How to Keep Custom Poker Chips in Good Condition

Poker players who like to own and collect custom poker chips are growing in numbers. Because of the uniqueness of playing a poker chip customized to the preferred designs of the poker player, it stands as an enticing factor that attracts more interest on the game of poker.

Custom poker chips allow a poker player to play poker with a more personalized touch. Players can have their favorite design of images or text to appear on their poker chips hence it makes the game of poker more interesting to play with a significant value.

Because keeping the custom poker chips in good condition is very important among custom poker collectors they should know how to keep it in good shape. Regular cleaning of the custom poker chips is required to ensure keeping the poker chips to look new all the time.

Buying a custom poker chip set with a free casing can help preserve the custom poker chips into a safer environment to keep it in good shape. Casino poker chips are frequently cleaned because of the regular use of their poker chips but because casino poker chips are rather expensive and comes at high quality and durability it stands against the wear and tear of its regular use.

Cleaning custom poker chips can be done as easy as washing them with mild detergent on water. The chips can be dumped into a basin or bucket with water and soap or to individually wash them. Many say against soaking the poker chips for a long time. It is best to clean them up in the water and then dry them with a towel.

Take note however to verify from the vendor where you bought the custom poker chips whether the chips can be washed with water since there are some high end custom poker chips that are not supposed to get wet especially those that are made of clay.

High end custom poker chips that are exclusively made of clay are best when they are oiled which keeps it clean and gives a well polished poker chips with live colors, great feel and sound.

The oil treatment of poker chips only works with chips made of clay and consists of rubbing or immersing the chips into a mineral oil and soak them for a while. The chips are then dried with a towel.

It should be noted that with more oil to soak the poker chips on the longer it might take to wipe it out so finding the average quantity of the oil to use for cleaning is a better medium. It may take one minute per chip to clean the oil hence cleaning about 300 poker chips or more is a very tasking process.

Because custom poker chips give its owner a personal sense of ownership and some find it with a sentimental value because of the special designs on the poker chips, keeping them in good condition is empirical to preserve the design quality of custom poker chips.