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I take a spoon from the kitchen and I lightly scrape arount the edge 1 time on each side of each chip. I have done this to every kind of new chip, Paulsons, TR King, ASM, Blue Chip. I have not seen other posts about this, but it works like a charm. Chips have no edge dings and are softened a bit. I just scrape hard enough to take that sharp edge off. Once done, they shuffle great!
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I took Nanook's advice (from a previous thread) and used a spoon to dull the edges a little for my ASMs. They were so sharp I was afraid that two chips might make a big chip on one of the edges. I figured if they were just a little rounded I would get no problems. By the end of the 700 chips, the spoon was worn down from all the chips. But it worked great, all the chips shuffle nicely without having the edges all fugged up. After each hundred chips, there would be a pile of dust on the table. I think I got a cough from breathing it all in over a period of a few days. I did this before oiling them, and they look great now. Only thing left to do is spray and apply my labels.
I don't think I could bear to listen to my chips clanking around in my dryer. Good experiment though; they look a lot better than most chips from a casino.
I think the natural wearing of the chips in your hand is the ONLY way the chips should be broken in. Ever walk up a very old staircase made from stone? It has indentations right where your feet scuff against the stair. Virtually no way to duplicate that wear using a "quickie" method. I say, let 'em break in naturally and enjoy every moment of the ride....
I have this topped. I regularily take a stack of chips to work with me to shuffle and pass time with. I had a stack of 10 "Viva Las Vegas" Paulsons with me, and they were left in a side pocket of my uniform pants. They went through a wash cycle and 1hour + of drying time. I do not recommend anyone run chips through this type of punishment.
The nice vibrant yellow chips are now a dull shadow of what they once were. The inlays are tough as nails however(love the old textured inlays), no fading and no running of colors. I'm going to see if I can't find a picture of before, and take one of after for you all.
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If you have access to a reloading tumbler you might try that. They have crushed corn cob as a polishing medium just be sure you clean it and use new medium before you put the chips in. The tumbler vibrates and shouldn't knock any chunks out of the chip. Just a thought but it seems a little safer than a cloths dryer.
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