Bicycle Tires: Has anyone tried to refurbish these chips? (2 Viewers)

[buffalojim]

Hmm... my Empress

Impressive results Daniel.

 

[Mongoose]

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As you can see by the last pic there is no noticeable size difference. But as mentioned some chip material is gone and a bike tire will never be a mint chip! But I think 99.9% of us can live with these results!! LOL!

Wow, the differences shown in pics #1 and #2 look like different chips all together. You’re getting some seemingly phenomenal results here @RivieraDanny. Nice work…Impressive!

 

[RivieraDanny]

See above Cali Bells

 

[RivieraDanny]

Wow, the differences shown in pics #1 and #2 look like different chips all together. You’re getting some seemingly phenomenal results here @RivieraDanny. Nice work…Impressive!

I promise you those are the exact same chips!!

 

[davislane]

The Mad Genius at work! Love it. Keep sharing the results. Now to go find a cheap set of PCA primaries while they are still cheap.....

 

[RivieraDanny]

The Mad Genius at work! Love it. Keep sharing the results. Now to go find a cheap set of PCA primaries while they are still cheap.....

I feel like the mad scientist!!! That's what my wife keeps calling me today! P.S. Maybe this will keep me to busy to buy chips!!!!!

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Are we all going to decide on the new standard size for shaved chips?

 

[RivieraDanny]

38.88 to 38.95! LOL And if you love them what's the difference!

 

[WedgeRock]

Let's see what a shuffled stack looks like, alternating between old and refurbished.

 

[RivieraDanny]

 

[RivieraDanny]

And really unless you're some kind of intense OCD freak you cant feel it! But I cant see mixing treated and non treated just for the look!

 

[buffalojim]

Now dance for me, please.

 

[RivieraDanny]

You can see the biggest difference here. Mixed with new never used Pick Hobsons. You almost cat feel it but thickness is markedly different. Less than 1/2 mm diameter tho in circumference.

 

[RivieraDanny]

Now dance for me, please.

No dancing! And I also realize there will be some here who hate this Idea but guess what.............

 

[buffalojim]

Isn't there ever so slight difference in diameter of TRK's as well, like slightly larger than 39mm or do I have that backwards?

 

[RivieraDanny]

Isn't there ever so slight difference in diameter of TRK's as well, like slightly larger than 39mm or do I have that backwards?

Yea. Backwards. They’re a tad smaller than Paulsons for sure. Mint to mint.

 

[buffalojim]

Yea. Backwards. They’re a tad smaller than Paulsons for sure. Mint to mint.

Ah, ok, it's C&J that are slightly larger then. You think I'd remember that having owned some C&J's before

Regardless, these look really nice compared to what they were.

 

[RivieraDanny]

I’m glad I obsessed this the last couple days! Will perfect it even further. Thanks for the inspiration @liftapint and pointing me to this thread @ReallyGoodUsername !! Not sure this increases value of chips, I know you can’t even clean a coin and kill it’s value but man oh man they look so much nicer treated than the cleanest bike tires!!

 

[superchromix]

How easy would this be to scale up to larger numbers of chips?

 

[Colquhoun]

If you do enough of these, bike tires will become more valuable because there will be less of them.
Imagine the wanted ads, "Looking for spotted THC, bike tires only".
Or other threads, "How do I get these mint chips in bike tire condition quickly?"

 

[Darson]

Love it!!!

 

[timinater]

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.​

Actually though, fill your boots. I like the patina of a good bike tire chip, but that’s just me.

The results here are really impressive!

 

[RivieraDanny]

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.​

Actually though, fill your boots. I like the patina of a good bike tire chip, but that’s just me.

The results here are really impressive!

Bike tires have their place!! LOL!

 

[RivieraDanny]

 

[warma]

Super impressive results, but makes me to see history being re-written.

Disclaimer: bicycle tire fan.

 

[RivieraDanny]

Super impressive results, but makes me to see history being re-written.

Disclaimer: bicycle tire fan.

See gif above your post.

 

[warma]

See gif above your post.

Soooooooo delicious. Can’t… help… myself…..

 

[upNdown]

No dancing! And I also realize there will be some here who hate this Idea but guess what.............

I'm guessing . . .

For the record, I hate it, but everybody could have guessed that.

 

[RivieraDanny]

I'm guessing . . .

For the record, I hate it, but everybody could have guessed that.

Hate me dancing or edge conditioning??? lol

 

[CrazyEddie]

This is a revolutionary concept.

These chips that began life in mint condition became absolutely trashed from day-in day-out casino use, and eventually they found their way into our hands. Now, for the mere cost of very modestly shrinking their diameter, we can restore them to very close to their original condition - clean, colorful, and (almost) sharp-edged. And since they're now in the hands of home-game hosts instead of casinos, they'll keep their newly-restored beautiful condition forever.

Numismatic purists would consider this sort of alteration sacrilege. But coin collectors have a very different aesthetic than we playable set maniacs. The way I see it, the chips were damaged by their use, and what we are doing here is healing them. If they must give up a bit of their size in the process, then that's merely part of the tragic consequences of having become damaged in the first place. But the fresh lathing repairs the damage, compensates for it as best as possible, and brings the chips back to their intended appearance so that they can resume their original function and return to their original purpose - as attractive and functional objects, art and utility hand in hand.