Straightening Cards HELP
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Posted on Dec. 13, 2014, 12:02 a.m. by xzzane
To my great dismay, all of the cards in my deck became warped so that they are all bent. Anyone know how to straighten cards that have bent? I was going to put them all under the heaviest thing I could find but I was wondering if anyone has any other ideas.
I think they might have gotten warped in the heat or something, not totally sure. I think the card sleeves might have had something to do with it as well, so I'm replacing their sleeves as soon as I can.
December 13, 2014 12:20 a.m.
Place in a large book, put something heavy on them. Should be fixed in 3-5 days...depending on the degree of warping. Single stack, at least 15 pages between each set of cards.
December 13, 2014 12:44 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #6
Double sleeve the deck and store it in a tight-fitting deckbox (pack it with commons if you have to) for a while. The cards will straighten over time.
December 13, 2014 12:45 a.m.
Thanks for all the advice everyone. I'll just leave them there for a week or two to make sure they get straightened out.
December 13, 2014 12:53 a.m.
Schuesseled says... #9
Put something heavy on them, whatever you do, don't attempt to grind something heavy on top of them to flatten it out. That would be a mistake.
December 13, 2014 1:36 a.m.
Didgeridooda says... #10
A while ago my brother spilled a drink on his deck, and 2 of the sleeves filled completely with water. One of those was his demonic tutor.
I went all surgery style on the sleeve. The card was pretty much mush. I tried to take the other one out, and it just crumbled. So I finally get the tutor out, and it is in bad shape. Completely waterlogged. I put it between 2 pieces of parchment paper, and in a book that he did not care about. I packed that shelf tight, and after a month the card is straight, and looks very good considering what happened. He can sleeve, and resleeve it with out issue, and it is not even warped.
I would recommend doing what Scytec said. Tight packed books, and time will do the work for you.
December 13, 2014 9:59 a.m.
The time stamp I recommended is by no means exact. Haha. That is what worked for me, it may take longer for you.
TheHroth says... #2
I'm wondering how this happened! That totally sucks.
I have no ideas. Something heavy seems legit to me.
December 13, 2014 12:06 a.m.