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magicarnival New user Georgetown, Texas 16 Posts 
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When I was a kid I made up a deck with Long and short cards glued together on one short end for riffling. I found the trick in an old magic book for kids. I forget what it was for now, but my cousin had to have it so I sold it to him.
Well now I'm a grown up kid and want to make up a deck Andy Nyman has made famous. TOD. My question is what kind of glue should I use. I don't want to screw up the deck and want it to last. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Tom McDonagh |
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magicarnival New user Georgetown, Texas 16 Posts
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So, It's Luke Jermay, TOD, not Andy Nyman. CRS.
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magicarnival New user Georgetown, Texas 16 Posts
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Never mind.
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts
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On Apr 28, 2016, magicarnival wrote: Always use rubber contact adhesive on cards. The dried glue will have a certain amount of flexibility to it, whereas other non-latex glues will not. They become hard after time, and tend to crack; whereas latex glues will not. The type of glue I am talking about requires you to coat bother surfaces to be adhered, left to dry for a minute or so, and then both surfaces pressed together to form the bond. Here in the UK, the leading brand of contact adhesive is Evo-Stick. I have no idea what the equivalent is in the States. |
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magicarnival New user Georgetown, Texas 16 Posts
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Thank you for your reply. I have some special cards I don't want to ruin. I'll use the rubber cement along with some others to test the glue on some extra cards I have.
Thanks again. |
inigmntoya Inner circle DC area native, now in Atlanta 2351 Posts
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On Apr 28, 2016, magicarnival wrote: Rubber cement is a good option. If you're experimenting on extra cards you don't care about, I'd take a look at Zig two-way glue as well (and use the "permanent" method). You might also want to reach out to Christian Schenk (Card-Shark here on the Café), the driving force behind the Phoenix decks, as he's done some work in this specific area. |
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magicarnival New user Georgetown, Texas 16 Posts
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I bought to DVD set " Jermay's Mind". He said to use super glue. I bought some last night at Staples.
Thanks for the help. Tom |
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts
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On Apr 29, 2016, magicarnival wrote: Super gluing cards will result in the glue being too brittle. It will eventually snap. Super glue has a lot of tensile strength, but absolutely terrible shearing strength. So, I would say Mr Jermay's advice is not very good. And I don't care who he is! |
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Lseeyou Inner circle 1271 Posts
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@magicarnaval Which glue you used for Jermay TOD * card shark super thin cards?
@Tally_NSA - Jermay TOD deck uses plastic cards... not paper. |
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NotThatLarson Regular user 113 Posts
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Also, get a small paintbrush. The larger brushes that come with most rubber cements are too large and cause you to put too thick of a layer on the cards. |
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Artie Fufkin Special user 853 Posts
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One reason Jermay (and lots of others) suggest Super Glue is because, unlike rubber cement, when you glue up more than a few cards you don't build up extra thickness from the glue.
Rubber cement builds up to about 2 cards extra thickness in a full deck if gluing up a full deck of normal cards .... Super Glue doesn't build up at all if judiciously applied. |
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Tally_NSA Loyal user Essex, UK 222 Posts
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On May 15, 2016, NotThatLarson wrote: Don't use brushes. Use the aerosol spray adhesive. A thin coat on both surfaces is all that is needed. |
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