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Adevine

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Inner sleeves?
« on: August 14, 2017, 06:36:00 PM »
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Okay as the subject line asks, how many people use inner sleeves.  I can see the importance of keeping the cards in better shape, but I am finding that the newer "cut" size does not fit well in most inner sleeves plus the regular sleeve...the inner sleeve always wants to scrunch up or come off on the top.  Or maybe I am putting them in differently than most.  I put the inner sleeve on from top to bottom, then the card in the regular sleeve as normal from bottom to top. 

Just was wondering...because I picked up a box of gold dragon shield sleeves (WHICH I LOVE) and they just see really hard to place in the sleeves with the "inner" sleeves on them.

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Re: Inner sleeves?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2017, 07:11:13 PM »
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I use them for my type 2 decks. For newer cards they fit better into the newer sleeves than old ones as the inner perfect fit sleeves are supposed to be a tight fit and not wiggle like they do older cards. The scrunching that can occur is partly just due to the material for the inner sleeves but the newer cards haven't given me an issue there. The older cards however are a pain to get to properly stay in an inner sleeve when trying to put them in the normal sleeves. I've found I basically have to hold the inner sleeve with my finger to the card it self while inserting it into the sleeves so that it doesn't move. I have small fingers though so I can do this. I can be a difficult process and the worthwhile nature of it is debatable. Yes it will protect your cards more from things but the time money and effort required will not likely be worth it for most. Honestly I do it because I think doublesleeved cards have a cleaner shuffle, it protects corners more since the outer sleeve corners have the potential to split (I split a dragonshield at Nats in fact), and because it's a bit of a habit from another TCG in a format that had 100 card decks.

As for tips for the process itself. Take your time, make sure the inner sleeve is flush to the top when putting it in the outer sleeve, try to hold the inner sleeve to the card itself, and you may have to open the outer sleeve with your finger or something like that just so the corners/edges of the inner and outer sleeves don't hinder the process as much.

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Re: Inner sleeves?
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Re: Inner sleeves?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2017, 10:53:01 PM »
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https://youtu.be/FZ2tMSQcBr0

thanks, I kinda gathered how it worked. :) But as for the dragon shield sleeves the inner sleeves just seem to really be a pain.  Now my Ultra pro sleeves and my Ultra pro Legend of Zelda (Yes I love me some Zelda games) sleeves fit well with the inner sleeves.  Kinda like he said in the video, it gives the inner sleeve more space.

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Re: Inner sleeves?
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2017, 12:39:50 AM »
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https://youtu.be/FZ2tMSQcBr0

thanks, I kinda gathered how it worked. :) But as for the dragon shield sleeves the inner sleeves just seem to really be a pain.  Now my Ultra pro sleeves and my Ultra pro Legend of Zelda (Yes I love me some Zelda games) sleeves fit well with the inner sleeves.  Kinda like he said in the video, it gives the inner sleeve more space.

From a comment on that video: "The trick with dragon shield double sleeving is to lay an unsleeved card on top of the perfect fit card, and slide both into the dragon shield sleeve. Then just remove the unsleeved card carefully and you're done."

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Re: Inner sleeves?
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2017, 07:28:46 AM »
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https://youtu.be/FZ2tMSQcBr0

thanks, I kinda gathered how it worked. :) But as for the dragon shield sleeves the inner sleeves just seem to really be a pain.  Now my Ultra pro sleeves and my Ultra pro Legend of Zelda (Yes I love me some Zelda games) sleeves fit well with the inner sleeves.  Kinda like he said in the video, it gives the inner sleeve more space.

From a comment on that video: "The trick with dragon shield double sleeving is to lay an unsleeved card on top of the perfect fit card, and slide both into the dragon shield sleeve. Then just remove the unsleeved card carefully and you're done."

OH.... :o  I missed that part.  That is a good idea! Although, when I did try to just put the card and inner sleeve into the Dragon Shield sleeve, it was already very tight.  So I am wondering how am I going to get a second card to slide in there with them.  I will just try and see...
« Last Edit: August 15, 2017, 07:34:44 AM by Adevine »

 


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