What stack are you shuffling now? (1 Viewer)

[asam2006]

Day 3 they looked like this

I took the 3 day old shuffled stacked and cleaned them twice by oiling them and rubbing the oil off and they looked like this compared to a mint stack

 

[asam2006]

so the cleaned chips looked like this

The mint chips are on the left an the cleaned chips are on the right

so it appears that oiling chips prior to using them makes it easier to clean with just reoiling them; preventing permanent color transfer.
Obviously, since I didn't use a stack of non oiled chips with this experiment to compare to the oiled chips it may be that oiling makes no difference.
It should be noted that even after wiping them off twice with oil there was some color transfer. Still all in all I was very pleased with how these chips clean up
after 3 days of continuous shuffling. I don't think it would be a bad idea to oil chips before putting them into play if you're interested in minimizing color transfer.

 

[davin]

so the cleaned chips looked like this
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The mint chips are on the left an the cleaned chips are on the right
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so it appears that oiling chips prior to using them makes it easier to clean with just reoiling them; preventing permanent color transfer.
Obviously, since I didn't use a stack of non oiled chips with this experiment to compare to the oiled chips it may be that oiling makes no difference.
It should be noted that even after wiping them off twice with oil there was some color transfer. Still all in all I was very pleased with how these chips clean up
after 3 days of continuous shuffling. I don't think it would be a bad idea to oil chips before putting them into play if you're interested in minimizing color transfer.

Thanks for this write up, I have never oiled chips or experienced color transfer like this but now after seeing the chips after 3 days I may look into oiling them.... what I don’t get is i have other chips that been used every week for 2 years and no color transfers as such and never been oiled

 

[asam2006]

Can't explain chips without color transfer after long periods of shuffling. Blue and red chips are the worse offenders but I've seen it with green, purple and black chips too. It happens to me with Paulson chips whether I oil them or not. Someone in another thread talk about oiling them and then using a flammable sealant. Pretty funny thread. It does seem like pre-oiling seals the chips allowing easier cleaning with reoiling. I have a stack of blue Park MGM chips I've been shuffling on and off for weeks that I didn't pre-oil. I'm going to try cleaning them off with more oiling and see what happens.

 

[asam2006]

So I have these Park MGM chips that I never oiled because they're Dark Blue and peach and I never thought oiling would help. I just started shuffling a stack several weeks ago and they have been getting blue color transfer on the peach inserts which looks pretty cool because it brings out the lettering on the house mold. I decided I would clean them with oil the way I did with the $5 red Jacks. I oiled them and then wiped them off and reoiled and wiped them and then repeated it again. I wanted to compare the results with the Jacks chips with the idea that pre-oiling chips before putting them into play ( Shuffling) would allow for better cleaning afterwards. So, I know, I'm comparing Red chips to Blue chips but here's what I got.... I divided the dirty stack in half and only cleaned 10 chips leaving the other ten chips uncleaned.

For comparison I juxtaposed a stack of mint Park MGMs next to the three times cleaned chips. The mint chips are bottom right and the cleaned chips are in the middle.
They still cleaned up pretty good but not as well as the red Jack chips that were pre-oiled. Here's another comparison: the cleaned chips on the left and the mint chips on the right

So what have I learned from this?
1. Its fun to shuffle chips and grind them down, then clean them off, take pictures off them, and post pictures on PCF, and pretend this is science.
2. Pre-oiling chips probably makes it easier to prevent color transfer.
3 This is a flawed exercise because I'm comparing results with red chips against blue chips without controls. Kinda like apples and oranges.
4. It would be make more sense to just get an ultra sonic cleaner.
5 If I had any sense I would not waste my time shuffling and oil cleaning chips on a Sunday afternoon.

 

[Tienou59]

this remind me this epic contest by Puggy
http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/threads/challenge-contest-how-fast-chips-wear-down.73851/
(warning : this link contains graphic content some may find distubing with Pca chips sec tortured/hard shuffled)

 

[Mongoose]

so the cleaned chips looked like this
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The mint chips are on the left an the cleaned chips are on the right
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so it appears that oiling chips prior to using them makes it easier to clean with just reoiling them; preventing permanent color transfer.
Obviously, since I didn't use a stack of non oiled chips with this experiment to compare to the oiled chips it may be that oiling makes no difference.
It should be noted that even after wiping them off twice with oil there was some color transfer. Still all in all I was very pleased with how these chips clean up
after 3 days of continuous shuffling. I don't think it would be a bad idea to oil chips before putting them into play if you're interested in minimizing color transfer.

