Parlor Token Cleaning System

[slotter]

Sometimes, they don't make it very long while shaking. In that case, be sure to have an extra towel handy.

[Kingsmen26]

Sometimes, they don't make it very long while shaking. In that case, be sure to have an extra towel handy.

I can hear it now - "Honestly - I was just cleaning it and it went off."

[Kingsmen26]

Sorry - I have to keep posting until this tokie owens thing goes away.

[Tulsa]

Oh now don't say that, I'll have to increase the number of posts required..

[Kingsmen26]

I'll keep posting after, just not ALLL thoughts!

[Tulsa]

Ah ha, they haven't seen through my plot yet to get them all to post more. bwahahaha

[RKnarr01]

tulsa,

maybe you should raise the number of posts required to pass tokie owens to like 400 to get them to post even more?

[Tulsa]

Maybe I should raise it to 2000!

[RKnarr01]

thats fine with me ill be there in a week or so, i dont think i ever was a tokie owens i think it was token owner back then.

[dattia]

Well at least you guys have some technical knowledge to support your posts...I have to rely on good looks and BS (er, I mean pleasant personality) alone NOT TOO EASY!!!!

[Kingsmen26]

Heyyyyyyy lookie - name change and I'm still posting!

[luckydog]

We enjoy your company Dattia!!!!!

[dattia]

Thank you Luckydog...the feeling is mutual!

[slotter]

Woohoo, Kingsmen!!!!

[monaghj]

I did a lot of searching around on the net after reading about the token cleaning system. I learned alot about coin cleaning for coin collectors. The common theme is that most cleaners remove a % of the metals and if cleaning can be avoided it should be as it degrades the value of the coin.

Since this is directed at "fine" coins I did not really concern myself too much but in reading through this it was also apparent that many coins have a treated surface to prevent tarnishing. Both brass and copper rely heavily on these treatments. Ie Copper exposed to the elements turns green and anyone who has ever owned a brass instrument can attest to the effort they put in to keeping it shiny.

To cut to the chase the recommended cleaning is the one that uses a plate at the bottom of the sink with minimal abrasive chemicals.

I dropped a few tokens in my wifes ultrasonic jewlery cleaner and it worked great. She hid it shortly after as I have about 10k tokens. So if anyone has an update on the professional cleaning systems like the one at the beginning of the post that would be great.

I roll my tokens into wappers. Gives me an estimate of what my addiction would cost me if I took it to the street. So it would be no problem to run them through the cleaner before dumping them into the wrapping machine.

[dattia]

Looks like I got a title change too. Sandwich Shooter???? Make mine a grilled pastrami and swiss on rye!

[jerry kosch]

I kinda wondered what the tokie owens thing was. Maybe somebody wants to explain briefly to a rookie like me. thanks anyone.

[jc1444]

I use my tumbler that I clean my shell cases with. I tumble the tokens with pecan hulls for about 4 hours and they come out shiny as new. It is all I had to use and it worked great.

[DuaneV]

Try an old method of cleaning silver - put a piece of aluminum foil in the bottom of a glass dish, and use a solution of baking soda/water. Dump the coins in - the oxidation comes right off silver plate - and might work on brass as well.

DuaneV

[eagleman39]

I ran about 2000 pachinko balls through our washing machine. seemed to do a good job. Did not run through the dryer