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Post by Conkwe on Mar 31, 2017 10:59:26 GMT -8
I left a few foils out in the open in penny sleeves for a few weeks and I already see some of them starting to curve. Anyone else have this problem? I've seen it happen with a lot of older cards I collect too, even nonfoils. What do you guys do to prevent this?
I usually just keep them in a box. The cards are stacked up against each other that they have no space to curve. But I'm wondering what else I could do to help prevent this, especially when they're left out in the open. Any factors to consider, like temperature and humidity? I've read before that keeping those silicon gel desiccating packs inside your card boxes help. I'm not too sure about temperature and any other factors involved.
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Post by Jacobrigoberto on Dec 8, 2017 14:09:09 GMT -8
Hey (just registered, woo!), alright, so I see this thread is already over half a year old, but I'm leaving these tips here for any future readers.
-The easiest and most obvious solution is using card sleeves, which will prevent major curving. I prefer non-colored tight sleeves. The color isn't important, but tighter sleeves tend to prevent curving better than looser sleeves.
-Curving happens mostly to foil cards; I've read that this is because of the aluminum used in foiled cards that isn't used in regular cards, and that the aluminum responds to air moisture by curving slightly over time. I have seen non-foil cards curve as well, but not to the same degree as foiled ones.
-I keep my cards in a somewhat sealed box with around a dozen small packets of silicon gel placed around in it at random. I'm not sure how much of a difference this makes, but since many people have silicon gel lying around from various other purchases, it's worth trying. I'd imagine a completely sealed plastic box with silicon gel packets would make a serious difference in curving, but that's just speculation on my part. Remember to be careful not to tear up the silicon gel packets, but that shouldn't be much of a challenge, either. I don't know whether or not this makes a difference, but I don't keep my packets directly on my cards, but next to them.
-If you don't have sleeves or boxes or silicon gel packets, just stacking together your cards with tight rubber bands should prevent curving, but just make sure to place several rubber bands on each stack to divide the pressure on the stack. Personally I use three rubber bands, around the top, middle and bottom of the card. Having a single tight rubber band around the middle of a stack might actually increase curving, although I don't know how big the difference is as I haven't tried myself. The rubber band strategy can also somewhat "cure" curved cards.
Hope it helps!
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Post by Conkwe on Dec 11, 2017 12:03:35 GMT -8
Thanks for the info Jacobrigoberto! Tighter sleeves do help. I've noticed that cards in my Ultra Pro deck sleeves don't curve, but cards in penny sleeves do. That's a good thing for me that I use Ultra Pro sleeves for my collection. And yeah, I still use the silicon gel packs in my boxes. I just collect them from things I buy and stuff them inside my boxes. Any little bit helps. Lol I did a box opening recently and left my unsleeved cards out on the table. I guess it was the cold? Because my cards started curling up. |
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Post by Conkwe on Jan 31, 2018 13:29:39 GMT -8
I was wondering what will happen when the curving becomes so bad that it becomes noticeable in a deck. I wonder how they'd address that in a tournament.
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Post by Jacobrigoberto on Feb 1, 2018 23:13:44 GMT -8
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Post by Conkwe on Mar 8, 2018 12:24:03 GMT -8
That's a nice guideline for card conditions. For the majority of the blemishes on cards, like scratches/dents/etc., then yeah, a sleeve could cover it and it won't be a distinguishable card. But with the foils curving, that's something that is noticeable even with sleeves on, as evident by a few decks I've seen.
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