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Mr. Ree Elite user Sedona AZ 414 Posts |
Is there an easy way to remove excessive roughing fluid.
(I did several searches but never found an answer about removing, only found answers about applying.) Just received a mental photography deck where too much fluid was applied and ran between two cards. I got them apart without to much trouble but you can see the area where there was too much fluid. Almost looks like heavy finger prints. I would rather fix them than go through the hassle of mailing them back for replacement. (If it’s not to difficult.) Thanks - David
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george1953 Inner circle Mallorca (Spain) 5943 Posts |
I once used some rubbing alcohol and cotton wool but rub gently , you can take dome of the color out if you are too heavy handed-
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts |
I would just mail them back for exchange. No matter what you do you run the risk of ruining the cards.
JMHO
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Dr. JK Inner circle Sandusky, OH 1191 Posts |
I make my own "roughed deck" effects using Testors, and whenever I get it too heavy, I usually rub two cards together (roughed sides against each other), and that does the trick without damaging the cards. I don't know if that's applicable only to Testors, so ymmv, but that works for me.
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Chris Henderson Special user Indiana -- Anyone w/ no life would have 563 Posts |
If it's just two cards, just remove the two bad ones and use a 50-card deck. No one will know the difference.
If you insist on using a 52-card deck (and if you have your own stock of a variety of gaffed cards), find the matching blank back/blank face from your cache of gaffs, rough them with some Krylon or Testors and add them to your deck to make a complete 52-card deck.
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On 2013-05-24 17:40, Chris Henderson wrote: Cardamagically, DomC
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Twizle1977 New user Chicagoland 48 Posts |
If it is only a couple cards, sometimes you can rub them together for a while and it will almost sand themselves down and not grab so much ..if it is a whole deck you made, you might want to start over and buy a new deck and re apply the fluid to the new deck. I have an ID deck or two that I have made from regular stock and accidently applied too much roughing fluid to them myself, sometimes it is just easier to start over than to fix what you have done lol
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Mr. Ree Elite user Sedona AZ 414 Posts |
Thanks for all of the comments. I was in the mood to try some experiments.
(Cost of shipping these days to return defective product is crazy.) For the record. The sides of the cards that stuck together were blank. I carefully pulled them apart and tried several methods of cleaning. Some methods on one card, some on the other. I tried first rubbing cards together lightly. Roughing fluid in my case was too thick. Then I tried alcohol and finest steel wool, lightly, on one card. Roughing fluid did come off, but finish of blank card no longer looked correct. (Very flat, not semi-gloss like original. Tried light pencil eraser and various chemical solutions with less water content then rubbing alcohol. Stanyon - I did not find anything that worked for me, and I was extremely careful and took a lot of time. (You called it Ultimately I got a can of Dullcote with free shipping, total price $7.68 and made replacements cards. I ended up with an almost full can of Dullcote for not much more money than returning the deck. Thanks again - David
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
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AngeloR Elite user 441 Posts |
Glad to hear the results of different approaches to this problem. Your conclusion confirms my long-held suspicion that no method exists to "fix" the cards without changing their appearance. I have a couple of recent decks that are almost impossible to handle properly, no matter the firmness or lightness of my touch. Guess I will go the Dullcote route!
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Alan Munro Inner circle Kentwood, Michigan, USA 5952 Posts |
Unless magicians send back the defective decks, the dealers will keep buying from the same shoddy manufacturers.
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Zack_Johnston Special user California 656 Posts |
I just rub the cards back and forth on the carpet one turn (two feet across) and feel each time what the carpet did. Careful though...You could take off too much.
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James927 Regular user Nor Cal 164 Posts |
Happy you landed on a solution that works for you Mr. Ree. Love your user name too! I recently replaced a few R & S cards with home coated (Krylon) and got good results. Could anyone who has compared Krylon to Dullcote clue us in on the difference (if any)?
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Doc Eason V.I.P. Aspen Colorado 429 Posts |
Okay... I have a mental photog deck and needed to "un"rough the cards because I wanted to use a different substance on it to accomplish the same thing only better. I was reluctant to use solvent of any kind so my braintrust came up with fine steel wool. as luck would have it, I have 0000steel wool and a light buffing -not enough to take the ink down- and count to 20 and Voila... mission accomplished. I also rubbed each card a few times on a new pair of jeans.. made them perfect again.
Just adding to the knowledge base.
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RDeNatale New user 74 Posts |
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On May 25, 2016, Doc Eason wrote: It must have been hard to avoid using any solvents. Almost time I've seen you (on video) you seem the have a large stock, with various strengths and prices readily at hand! |
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