[Guma]

Thank you so much for posting this! I had not seen this post until today, and I have over 800 St Jo's on their way to me and I was not having any luck finding non acetone nail polish here in Doha!

This is perhaps a life saving post!

Originally Posted by Johnny5

I also started out with alcohol & Q-tips, but it was a pain. It takes a lot of time & effort, and can get leave black residue in the cracks on some chips. I tried the non acetone nail polish remover and it seemed to eat away at the chips making them all gummy. No one has mentioned this, so I assume its just the type I got, I don't know.

Anyway, after I got sick of the Q-tip method, I found what I believe is the best method for removing the foil & black stamp. Note: There are 2 types of rubbing alcohol, Ethanol, and Isopropyl, make sure you use the Ethanol.

I just poured the alcohol into a shallow bowl, and dumped about 15 chips in for 2/3 minutes, swishing the bowl around once or twice during this time. Then, I just picked them out 1 by one, and under running water, rubbed the whole foil/stamp off with my thumb. It literally rinses right off the chip, with no trace left at all. The alcohol turns black, but I just reused it over & over with no problems at all.

[gmunny]

Hi folks,
Anyone willing to sell me 20 or so of the new $100 secondaries or primaries? Please PM me if you do. Thanks.
Gmunny

[bbb_forever]

Originally Posted by 2_hotty

oooohh, I might, which denoms you interested in?

Oh, and here's your chip porn:

Randomly tossed in a pile. Tough to see the remnants of a hotstamp

Man! 2_hotty's chip porn of the primary $100s really look hot!
Makes me want to get some. Too bad there are sold out at the chiproom.

How much were they originally selling for?

If anyone is selling 100 primary $100, send me a PM. (I already have 100 secondary St. Jo $100s.)
Thanks.

[kimdol13]

PM sent to the two gentlemen looking for $100 St Jo chips.

[gemi]

Has anyone been able to clean .50 cent pink chips without damaging the original casino hot stamp?

I cleaned one last night using the nail polish remover but that side of my pink chip is now just that pink with nothing on it .

[*acesandfaces*]

The $.50 chips are what they are. There is no removing the hotstamp with out damaging the chip.

Originally Posted by gemi

Has anyone been able to clean .50 cent pink chips without damaging the original casino hot stamp?

I cleaned one last night using the nail polish remover but that side of my pink chip is now just that pink with nothing on it .

[mr.aol]

Would soaking the $0.50 in Ethyl alcohol for couple minute, and let it dry. Than just rub off the Hot stamp work? Without removing the original $0.50 marking!

[Guma]

Some of the original gold hotstamp will still be removed, even so if you let it dry after you have soaked it in the ethyl alcohol, nothing will come off. You have to wipe it off while it is wet.

Not to mention that the hotstamping machine left a nice mark where it struck the chip.

The $.50 chips are best left alone with the MGC and gold hotstamp in place. That is the way I left my 200+ chips.

Originally Posted by mr.aol

Would soaking the $0.50 in Ethyl alcohol for couple minute, and let it dry. Than just rub off the Hot stamp work? Without removing the original $0.50 marking!

[outlawnyc]

Originally Posted by Guma

Some of the original gold hotstamp will still be removed, even so if you let it dry after you have soaked it in the ethyl alcohol, nothing will come off. You have to wipe it off while it is wet.

Not to mention that the hotstamping machine left a nice mark where it struck the chip.

The $.50 chips are best left alone with the MGC and gold hotstamp in place. That is the way I left my 200+ chips.

i preferred taking off the cancellation stamp. basically -- you'll get a chip that is perfect on one side -- and not perfect on the other -- it's better than the cancellation stamp...i'll show u guys some of my chips.

[gmunny]

Nice job and pics outlaw. Can you tell us what you used and the process you used to clean the chip? Thanks.

Originally Posted by outlawnyc

I've already done the work to clean them which is a bit more complicated than cleaning/removing
the hot stamp from the other chips b/c of course of the original hot stamp under the cancellationand chip room hot stamps.

The side of the chip that did not have the cancellation stamp on it is in mint condition.

The original hot stamp on the cancellation side looks a little worn as seen in the picture, but it looks significantly better than the cancellation stamp. anyways here it is.


Below is a picture of the cancellation side with mark removed.




Below is a picture of another pic of the cancellation side with mark removed.