I thought I wouldn't be the only one that has made a post about this so before you say please do a forum search, I did. And the results were unsatisfying.
https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/fanning-powder.47619/#/post-459726
Not much info there
https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/fanning-powder-debate.38822/#/post-431110
Not much of a fanning powder debate there either
https://www.theory11.com/forums/thr...mmendations-and-questions.36220/#/post-415513
Another unanswered fanning powder thread
https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/downsides-of-fanning-powder.31997/#/post-380436
All threads about the subject seem to be very short and mostly not very informing.
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So for this reason I'm re-posting this question about fanning powder but also how you guys treat your cards.
So I just powdered my first used deck, god what a messy thing to do. First off it's impossible to get even coverage without powdering each card individually. Because simply putting them in a plastic zip bag only really powders the outer cards and I could see many many cards that were in the middle of the deck that were still not powdered. Putting in half the deck was also too much still so I ended up doing it 1 by 1. They do fan without clumping again though so it did work but they do feel much more sluggish now. So obviously I would prefer using new decks over powdered decks but since it seems like a cheap way to make them last a bit longer I might need to get used to it.
But I wanted to try fanning powder to see at least what the effect would be. The reason being that I can open several new decks a day even when I Wash my hands 100 times and even clean off the oils with extra sanitizer.
But so far no bicycle / tally-ho / phoenix or bee deck has been able to fan for longer than a day and usually less. This is pretty damn frustrating to me and very costly. It just drives me nuts that even though I KNOW I have the skill to make a perfect thumb fan it just doesn't work anymore because of clumping. I'm pretty good at not bending/wrecking my cards so much anymore during general usage so that fanning stays possible for longer as well. As a beginner cards wear down a lot faster obviously and when practicing it's impossible to not ruin cards sometimes.
I would like to know you guy's experiences with fanning powder and card maintenance or just simply keeping your cards in better shape.
Just a bit of extra information :
- I don't perform
- all usage of my cards right now is pretty much practice practice practice
- I only do Cardistry atm, meaning flourishes and such for which cards need to be as pristine as possible ofc.
I feel like I'm already doing a lot to keep my cards lasting as long as possible but I would love to hear from guys with a few more decades or at least years of experience
https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/fanning-powder.47619/#/post-459726
Not much info there
https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/fanning-powder-debate.38822/#/post-431110
Not much of a fanning powder debate there either
https://www.theory11.com/forums/thr...mmendations-and-questions.36220/#/post-415513
Another unanswered fanning powder thread
https://www.theory11.com/forums/threads/downsides-of-fanning-powder.31997/#/post-380436
All threads about the subject seem to be very short and mostly not very informing.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So for this reason I'm re-posting this question about fanning powder but also how you guys treat your cards.
So I just powdered my first used deck, god what a messy thing to do. First off it's impossible to get even coverage without powdering each card individually. Because simply putting them in a plastic zip bag only really powders the outer cards and I could see many many cards that were in the middle of the deck that were still not powdered. Putting in half the deck was also too much still so I ended up doing it 1 by 1. They do fan without clumping again though so it did work but they do feel much more sluggish now. So obviously I would prefer using new decks over powdered decks but since it seems like a cheap way to make them last a bit longer I might need to get used to it.
But I wanted to try fanning powder to see at least what the effect would be. The reason being that I can open several new decks a day even when I Wash my hands 100 times and even clean off the oils with extra sanitizer.
But so far no bicycle / tally-ho / phoenix or bee deck has been able to fan for longer than a day and usually less. This is pretty damn frustrating to me and very costly. It just drives me nuts that even though I KNOW I have the skill to make a perfect thumb fan it just doesn't work anymore because of clumping. I'm pretty good at not bending/wrecking my cards so much anymore during general usage so that fanning stays possible for longer as well. As a beginner cards wear down a lot faster obviously and when practicing it's impossible to not ruin cards sometimes.
I would like to know you guy's experiences with fanning powder and card maintenance or just simply keeping your cards in better shape.
Just a bit of extra information :
- I don't perform
- all usage of my cards right now is pretty much practice practice practice
- I only do Cardistry atm, meaning flourishes and such for which cards need to be as pristine as possible ofc.
I feel like I'm already doing a lot to keep my cards lasting as long as possible but I would love to hear from guys with a few more decades or at least years of experience