Is there any reason for oiling chips other than making the colors pop?
So far I have cleaned all my 700 chips (GV primaries), but only oiled 600 of them. The red 5s looked awesome after oiling, and the green 25s looks slightly better after oiling, but honestly it was almost not visible. Now I only have white 1s left, and so far I have decided not to oil them as I think visually it wont matter.
If anybody is interested in hearing my experience from washing and oiling chips, feel free to read the rest of the post.
I just cleaned my 700 GV primaries last week. And thought I would share my experience. I did it the old fashion way, with a bucket of water and some regular dishwater soap. I took maybe a barrel of chips at the time, and let the chips soak for a minute or before slightly scrubbing them one by one with a sponge. Most of the gunk got released from the chips after being soaked for a short while, and mixing the chips around in the bucket a little bit. Most of the chips were not very dirty, but the ones that were super dirty I had to let soak a little bit more and scrubbed more thoroughly.
After washing them I rinsed them to remove the soap and put them on a towel for drying.
After washing the chips, I mixed some table spoons of baby oil into a big bowl of water to prepare oiling. I remember reading somewhere on the forum about this method of oiling chips, and figured I would try it, (@Trihonda wrote about it I think, but I might be wrong)
I submerged a barrel or so of chips at the time into the mix of oil and water, and stirred it around for a few seconds, before taking the chips out and drying them well with a towel. I actively dried off as much of the water/oil I could, before letting the chips rest on a towel for a day or so. This way of oiling seemed super fast compared to manually oiling all the chips one by one. The result was great, and none of the chips were damaged in the process. (remember this was paulsons, and the results might be different with other types of chips.)
The only problem I met was some of the green 25s were soaked in the water and soap mix for a bit long, and I saw the slightest color transfer on a few of the chips. I guess it depends on the soap, but based on my experience the most important thing is to make sure the chips are not soaked for too long.
Unfortunately I did not take any pictures during the process!
So far I have cleaned all my 700 chips (GV primaries), but only oiled 600 of them. The red 5s looked awesome after oiling, and the green 25s looks slightly better after oiling, but honestly it was almost not visible. Now I only have white 1s left, and so far I have decided not to oil them as I think visually it wont matter.
If anybody is interested in hearing my experience from washing and oiling chips, feel free to read the rest of the post.
I just cleaned my 700 GV primaries last week. And thought I would share my experience. I did it the old fashion way, with a bucket of water and some regular dishwater soap. I took maybe a barrel of chips at the time, and let the chips soak for a minute or before slightly scrubbing them one by one with a sponge. Most of the gunk got released from the chips after being soaked for a short while, and mixing the chips around in the bucket a little bit. Most of the chips were not very dirty, but the ones that were super dirty I had to let soak a little bit more and scrubbed more thoroughly.
After washing them I rinsed them to remove the soap and put them on a towel for drying.
After washing the chips, I mixed some table spoons of baby oil into a big bowl of water to prepare oiling. I remember reading somewhere on the forum about this method of oiling chips, and figured I would try it, (@Trihonda wrote about it I think, but I might be wrong)
I submerged a barrel or so of chips at the time into the mix of oil and water, and stirred it around for a few seconds, before taking the chips out and drying them well with a towel. I actively dried off as much of the water/oil I could, before letting the chips rest on a towel for a day or so. This way of oiling seemed super fast compared to manually oiling all the chips one by one. The result was great, and none of the chips were damaged in the process. (remember this was paulsons, and the results might be different with other types of chips.)
The only problem I met was some of the green 25s were soaked in the water and soap mix for a bit long, and I saw the slightest color transfer on a few of the chips. I guess it depends on the soap, but based on my experience the most important thing is to make sure the chips are not soaked for too long.
Unfortunately I did not take any pictures during the process!
