuckle when people talk about having to dry the chips out for so long. Ask @Jeevansluck , I don't hold back on the amount of oil I put on each chip.
Your experience may differ. 
I always get a chuckle when people talk about having to dry the chips out for so long. Ask @Jeevansluck , I don't hold back on the amount of oil I put on each chip.
Your experience may differ.
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
I just finished a murder relabeling project of 250+ chips.
I washed and oiled all of them, and labeled the same day after an afternoon of drying on large towels. Flipped once after a couple hours.
I gave about 5-6 hrs of drying, and applied labels. I've since gone and checked EACH chip, and found no issues or problems with any labels.
ttt
High Hand
Just wanted to say that I oiled my over-sized inlay GPI Monaco's with this method and they turned out great!
ttt
High Hand
I didn’t think I took any comparison photos but I did take one (even though it’s not great):
Vintage1974
Pair
This is exactly what I’m doing. Oiled about 750 on Sunday, flipped on Wednesday. Will oil edges and rack them maybe tomorrow. They look great atm but I’m gonna be patient and let them completely air dry. Doing the same with the other 300 or so I oiled last night.
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Posted this in the Royals pron thread but I guess it belongs here, really. Chips were air dried on paper towels for a week, turning once in between. Wiped the recessed inlay area and then did the barrel edge oil step with my old cloth. Wish I had before pics, because the difference is night and day.
Mr Winberg
Full House
I'm a bit curious about this, and about air drying in general. When I've flipped the chips they have still been a tad oily on the side which has air dried but completely dry on the bottom side. Was this your experience?
If my chips are not an anomaly, then are the chips really air dried? Isn't just one side (and the rolling edge) air dried while the oil on the other side is simply absorbed into the material it lays on?
Yes, which is why you put the oiled chips onto some sort of absorbent material, like paper or fabric towels, or a bedsheet, and you flip them. And then throw away or wash the material that has soaked up the excess oil.
Mr Winberg
Full House
So then just one side is air dried, right? And if this is what everyone is doing and nobody is seeing any difference between the sides, then does really "air drying" have a effect?
Or am I missing something?
I always thought air drying was a thing, but the following comment changed my mind.
Since mineral oil does not evaporate, it seems to me that laying the chips on paper towels serves two purposes. (1) gives the chip time to absorb oil on its own time. (2) it gives time for excess oil to be absorbed by the paper towels.
Spot on.
Vintage1974
Pair
Middle barrels are not oiled and you can tell the difference. I laid my chips on a beach towel for a few days and then used the cloth I did the compression method with to clean of any excess oil. Worked great!
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Talk me down off the ledge here. Decided to try this method on my Royals. How is the label not going to get messed up if I let it dry for 2 days???
I'm really fighting the urge to grab my babies and wipe the excess off the labels...
I'm really fighting the urge to grab my babies and wipe the excess off the labels...
Jeevansluck
Royal Flush
Wipe the excess off.
Yes, wipe off the excess. You don't need 2 days. I flip after 8-12 hours.
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