[Midnight Rose]

I could've sworn that links_slayer or Emptypocs posted something about a jewelry cleaner as an alternative for using non-acetone polish for removing hotstamps, but I can't find that post here at all. Anyone...?

[mipevi]

I don't know about what they might have written, but here's a tip that was given to me http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/custom...tml#post718993

Never got around to it, but seems like a good alternative.

[Vince]

Drop them in denatured alcohol for a few minutes. The hotstamps will come off themselves.

[EmptyPocs]

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/poker-...mps-chips.html

made a paulson chip very naked and squeeky clean

but be careful with ASM's, try only one 1st

[Midnight Rose]

Originally Posted by EmptyPocs

http://www.chiptalk.net/forum/poker-...mps-chips.html

made a paulson chip very naked and squeeky clean

but be careful with ASM's, try only one 1st

I knew you'd come through for me; thanks!

[JM]

Remember that all you're removing is the foil, the impression of the hotstamp will still be on the chip so you may need to sand down the area a bit to smooth it if its a deep impression.

[Midnight Rose]

Originally Posted by JM

Remember that all you're removing is the foil, the impression of the hotstamp will still be on the chip so you may need to sand down the area a bit to smooth it if its a deep impression.

Got it, thanks.

[clmayfield]

I used Drano Max recently (not the gel version) and it worked like a champ. You will need to scrub with a toothbrush pretty hard, but it is far less invasive than a lot of these other chemicals. Anything with acetone, alcohol, or other organic solvent will end up robbing the water from the chip and if you have an inlay, it will usually damage the inlay.

Removing a hot stamp is like chip chemotherapy. Whatever method you use will attack the hot stamp, but also attack some part of the chip, be it the clay or the inlay. IMO, it is best to choose a less harsh method to preserve the integrity of the chip, but the tradeoff is that the less harsh the method is, the less effective the method is. IMO, Drano Max is a nice tradeoff.

I just bought a bunch of River City chips with the hot stamps removed. Whoever removed them was using alcohol or fingernail polish and as a result, the plastic on the inlay was hardened and in some cases, yellowed and cloudy.

Sanding down the inlay fixed this and will also remove the impression in the plastic (if this is a plastic inlay). Use ~150 grit sandpaper, scratching the entire surface until the impression is gone. The inlay will look scratched up when you are done. The point of this step is to remove material. Next, use ~300 grit sandpaper to smooth the inlay area until it is homogenous. Wet-or-dry sandpaper works best for this. You can apply a drop of mineral oil to keep the sandpaper unclogged. This will leave a satiny finish. If you want a super-smooth, shiny finish, polish with 600 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper using mineral oil as before. I am doing this for a lot of chips, so I bought a flexishaft tool and some mini-sanding discs. I will post the results when I am finished.

[Midnight Rose]

New question: if you were going to use sandpaper to remove the inevitable hotstamp "tattoo", what kind (grit?) of sandpaper would you use?

[EDIT: apparently I forgot to read the previous message before I posted this. Sorry. ]

[Midnight Rose]

Originally Posted by clmayfield

Sanding down the inlay fixed this and will also remove the impression in the plastic (if this is a plastic inlay). Use ~150 grit sandpaper, scratching the entire surface until the impression is gone. The inlay will look scratched up when you are done. The point of this step is to remove material. Next, use ~300 grit sandpaper to smooth the inlay area until it is homogenous. Wet-or-dry sandpaper works best for this. You can apply a drop of mineral oil to keep the sandpaper unclogged. This will leave a satiny finish. If you want a super-smooth, shiny finish, polish with 600 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper using mineral oil as before. I am doing this for a lot of chips, so I bought a flexishaft tool and some mini-sanding discs. I will post the results when I am finished.

Ok, now that I see you already answered the question I just asked (duh me!), what's your progress on this?