Best way to un-warp Paulson chips !!!

7thSeat · #41 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

Here's an idea I came up with about a month ago. I have tested it with great results and it seems to be the most effective, safest and by far the easiest way to un-warp Paulson chips.

Here's what you need to do:

1. Clamp the chips in stacks of 20. You will need to use ceramic blanks or similar in between.

2. Put the clamp(s) in the owen in 75 degrees Celcius (167 Farenheit) for 45 minutes.

3. Let the chips cool off in room temperature for a couple of hours while still clamped.

4. Done!

You only have to spend about 3 minutes total per 20 chips. You can easily do 100 at a time (by using 5 clamps). This means that you can unwarp 100 chips and only spend 15 minutes of your own time doing it! This technique removes 90% or so of the warp issue making the chips almost perfect.

Important!

* Whatever you choose to use in between the clay chips needs to be of an uncolored material. If you use printed ceramics the color will transfer onto the clay chips and you will never get it off!

* Make sure you use something in between. If you don't the clay chips will stick together!

* Make sure the temperature the chips are subjected to is not more than 75 degrees Celcius. For example, you should put the chips as far away from the heat source as possible.

* Make sure the chips cool down slowly in room temperature. Do not unclamp them before they have cooled down completely.

* Try at your own risk. I have tested this technique carefully and have no reason to believe that this in any way would hurt the chips. However, I can not take the responsibility for anything that happens because of trying this technique.

Good luck!

Matt

Thanks Matt

This is a very simple and pure solution yet so cleaver.

7th

7thSeat · #42 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cowboys

You might end up with dice impressions on your Paulsons!

Paulson dice chips!!!

You can buy real Paulson dice chips on the E-bay. It will save you both time and money

cowboys · #43 (**permalink**) 02-17-2007, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 7thSeat

You can buy real Paulson dice chips on the E-bay. It will save you both time and money

And probably be cheaper than those crooked a## Pharaohs!

7thSeat · #44 (**permalink**) 02-18-2007, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cowboys

And probably be cheaper than those crooked a## Pharaohs!

E-bay is so educational comparing to Chiptalk and there are so many nice real casino chips out there that nobody on this site ever heard about.

How ever, a lot of people on this site has obviously been fooled to buy those Pharaoh's so I think we shall end this conversation here

ipgyst · #45 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

Here's an idea I came up with about a month ago. I have tested it with great results and it seems to be the most effective, safest and by far the easiest way to un-warp Paulson chips.

Here's what you need to do:

1. Clamp the chips in stacks of 20. You will need to use ceramic blanks or similar in between.

2. Put the clamp(s) in the owen in 75 degrees Celcius (167 Farenheit) for 45 minutes.

3. Let the chips cool off in room temperature for a couple of hours while still clamped.

4. Done!

You only have to spend about 3 minutes total per 20 chips. You can easily do 100 at a time (by using 5 clamps). This means that you can unwarp 100 chips and only spend 15 minutes of your own time doing it! This technique removes 90% or so of the warp issue making the chips almost perfect.

Important!

* Whatever you choose to use in between the clay chips needs to be of an uncolored material. If you use printed ceramics the color will transfer onto the clay chips and you will never get it off!

* Make sure you use something in between. If you don't the clay chips will stick together!

* Make sure the temperature the chips are subjected to is not more than 75 degrees Celcius. For example, you should put the chips as far away from the heat source as possible.

* Make sure the chips cool down slowly in room temperature. Do not unclamp them before they have cooled down completely.

* Try at your own risk. I have tested this technique carefully and have no reason to believe that this in any way would hurt the chips. However, I can not take the responsibility for anything that happens because of trying this technique.

Good luck!

Matt

The purpose of the ceramic blanks is to keep the chips from touching, right? The exact same thing can be accomplished with silicone-treated parchment paper. That sounds like a specialty item, but it is in the aisle with the aluminum foil and wax paper in your grocery store. The stuff is oven safe up to 500 degrees or something like that. I use it to bake cookies all the time, and I don't have anything to clean up when I'm done! Cutting out little squares or circles of parchment and placing those between your chips should work fine.The only thing you might want to do is use a couple of rat turd chips on the ends so your clamp isn't in direct contact with your $1 Paulsons. BTW, a roll of parchment will cost you about $4.

Bake away!

Felix · #46 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 05:25 PM

I dont know if your method will work...i have baked mine with ceramic blanks, it worked.
But i think you use the ceramics because they are as flat as your paulsons should be...i think the matter is that the chips should be pressed onto a flat surface to become flat themself.

NoFear · #47 (**permalink**) 07-11-2007, 03:48 PM

I just luv this site......wow awesome thread.

NF

duma · #48 (**permalink**) 07-21-2007, 02:30 AM

i have two questions for Matt...

1. Does the diameter change with your method?

2. Does the stack height of 20 chips shorten with your method?

do you have pics to compare a stack of 20 baked vs unbaked? i would like to see the height difference. theoretically, the baked chips should be shorter because they are being flattened out.

edit: just so people dont get confused about what im saying. im not saying the chips shrink in the oven, im saying they become more flat and therefore line up more consistently against one another. uniform chips would stack shorten than warped chips. the height of the individual chip would be the same for both, but when stacked the warpness becomes more pronounced.

BigBlue · #49 (**permalink**) 07-22-2007, 10:33 AM

Neat thread for sure.

Excuse my ignorance, but is this an overall Paulson problem, or just with a particular special order/run/extension?

At some point, I'll move up from my dice chips, and invest in some nice chips. Seems that Paulson seems to be one of the top premium chip choices. Hard to believe that there is such a widespread problem. Of course I realize that there are hundreds/thousands of folks/chips that are completely happy and satisfied with their perfect chips.

mugen · #50 (**permalink**) 11-19-2007, 04:06 PM

Hi,

I got my Paulson shaped inlays about 2 months ago and i can easily stack them up to a 100. Some are not perfectly flat but it doesnt really make them wobbly. The only thing thats wrong is that some 500 chips have a slightly different color. After all im quite happy but i hate oiling chips now