Ultrasonic Chip Cleaning (22 Viewers)

Also, I cleaned about 40 BCC chips, and they came through just fine. A little bit faded, but the colors came back with a little oil. So the fake TSP doesn't destroy BCC chips. (y) :thumbsup:
 
My wife is a dental hygienist and I have access to her office's ultrasonic cleaner. Has anyone ever used a commercial cleaner like this? Is it safe?
 
My wife is a dental hygienist and I have access to her office's ultrasonic cleaner. Has anyone ever used a commercial cleaner like this? Is it safe?
Wow, you use that and your white chips will come out white and minty fresh!!!

On a serious note.... If you are using anything other than the formerly tested chemicals proceed at your own risk. Use chips that you can afford to mess up and only one at a time!

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My wife is a dental hygienist and I have access to her office's ultrasonic cleaner. Has anyone ever used a commercial cleaner like this? Is it safe?
If I was the dentist (or patients), I would not be happy to learn that someone cleaned chips in the ultrasonic cleaner used for dentistry. Aside from the issue of toxic cleaners used to clean chips, I'd be angry about the possibility of lead from older chips, not to mention the hooker juice and toejam found on chips.

Seriously. Don't use medical-use equipment to clean your chips.
 
Seriously. Don't use medical-use equipment to clean your chips.


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I've had these chips for quite sometime. Some one from CT sent them to me after getting fed up trying to get the spray paint off these. Wondering if anyone that has a cleaner would be willing to give these a shot to get clean? Not sure if these are too far gone or even worth saving. The ones on the right were soaked in Simple Green and lots of elbow grease with a tooth brush to look like that. If you want to give this a shot PM and I will send you some and give you some for your troubles as well.
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I've had these chips for quite sometime. Some one from CT sent them to me after getting fed up trying to get the spray paint off these. Wondering if anyone that has a cleaner would be willing to give these a shot to get clean? Not sure if these are too far gone or even worth saving. The ones on the right were soaked in Simple Green and lots of elbow grease with a tooth brush to look like that. If you want to give this a shot PM and I will send you some and give you some for your troubles as well.
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Is it just me or is the foil completely gone???

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The solvents in the spray paint probably did most of the damage to the hotstamps.

Yeah the foil is gone. There is very minute amounts left over but yeah hotstamp gone. Hoping to relable them to use for a micro stakes set.
 
That's the one I've got. I have no complaints - other than it does take some time to heat up the water. I'm pleased with it.
Two solutions for this. Microwave the water. OR, turn the U/S for 5-10 minutes with the heater on. It heats up pretty quick.
 
Yean, I just go about other chip business while I wait. No big deal.
 
Time for another batch of chip cleaning. Have some real grubby Cali Bells, normal grubby Casablanca $5s, some Mitch's nickels that I think we're buried in a cemetery, some hotstamped dollars... Some Jessie Beck TRK, and some large crown TRKs from a card club in the 1950s.
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Times:
Cali Bells: 3mins and still had to magic eraser the faces for the whites.
Jessie Beck and hotstamp dollar: 30 sec
Casablanca: 1 min
Mitch's: 3 mins, seemed to have no affect.
Large Crown TRK: tested one chip in with a 1 minute batch... It started to dissolve. Lesson learned... Lcrown TRKs do not like ultrasonic and metasicilate.
They still need oil, but they look good.
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