I wrote some questions in the Pipe-shield thread, but that grew beyond the scope of that thread so i thought i'd put it in a new thread and see if this can be cleared up...
The main issue is that i have 10 ASM samples that i've grown fond of but recently they've started getting gooey and sticky so i thought i'd clean them (a little experiment so i'd be prepared for when i get my customs)
First i filled a small bowl with teppid water and added perhaps 1/2 thimble of Ajax All-cleaner. Then i put the chips in, let them soak for a minute or 2 and brushed them thouroughly but gently with a soft toothbrush. They became clean (sligtly dry and chalky feeling to them, just as they were when i got them initially)
What i noticed though was that one of the chips with an inlay had gotten water under the edges of the inlay!!?! I actually could use my fingernail to catch the edge of the inlay and i could have ripped it off if i'd wanted. Another chip with an inlay showed no such "damage"... When inspecting them i got the feeling that the chip that was "undamaged" was coated with something whereas the chip where the inlay got loosened had a noticeable edge between the inlay and the chip (although they were level). And also the inlay of that chip felt slightly different in texture.
These are the chips i'm talking about
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The chip with the inlay that came loose.
The chip that wasn't damaged (coated?)
The loose inlay
I didn't do more than stick a tiny portion of the edge of the knife under the inlay to be able to show the gap. I then removed the knife and the inlay settled back into the chip...
Later today when i was shuffling the chips i noticed that the stack felt "wobbly". It was the damaged chip and when i put my fingernail against the inlay edge, it popped loose. Just like that.
(As you notice the surface beneath the inlay is white and "papery"... Could it be that the inlay was simply split in half, that the paper-part of the inlay just parted?)
I'm starting to get scared here. I had initially thought that all ASMs' were coated with something to protect the inlays after they were molded. I remember reading a review (i
think it was on homepokertourney) where it was stated that it was impossible to get to the inlay without major force with a sharp knife...
All i did here was letting the chip soak in teppid water for a couple of minutes (max)... I've read all the threads about letting your chips soak in Pipe Shield for 20hours+ etc..
So... have anyone else seen this with the ASM's? Is it possible that i got some kind of 2:nd rate chip (put aside because of some production problem thus only qualifiyng for samplesets) or is this a general issue with ASM clays?
/Mike
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