Taking care of old cards
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 25 Jun 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Marina |
25 Jun 2005 |
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Hi everybody!
A small question...when one of favorite decks is getting too old from being used, and you are afraid the cards are getting too fragile, what do you do?
My Enchanted Tarot is kinda old, and they don't sell it here anymore...i'm afraid the cards rip/bend because their 'natural' lamination (i don't know if that's the word) is starting to unglue on the corners of some cards...
Any ideas on how to make your cards survive a little longer? I really cannot afford a new deck and, as i said, it isn't being published here anymore.
Thanks in advance!
:TPW Yuko
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| Marina |
25 Jun 2005 |
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Whoa, thank you! Just a question: is it possible to re-laminate a deck? Do you think it works or it's best to just leave the way it is?
Also, what's ia fanning powder? We must have this in Brazil, but i don't know how it's called here...is there any other thing that can be used instead?
:TPW Yuko
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| Umbrae |
25 Jun 2005 |
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Never saw a need to re-laminate.
Like I have said before – had one deck last 29 years…and only used fanning powder on it…it was just fine. Looked used, but well...it was. and sitters loved it. Said it looked 'loved'.
and no...I never ever washed or wiped the cards with anything moist.
Some cards were stained...
But it was a 'loved' deck.
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| Peredur |
27 Jun 2005 |
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I believe fanning powder is used by magicians to reduce the friction between playing cards, thus making it easier to "fan" the deck.
Bob
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