Never been into the whole thing of oiling chips. However, this is interesting. Thank you for taking the time to document and share these observations and photos!

 

[RainmanTrail]

Am I the only one who doesn't shuffle my chips unless I'm playing?

 

[ChipEnvy]

Am I the only one who doesn't shuffle my chips unless I'm playing?

If I did that I’d rarely handle chips, and I’ve put too much time and effort into this hobby to not actually handle them at all.

If I played cards once a week or more, I would likely be less interested in shuffling chips away from the table.

 

[justsomedude]

My Even Steven fracs (label-over Lucky Club $1s)...

 

[asam2006]

AS hot stamped NCV

 

[Max D]

Working at home...

 

[asam2006]

Just got these

Here they are at home

Very nice shuffling

Hopefully these will be transformed soon with Gear Labels to be my rack of Jack Detroit 25cent chips. I'll keep you posted.

 

[Beakertwang]

Absolutely love the diamond square mold!

 

[Marius L]

Been shuffling the barrel on the left for maaany hours since I got my jacks. Been using only this one barrel, just to see how they would wear down after time. Just cleaned them today and took this stack height picture to show the difference vs a mint barrel. They shuffle great now by the way.

 

[asam2006]

Looks like fun.

 

[Marius L]

The stack on the left looks well shuffled and the one on the right is mint?

Correct!

 

[hdgeno]

A rack of my favourite shuffle stacks

 

[davin]

so the cleaned chips looked like this
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The mint chips are on the left an the cleaned chips are on the right
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so it appears that oiling chips prior to using them makes it easier to clean with just reoiling them; preventing permanent color transfer.
Obviously, since I didn't use a stack of non oiled chips with this experiment to compare to the oiled chips it may be that oiling makes no difference.
It should be noted that even after wiping them off twice with oil there was some color transfer. Still all in all I was very pleased with how these chips clean up
after 3 days of continuous shuffling. I don't think it would be a bad idea to oil chips before putting them into play if you're interested in minimizing color transfer.

did you ever try a test where you just rinse a barrel of mint dusty chalky chips in warm water and try shuffling them to see if color transfers as what u found.... i think by rinsing them prior they will be fine

 

[Fleming]

At the moment...

 

[asam2006]

Just got these in. I love these wine colored 500's.

These pictures do not do the day-glo orange chips justice. Amazing in person!

 

[Tommy]

 

[asam2006]

Just bought a big set of cash Horseshoe Cincinnati's. Nice chips so I'm shuffling these.....

 

[Changster]

Just bought a big set of cash Horseshoe Cincinnati's. Nice chips so I'm shuffling these.....View attachment 309349
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Love these. That blue is so nice.

 

[asam2006]

So I've been shuffling some Jack 100's. These came as extra's with other orders so I oiled them first and then spent the last 3-4 days shuffling them.
As you might guess there was a lot of color transfer and they went from mint to this

By applying a large amount of oil to these chips and wiping them off several time they now look like this

Now back to shuffling these babies and grinding them down some more.

 

[Changster]

So I've been shuffling some Jack 100's. These came as extra's with other orders so I oiled them first and then spent the last 3-4 days shuffling them.
As you might guess there was a lot of color transfer and they went from mint to this
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By applying a large amount of oil to these chips and wiping them off several time they now look like this
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Now back to shuffling these babies and grinding them down some more.
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Looks great even after shuffling/re-oiling...

 

[DallasAch]

Used to be minty fresh.

 

[CacheCreekCollector]

My first time playing at this card room. Just pocketed these off the felt from earlier tonight...

 

[noobua]

Been going back and forth between my WTHC Paulsons and my CPC wedding favors from a couple years back.

The CPCs seem to wear faster and have more pronounced color transfer than the Paulsons.

 

[warewulf]

The shuffle stacks, except the Atlantic hot stamps on the right which are mint. I was surprised at how quickly the stamps wear.