Look After Your Cards
I wrote up a guide on how you can look after your cards
Opening the deck
There are many ways of opening the deck, you could:
-Melt the box off
-Rip the box off
Or open it professionally . . .
When your pack of cards arrives it will often come in a plastic wrapped tightly around the cards, this is too keep the air concealed around the box and to protect the box during shipping/handling. If you would like to keep the shiny plastic, carefully undo the 2 tabs at the top then open up the sides, then slide the pack out. If you don’t want the plastic, just rip it off like a man, then if the plastic is smelly an d annoys you, you can do a Chuck Norris style, Round House Kick.
Opening the deck, people find it really frustrating trying to get past the seal of the deck, it is not right to take it off because it will leave a sticky residue and dirt can get attached to it very easily and before you know it, it is black. The right way of opening it is getting a sharp blade and sliding it down in between the gap and sliding it across to the other side so the seal is cut in half, but you are not finished. You will want to open up the big tab and remove the deck. Then if you look there is still a bit of the seal over the box, so what you want to do is fold the extra pieces in toward the box so it looks like a collar. So now you have successfully opened the deck!!!!
Breaking The Deck
You don’t literally break the deck but it is making the deck more flexible so it is much easier to handle and better for presentation. When you first take the deck out of the pack it will feel beautiful but it is awfully stiff, To make the deck more flexible try the following:
-Riffle The deck a couple of times (front and Back)
-Riffle Shuffle the deck (front and back)
-Over Hand Shuffle
-Cut the cards
Keep repeating them and soon your deck will be as flexible as you want it.
Caring For Your Cards -Wash your hands regularly before and after holding/playing with your cards, sweaty hands mixed with a deck of cards is no good, make sure your cards is far away from moisture.
-Do not always keep your cards in your pocket when you are walking around and even sitting down, your pants/shorts will heat up and get sweaty inside your pocket (trust me the inside of your pocket does get sweaty), which is no good for the deck.
-Keep your cards in a porper clip if possible so it can straighten itself ready for your next performance.
-If your cards seem to strat when they fan, put them in the fridge on a paper towel for 5 minutes and it should work fine, the reason it is put on a paper towel is because some fridges have dirt in them and you don’t want it to h=get on your cards.
Regularly shuffle the cards so you are not always handling the same cards over and over again.
Dirty Cards
To get rid of dirt flick each card so dirt can get out of those tiny holes in the cards. riffle your cards often to get dirt out and free
When to divorce/let go of your cards
When your cards are all dirty and cant fan, use them for gaffs/gimmicks or to force on people and sign, or simply chuck them away.
Well I hoped you like it!
Nick
I wrote up a guide on how you can look after your cards
Opening the deck
There are many ways of opening the deck, you could:
-Melt the box off
-Rip the box off
Or open it professionally . . .
When your pack of cards arrives it will often come in a plastic wrapped tightly around the cards, this is too keep the air concealed around the box and to protect the box during shipping/handling. If you would like to keep the shiny plastic, carefully undo the 2 tabs at the top then open up the sides, then slide the pack out. If you don’t want the plastic, just rip it off like a man, then if the plastic is smelly an d annoys you, you can do a Chuck Norris style, Round House Kick.
Opening the deck, people find it really frustrating trying to get past the seal of the deck, it is not right to take it off because it will leave a sticky residue and dirt can get attached to it very easily and before you know it, it is black. The right way of opening it is getting a sharp blade and sliding it down in between the gap and sliding it across to the other side so the seal is cut in half, but you are not finished. You will want to open up the big tab and remove the deck. Then if you look there is still a bit of the seal over the box, so what you want to do is fold the extra pieces in toward the box so it looks like a collar. So now you have successfully opened the deck!!!!
Breaking The Deck
You don’t literally break the deck but it is making the deck more flexible so it is much easier to handle and better for presentation. When you first take the deck out of the pack it will feel beautiful but it is awfully stiff, To make the deck more flexible try the following:
-Riffle The deck a couple of times (front and Back)
-Riffle Shuffle the deck (front and back)
-Over Hand Shuffle
-Cut the cards
Keep repeating them and soon your deck will be as flexible as you want it.
Caring For Your Cards -Wash your hands regularly before and after holding/playing with your cards, sweaty hands mixed with a deck of cards is no good, make sure your cards is far away from moisture.
-Do not always keep your cards in your pocket when you are walking around and even sitting down, your pants/shorts will heat up and get sweaty inside your pocket (trust me the inside of your pocket does get sweaty), which is no good for the deck.
-Keep your cards in a porper clip if possible so it can straighten itself ready for your next performance.
-If your cards seem to strat when they fan, put them in the fridge on a paper towel for 5 minutes and it should work fine, the reason it is put on a paper towel is because some fridges have dirt in them and you don’t want it to h=get on your cards.
Regularly shuffle the cards so you are not always handling the same cards over and over again.
Dirty Cards
To get rid of dirt flick each card so dirt can get out of those tiny holes in the cards. riffle your cards often to get dirt out and free
When to divorce/let go of your cards
When your cards are all dirty and cant fan, use them for gaffs/gimmicks or to force on people and sign, or simply chuck them away.
Well I hoped you like it!
Nick
