Got some chips, have some pen marks on them, looking to remove it. Advice would be greatly appreciated!
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No being lazy
AWenger
Full House
Depends on the ink, but if you can submerge & soak the chips in rubbing alcohol, it will slowly dissolve some inks. If it's just ball point pen, it may take minutes/hours. For a sharpie, it may take days or weeks to dissolve fully -- may even need to scrub the chips every so often with a toothbrush, cleaning pad, or magic eraser.
Ink on the top row mostly came off, ink on the bottom row was a different type of marker.
Ink on the top row mostly came off, ink on the bottom row was a different type of marker.
Magic eraser will likely work.No being lazy
SOS pad works well for me with rack checks. YMMV.
I think the rubbing alcohol should work.
Mongoose
Full House
Really don’t get the whole magic eraser thing. I’ve heard people sware by it before. Never worked for me. Maybe I was using it for the wrong thing. I had some color transfer on some chips that I bought.
OP
OP
Trick is to have it damp..... not wet, not dry. Works wonders on a variety of dirty things, not just chips.
Jeevansluck
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This is pure and simple knowledge being passed on here and I'm taking notes...
Magic erasers have worked well for the chips @Ben8257 and I have bought... sometimes when theres color transfers from other chips end up scraping them with my nail or using a knife to gently remove the clay scrapes... I would say try a magic eraser.... I'm sure rubbing alcohol works well too but I'd be afraid it would dry the chips out really bad....definitely would be afraid to use on hot stamps.... does it mess with the color of the clay in the chips for those of you who have tried it??
Ben8257
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We put Dawn soap in the magic eraser... Note to the above chips, those look like stick or relabels to me, I would be very very careful with alcohol as it could peel the edges of those stuck on inlays... Maybe I'm looking at them wrong but pictures are pretty crisp any info @ReallyGoodUsername? May be a micro cleaning job, majic eraser and Dawn is the way I would start with that before any alcohol... Just my thoughts on that one... Side note I love the quarters!!! Curious what $1 you're using with those guessing some Paris light blues to match the edge spots?
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Yeah magic eraser and dawn worked fine thanks everyone (figured it would, I was just being lazy lol).
You're correct they're labels just put over the Bally's inlay. I'm eventually doing a full inlay replacement so I just went ham on the cleaning. Luckily no issues. (note - alcohol would probably start to deteriorate the labels)
Thanks! Using them with the LCO $1 and $2s with original inlays for now. Later they'll all be fully murdered with the yellow LCO $2 being a $5 and the Casablanca black $100 being a $20 for a Cali set:
You're correct they're labels just put over the Bally's inlay. I'm eventually doing a full inlay replacement so I just went ham on the cleaning. Luckily no issues. (note - alcohol would probably start to deteriorate the labels)
Thanks! Using them with the LCO $1 and $2s with original inlays for now. Later they'll all be fully murdered with the yellow LCO $2 being a $5 and the Casablanca black $100 being a $20 for a Cali set:
Ben8257
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Ouch I understand how hard it is to find yellow $5 but damn I love how unique those LCO $2 chips are... Wish I was around on the original purchase... Even the $25 in that teal from that set is amazing! I definitely would have been all over those but too little too late only 25s and 100s available any more. Good luck!! I'm sure they will come out amazing!! And I'm glad you didn't hit them with alcohol! Lol probably would have torn them up!
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OP
I totally get you about "uniqueness" of the $2s. Tough situation though were I'll likely never get enough to make a limit set (if I even played limit) and while they few and far between there's around 4,500 of them (that we know of) in existence but most have/will never seen the classifieds
Had to actually spend $3600 to just get the 3 racks I have
(two were from the original LCO sets that went for $1,600 each).
Ben8257
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Even more ouch!! But that yellow will make the perfect $5!! So what was included in the chip set for $1600? I hope it was more than 500 chips
OP
OP
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/lac-courte-oreilles-leaded-thc-sets-lco.36388/
Was a good deal just unfortunate that the $5s were tires
I've soaked chips in rubbing alcohol to (try and) remove ink. Sometimes it works totally, sometimes partially, sometimes never. It depends on what ink was used and how deeply it has penetrated into the clay chip (which is porous, after all). Yes, the alcohol tends to "dry out" the chips, but this is not a permanent change. A good oiling afterward will having looking as good as new.
Ben8257
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Well 25 years of the most commonly used chips unfortunately that's kind of expected... Same thing with primary PCA'S... But I feel like that price for a rare set is more than fair! Good job on the harvest!!
Riomaa
High Hand
It looks like regular ball point pen. Alcohol and q-tip should do it. Anything stronger will melt the chip.
RainmanTrail
Straight Flush
I think you should rent a sand blaster and get back to us with the result pics
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