The Zen of Chip Cleaning (1 Viewer)

[BSteck]

Dirty chips await.
Breathe. Toothbrush scrubbie, clean rise.
Breathe. Next chip, next barrel.

 

[BSteck]

The Reality of Chip Cleaning
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Grab another chip.
Cramped fingers, splattered table.
Good grief - two racks left.

 

[BSteck]

Next Time?
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Chips go in, flip switch
Ultrasonic salad spin
Whole rack done, suckas

 

[David O]

Next Time?
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Chips go in, flip switch
Ultrasonic salad spin
One rack done, suckas

Yes your fingers will love you. Well maybe not your pointing finger since it still has to flip the on switch.

 

[Bill]

Save your fingers. Send those chips my way.

 

[BSteck]

Save your fingers. Send those chips my way.

These chippies and I
have had so much quality
bonding together.

 

[Psypher1000]

Next Time?
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Chips go in, flip switch
Ultrasonic salad spin
One rack done, suckas

We call this "nirvana".

 

[allforcharity]

I have a lot of dirty chips coming my way. Probably will look to an ultrasonic if I can.

 

[BSteck]

I have a lot of dirty chips coming my way. Probably will look to an ultrasonic if I can.

Dirty chips inbound?
You want an ultrasonic.
No doubt about it.

 

[dickzapper]

You know what they say
Scrubbing chips builds character
Do it the hard way

 

[allforcharity]

Wisdom comes from experience (mine or others). I'll go ultrasonic. Character is for masochists.

 

[BSteck]

You know what they say
Scrubbing chips builds character
Do it the hard way

So much character!
I will have *earned* my clean chips.
Makes me love them more.

 

[MD Mike]

I have hand cleaned thousands of chips.

Now my hands are nothing but gnarled tree trunks.

 

[SWEATER]

Hands. So. Cramped.

 

[EasyE]

Just Cleaned and oiled some horseshoes.
Why do I not have an ultrasonic yet? I keep asking myself. I want one when I'm doing a barrel or two then I'm done and not worry about it until the next.
But it's fun just thinking about if that chip could talk what stories it could tell while im cleaning it

 

[DoubleEagle]

Dirty chips await.
Breathe. Toothbrush scrubbie, clean rise.
Breathe. Next chip, next barrel.

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Looks like it came out of the sewer...

 

[dickzapper]

Good Effort

Toiling at the sink
Water splashing everywhere
Five done. Thousand left.

 

[BSteck]

Chip stories
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Chippie grime holds dreams.
Wins and loses down the drain.
Clean chips start a new.

 

[Shaggy]

Just Cleaned and oiled some horseshoes.
Why do I not have an ultrasonic yet? I keep asking myself. I want one when I'm doing a barrel or two then I'm done and not worry about it until the next.
But it's fun just thinking about if that chip could talk what stories it could tell while im cleaning it
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You don’t want to clean those horseshoes in an ultrasonic... more so you don’t want to use tsp (or sodium metiscillate). It will eat the chips. Best to stick with dawn and a brush for CPC/ASM/Burt chips and LCrown TRK. I believe the horseshoes with the horseshu mold are Burt. Likely the die swirl are Burt too.

 

[EasyE]

Thanks Dustin!
All the more reason to stick to my more intimate approach

 

[Wifey]

In the laundry room
Rows and Rows of chips drying
He has taken over

 

[EasyE]

You don’t want to clean those horseshoes in an ultrasonic... more so you don’t want to use tsp (or sodium metiscillate). It will eat the chips. Best to stick with dawn and a brush for CPC/ASM/Burt chips and LCrown TRK. I believe the horseshoes with the horseshu mold are Burt. Likely the die swirl are Burt too.

Curious-
Can the ultra sonic be used with just Dawn dish soap or do the chemicals need to be used?

 

[BGinGA]

Bubbles caused by foaming soaps effectively negate any ultrasonic benefits.

 

[Shaggy]

Curious-
Can the ultra sonic be used with just Dawn dish soap or do the chemicals need to be used?

So that’s a great question. Let me first add to the prior post stating that you don’t want to use oxiclean on ASM chips either.

So using Dawn in the ultrasonic was tried by SkiEx in his original thread. It created a ton of suds and made a mess. He recommended anyone trying after him to use a pool/spa anti foaming agent. When I first got my horseshoes, I also acquired 200 ASM Kenmore Lanes chips that were filthy. My intent was to do some testing with Dawn and the anti foam to develop a process to clean the ASM chips. I didn’t end up doing it and just cleaned the horseshoes by hand. I have since sold the Kenmores.

 

[BSteck]

Introductions
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Hello little chip!
My, how grimy you've become!
Meet your new clean friends.

 

[allforcharity]

Opening this thread
Poker chip haiku is weird
Someone post some pr0n

 

[BSteck]

Magic erasers
Polish chippies so they shine
I buy them in bulk

 

[teeniemarkle]

I thought you were clean…
More dirt hiding in the cane!
You cannot escape.

 

[BSteck]

Color transfer scars
Show the chip’s volatile past.
Erased like magic.

 

[1A25R]

I managed to clean very well some 5s reds and 25s greens but white chips still a bit dirt. There is any tip for those?
I used warm water, dishdish cleaner liquid and a bit of oven grease removal and a toothbrush.