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Let's combat humidity
« on: August 22, 2012, 01:43:07 AM »
 

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Guys, as you may or may not know, humidity is an insane problem for playing cards. I created this thread so that we can all share our experiences and give each other tips on how to combat humidity. So a question to kickstart this is; How do you prepare your playing cards for humidity and moisture?

I know firstly I'll be buying some Aladdins lol

So lets begin.
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Re: Let's combat humidity
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2012, 03:28:32 AM »
 

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As a collector in a country with a constant humidity 90%, all I can say is silica packets and small ziplock bags, plus a few dehumidifiers and lots of air conditioning. And boxes. And more silica packets.

The humidity here kills my cards, my deck of well used aristocrats are like 5 cards thicker than a new deck of aristocrats :/ The best I can do is use a porper clip and hope the cards don't get too bloated.
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Re: Let's combat humidity
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2012, 01:13:11 PM »
 

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I pretty much never have the humidity problem where I live but when I do, I just carry my cards in a Porper clip or Eco Clip.
 

Re: Let's combat humidity
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2012, 03:42:35 PM »
 

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In general terms, if you live in a place with high humidity it's probably also a warm place, so air conditioning is your friend. AC will pull a lot of the humidity out of the air. If you can't do that, then I think boxes with silica packets would be a good solution.

I live in a very humid and hot place, but all my cards are in my air conditioned office and I rarely notice major issues.
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