no metal basket, but I will try less water, thanks
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Ultrasonic Chip Cleaning (22 Viewers)
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Dr. Matt
Two Pair
I had the same experience with my relatively powerful cleaner shown in the pics above. Took a 5 sec brush per side with a tooth brush after the US bath and they were pristine. I think there's just a small amount of gunk that gets in the deep hashes and grooves. Maybe Ultrasonic is supposed to get that, and I should expect more, but I personally wasn't surprised that I needed one quick brush over.
5aces
Full House
Took me 1 hour to get 20 chips cleaned. Need to change that.
EDIT: Without ultrasonic!
Bought it after the test. Still waiting for shipment.
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The part that takes the longest is prepping the water
Zedlavo
Two Pair
I got a USC. I live in skagit county though. If I remember correctly you're in king county?
Zedlavo
Two Pair
The ultrasonic is very much worth it though. Too easy. I did 1300 or so Aztars with the good old oxy soak and scrub method. Never again. Felt so dumb after I used the ultrasonic.
Soak in warm water/Palmolive mix. Then in the ultrasonic with the real fake TSP for a minute. 30ish at a time. (Couple hand fulls) Just in the basket it came with. Nothing fansy. Rinse, dry and oil.
Soak in warm water/Palmolive mix. Then in the ultrasonic with the real fake TSP for a minute. 30ish at a time. (Couple hand fulls) Just in the basket it came with. Nothing fansy. Rinse, dry and oil.
Shaggy
Full House
Something definitely wrong. Are you using the fake TSP recommended in first post? Are you using distilled water? Are you using rotating basket? How about water temperature? Is the machine making a buzzing noise while operating?
I just reread your post... Are you saying it took you one hour to clean by hand and now you need to buy an ultrasonic?
Marius L
4 of a Kind
I'm pretty sure thats what he meant(y) :thumbsup:
5aces
Full House
Correct!
I'm a little bit at a loss as to how to clean these Burt/ASM/other chips made in the late 70s/early 80s. I think a lot of the stuff on the edges of the chips is actually mold (if not, brass/lead flakes?) because the cardboard boxes they came in were starting to fall apart.
Running the ultrasonic on a couple at around 35C with just water didn't work very well, and not hot enough to kill mold anyways. How do Burt/ASM handle higher temperatures? Has anyone tried any other added chemicals? I could try dish soap with no oxi in the ultrasonic even though it doesn't make sense to me..
Shaggy
Full House
I had to clean my horseshoe mold Binion Horseshoes by hand with Dawn. Higher temperatures and OXY/TSP are bad for the Burt/ASM chips... also bad for Large Crown TRKs. You can gently use a magic eraser.
GoStumpy
Flush
Cleaned 600 Lucky Derby THC's today with the ultrasonic.... took about an hour.
Couldn't (wouldn't) have done it without it!
Couldn't (wouldn't) have done it without it!
justsomedude
Straight Flush
Be very careful with ASMs and TSP in the ultrasonic machine. As I recall, some one here completely destroyed a couple barrels of their ASMs/CPCs with this method. They are just too soft.
(trying to find the photos now)
EDIT...
Some detail here: http://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/diamond-chip-cleaner.1706/#post-6150
More here: http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/threads/ultrasonic-chip-cleaning-revisited.86314/page-3#post-1253899
courage
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Re: ultrasonic and ASM chips, I've placed a small drop of dish soap in mine and it foamed like crazy. Not really viable imo. I was going to try a weak solution of Simple Green but not sure if the would be effective or damage the chips.
As mentioned in this original review of ASM horseheads over on HPT, .. ASM used to include basic cleaning instructions with their chip orders ...
http://www.homepokertourney.com/chips-hpt.htm
" Cleaning:
If your chips ever need cleaning, it should be done one chip at a time. Use a soft brush (eg: toothbrush) and a small amount of mild detergent mixed with water. With the brush, apply a small amount of the solution to the chip; then dry at once with a soft cloth."
I wonder if they meant dish, laundry or other detergent or it didn't matter ...
Most newer washing machines require " HE " rated wash detergents, which are ultra low suds/foaming.
Don't know the ingredients, but perhaps a test of with some "discardable" ASM/CPC's in your ultrasonic.....
Shaggy
Full House
I purchased 200 filthy Kenmore Lanes ASM chips a couple years ago for the purpose of testing in the ultrasonic. I will look into "HE" rated wash detergents.
.. Let us know the results.
Shaggy
Full House
These have been in the queue for a while... I bought them so I could perform tests... before I cleaned my horseshoe mold Horseshoes (Binion's, Vegas). I ended up cleaning them individually with Dawn... then using an exacto to scrape the gunk out of the horseshoe... not much incentive anymore... other than for the sake of science. If anyone is more driven than me on this task... I will gladly sell the Kenmore's for what I paid... Like 50c per chip. They are A mold $1.
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Sean
Sitting Out
Cleaned the $1s and $5s for the Horseshoes that I got on the Black Friday sale (and follow-up sale). Followed the steps of this awesome thread basically exactly (thanks ski_ex5!), using NorCalChip's sonic cleaner: AW 6L Liter Stainless Steel 380 Watt Ultrasonic Cleaner w/Timer Heater. http://a.co/eEhUheX
Once setup was complete (which took a fairly long while, since I took my time with plenty of plastic dropclothes for the kitchen floor and counter, and triple checked all steps/pieces, since it was my first time doing this), I cleaned approx. 650 $1 and $5 chips in 2 hours. They came out great!
Tons of great suggestions in this thread and the NorCalChip thread. Going to tackle the $25s, $100s and $500s next week.
Once setup was complete (which took a fairly long while, since I took my time with plenty of plastic dropclothes for the kitchen floor and counter, and triple checked all steps/pieces, since it was my first time doing this), I cleaned approx. 650 $1 and $5 chips in 2 hours. They came out great!
Tons of great suggestions in this thread and the NorCalChip thread. Going to tackle the $25s, $100s and $500s next week.
GoStumpy
Flush
I also did about 600 chips today, thankfully on a plywood workbench so no protection other than gloves necessary
Marius L
4 of a Kind
The one dollar chip is really such a great chip. One of my favorite in the set because of the nice edgespots. And it is just so shiny and bright and cleans up so easily.
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