I don’t want to get too close to my chips because then …. You know2 tables of freshly cleaned and oiled chips getting dried shortly. I will throw em in the Bay window (natural light) and share.
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And absolutely never owned nor will we own an US cleaner. Every chip cleaned by hand with love! 100% agree with @grantc54 ! Bonding time makes them YOUR chips! Lol
I bet some used that $25 to scratch off a book of lotto tickets.Ms. Brie just started working on our $25s and she thinks it is a coating like the pink coating on the Primary $500s, I had 10/20 with that nasty pink crap... several think it is color transfer but it is not, it scrapes off, but if you want to get it by just scrubbing it is going to take a long time!
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I didn't save any of my pictures but you can see the pink on the top side of the hat in the edge spot there.
Anyone find any $25s that were used as door stoppers
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Again thank God for the sample set... unfortunately I was planning to keep them as a set of spares but now after finishing a taped together $100 that was broken, a $5 with a huge flea bit over 1/2" across... more like a piranha bite! And that $25 with the edge totally worm down. Not much left for extras! Lol
The hand sanitizer use during covid is an interesting thought. Could effect both the purple of the 25 and pink of the 100.On the 25s I'm actually wondering if some of it is a reaction from certain colors to the uv crap. I or a reaction of rhe red 5 base against the 25s base and edge spots. Several of them had reddish tints across the faces not just the edgespots and the inset part of the hats don't seem to be affected on any of them. No idea what to call it, doesn't appear to color transfer poor cancelation
Maybe just shit quality clay or some kind of reaction from overusing hand sanitizer in casinos post covid. I've seen many a murdered chip and unmurdered with color fading and alteration from too much chemical use
Very good hypothesisThe hand sanitizer use during covid is an interesting thought. Could effect both the purple of the 25 and pink of the 100.
I wonder if anyone here playing during covid saw any discoloration on theor chips due to hand sanitizer.
If it's a question of Covid or chip discolouration then I guess my players may just have a higher rate of covid. Lol
This reminds me of something similar with the light purple spot on the Bahamia $25 chips. IIRC, in all pics of new chips I've seen, the purple is the same color, which I *think* is either Lilac or Hawaii Flower shade of purple.after cleaning and oiling the purples are still "multi colored"
Glad I wasn’t going crazy thinking the pinks were only me.Well after cleaning and oiling the purples are still "multi colored"
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But honestly not enough for it to be a problem for me.
The pinks on the Hundos look great when the rack is random
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But if you line them up
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You can see the different shades of pink.
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Again works fine for me... but it is there after cleaning and oiling.
I freaked out a bit when I first saw the 25s while cleaning. I thought I caused it, but then again it is why I only clean a few chips at a timeGlad I wasn’t going crazy thinking the pinks were only me.
These look great. Great job on cleaning and piling Ben!
For someone that is crazy you speak a lot of sense!The people who manufacture, sell, and install things like stone counters and wood floors take pains to point out "this is a natural product" and therefore you're going to get variations in colors and patterns, and that you shouldn't consider it a flaw but rather an indicator of the authentic nature of what you bought.
Same thing with chips. They're not a "natural product" BUT given the environment that they come from - daily use in casinos - we ought to view these kinds of odd inconsistencies as being consistent with what they are. They're a kind of antique, and they come with all the flaws and defects that antiques acquire over the years of use, or even simply the years of existence.
"One scratch is a flaw; a thousand scratches is a patina."
im still waiting for that april fools day sale.Feels like a good time for a 4th of July sale.
Unfortunately we do not own a UV light... but may look into purchasing one.
I bought a black light. I hope my poker room looks like a cocaine den.
... don't do it; it'll make you sad...