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Zephury Elite user Hollywood, FL 488 Posts |
Have you guys ever had an issue with fanning powder? Yesterday I powdered a deck of bikes, I did 2 thumb fans and cut the deck, when I fanned again, there was a big gap at the space where I cut the deck. I'm not sure if you follow me but it happens ALL the time when I powder decks. If I don't cut a deck, a powdered deck can be really nice sometimes but any time the cards get mixed up at all, they're useless. To apply the powder, I put a new deck in to a brown paper bag, put a small puff of powder in to the bag and then I shake it up for a minute or two. Every card comes out feeling powdered. I do 5-10 springs to help brush it out and that's how I do it. Does anyone have any tips for better conditioning a deck, exercising the entire deck at once, applying powder, or for my issues with cuts? Any advice is much appreciated.
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Bulla Special user Honolulu, HI 674 Posts |
I find that thumb fans in general aren't very good with a powered deck. Fanning powder makes pressure fans a lot easier.
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Zephury Elite user Hollywood, FL 488 Posts |
Yeah.. I know that pressure fans are more respected. I can do one, just that 2 or 3 out of 10 of them aren't very big and I prefer to be consistent. As well as when I do a pressure fan, the cards are well spread and look pretty good but when I go to do a one handed close, it feels a lot different than a thumb fan. For some reason, the base of the cards are more spread out for me when I do it. It's to where it feels awkward closing it. I will practice though!
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Bulla Special user Honolulu, HI 674 Posts |
Are you powdering the deck to practice a manipulation act or is it for general use?
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Zephury Elite user Hollywood, FL 488 Posts |
General use, and I like to do a lot of fanning while doing my ambitious card routine, triumph, etc.
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Bulla Special user Honolulu, HI 674 Posts |
Ok. Personally I don't like using a powdered deck for tricks because I find that it tends to clump a bit. It also hinders certain sleights as well. Not sure what type of decks you use, but recently I've started to like those with an Ivory or Smooth finish.
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tstark Loyal user Arizona 267 Posts |
You only need a very small amount of powder. After the powder is applied, polish each of the cards briefly with a cotton cloth. Put a t-shirt or similar on a table top, put a card down, place fingers on the card, rub it in a few circular motions on the cotton. Do this to both sides of the card. Repeat with all of the cards. An excess of fanning powder is not good. Try to keep your hands dry when you fan. The card that forms that break or gap will behave better after awhile.
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Zephury Elite user Hollywood, FL 488 Posts |
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On 2013-12-12 13:41, tstark wrote: That sounds pretty good. Thanks for the tip, I'm gonna try it out. |
tstark Loyal user Arizona 267 Posts |
You are more than welcome. I thought I should clarify, though, that you are ok applying using the paper bag, although I use a large zip loc freezer bag and blow it up. After the fanning powder is applied in that manner, or yours, then you lightly polish away the excess. BTW, always remember that in a card trick, that card that creates the break in the fan is now a locator.
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Zephury Elite user Hollywood, FL 488 Posts |
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On 2013-12-12 20:52, tstark wrote: You're a genius. I never thought of using fanning powder for anything more than.. to fan. aha. |
tstark Loyal user Arizona 267 Posts |
Shhhh! Keep it between you, me, and the few other people that read the café.
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