Majestic China Clays (3 Viewers)

[horseshoez]

@TKO

1) Good read on your babies
2) Make your 5k’s Orange, they’re sick!

 

[Marshall18]

Got my orange chips from @Apache and ordered $5k denom labels from @ABC Gifts and Awards. The final result is in the picture. I really like this $5k chip much better than the brown. @Gear never responded to my direct message and the website is under construction so I would recommend anyone else needing labels just reach out directly to @ABC Gifts and Awards, Gene was very quick to respond and I received my order within a few business days.

Love the look of the orange majestic. Might go this route as well for my $5,000's.

 

[codeman00]

Love the look of the orange majestic. Might go this route as well for my $5,000's.

It's the only way to go!

 

[moot]

Well done. I love the Majestics. Have 1000 of em

 

[FiveThous]

Anyone have any black scuff marks after a quick warm water and soap bath on these? I've noticed a few, hoping the mineral oil bath, once I get them labeled, will take care of that.

Edit: for reference, black scuff around the 12oclock position on the chip

 

[KarateMaster72]

You CAN NOT submerge them in mineral oil/water though - the labels will fall off!! ** I learned the hard way, I submerged mine in a bowl for 30 sec to a minute to get 25 chips oiled real quick, ALL labels came off those chips. I used a micro fiber cloth and applied the mineral oil to the cloth - then wipe down each chip, they it soak in for a while, then buff off the rest of the oil. The chips colors pop after this process.

That being said, I did this to half of my chips before my poker night, I simply ran out of time, so my 25 & 100 tournament chips did not get oiled. After the night was over, the oils from the players hands changed the colors drastically, I didn't expect this. Because of this, I will not be fishing the other 800 chips I still need to do - too much work! lol

Good luck!

Just got my Majestics two weeks ago. Submerged them and had zero issues

 

[Chanceman]

This post is for anyone trying to make their mind up about purchasing Majestic CCs over the other brands. I recently purchased a tournament set from Apache after obsessing over which brand to buy for nearly a week. I was mostly between Milano and Majestic. I got a sample set of each and at first, there were things I liked better about each. The colors of the Majestics are far more vibrant than the Milano. The feel is very similiar. I prefer the edge spots of the Milano and at first I preferred the inlay stickers of the Milano too. After having them for a few days the Majestic stickers grew on me and I decided I liked them more. The quality control of the Majestic labels is much better than Milano. Some of the Milano labels are printed offset and I don't like how the font size changes for the higher denominations. The Majestic labels are basically uniform with font size and there are no quality issues. I also prefer the sound of the Majestic over Milano, it's more of a deep, dull thud compared to the slightly higher pitch sounds the Milanos make.

Once I received my Majestic tournament set and oiled them all, I'm very happy with my decision. They stack nicely and stick together nicely. A stack of the Milanos actually slides apart and falls over with less bumps of the table than the Majestics. The colors really pop after oiling. The crown mold impressions around the edge of the chip look a lot better than the pattern they use for the Milano mold. IMO, I like everything better about the Majestics except for the edge spots of the Milano. I'm also not a fan of the stock $5k brown, I think I'm gonna order the orange Majestics and relabel them with $5k labels. I just prefer a bright color for the higher denomination chips.

If you're on the fence, I highly recommend Majestic over Milano!

This is an entertaining and informative thread.

 

[bzambo]

Anyone willing to sell me 50 orange 5,000 majestic so I don’t have to do it myself? Haha

 

[AZCollins]

Sorry for the newb question but what kind of oil should you oil your chips with when you get them? I just ordered a bunch of samples, the majestics among them. Thanks!

 

[merkong]

Sorry for the newb question but what kind of oil should you oil your chips with when you get them? I just ordered a bunch of samples, the majestics among them. Thanks!

Mineral. Plain mineral. Walgreens.

 

[bzambo]

Mineral. Plain mineral. Walgreens.

Is it really worth doing? I rinsed mine with dawn dish soap and I think it shined them up a bit but not sure.

Is this process truly worth it:
https://www.apachepokerchips.com/blog/mineral-oil-poker-chips/

 

[merkong]

Is it really worth doing? I rinsed mine with dawn dish soap and I think it shined them up a bit but not sure.

Is this process truly worth it:
https://www.apachepokerchips.com/blog/mineral-oil-poker-chips/

With any chips that are able to take oil I oil. I only edge oil. That means I grab a barrel out of the rack, barely dab my gloved finger in the cap of the oil bottle holding maybe 10cc of oil, and wipe the entire edge of the barrel and set it aside.

I can oil a rack of chips in less than a minute. After they’ve stood for a bit I rerack and use a soft cloth and wipe the entire rack at once allowing and feeling the barrels rotate under the cloth. Unrack and rewipe the entire barrel and then set barrels aside. Wipe the racks. Lay out the chips in long rows on a towel and flip them a half a day later. Let them sit another half day and rerack. I do not face oil anything.

I like to oil and mainly because I get the same results in a fraction of the time as the folks who overthink it.

 

[merkong]

Is it really worth doing? I rinsed mine with dawn dish soap and I think it shined them up a bit but not sure.

Is this process truly worth it:
https://www.apachepokerchips.com/blog/mineral-oil-poker-chips/

Yes it’s worth it.

Apache doesn’t have a handle on oiling. Overkill.

 

[bzambo]

Yes it’s worth it.

Apache doesn’t have a handle on oiling. Overkill.

You’re saying what they suggest on their page is overkill and just to edge oil like you mention above?

 

[merkong]

You’re saying what they suggest on their page is overkill and just to edge oil like you mention above?

Chips with inlays can draw oil underneath, chips with labels can also propose that making it a place to collect funk and for the label to fail.

Very time intensive and again, there are risks. The edges are what we ooh and ahh about when chips are stacked.

Yes, overkill. There are chip oiling experts here that might disagree with my laid back approach, but to each their own.

If you face oil, and I have, you have to wipe, rewipe, and wipe again or it’ll wind up on your cloth. It will not cure only enough to not be noticeable on fingers and the table.

The whole dipping and wiping and whatevering, you’re looking at hours to do a 1000 chip set, and the wipe, wipe, wipe with curing (drying) in between adds days at a minimum. No way.

Edges. And lightly.