I have medium-long nails that I trim and shape. Everytime there's a new set coming out, as long as they're not painted, I make sure to cut my nails shorter than usual first rather than wear cloves and lose that tactile feel on my fingertips. I've damaged cards before from my nails, accidentally indenting or scratching them, so I learned my lesson!
For me, personally, my hands are never clean, no matter how much i wash them. Motor oil and grease does NOT come off lol. I do wear gloves, but they are form fitting. I used to not wear gloves but then i damaged a valuable Vaporeon card. From that doy forward i started wearing gloves and havent damaged a card since. I think the trick is to use, as you said, tight soft gloves. The other thing im mindful of is how much pressure i apply. Since the gloves are latex, they have a natural friction coefficient so, it really takes no pressure to hold cards, so i use little to no pressure against the cards
the idea of wearing gloves for a card game is so ridiculous to me, ive seen kids on the playground pull these packs open right after picking their noses. sure they arent opening them to sell and will probably have the cards tied with an elastic band in their bag which would also make some collectors cry. but at the end of the day they arent THAT valuable that finger oils will damage them. ancient artifacts require gloves (or used to) because our hands will actively damage these things that are for the most part one of a kind and not replicatable. if youre gonna sell the card by all means take precautions when opening them and sleeve the cards and protect them. but you really dont need gloves, no one will even really notice. also i think the pressure thing doesnt apply to surgeons because they are using tools and no part of their hand is touching the thing theyre operationg on anyway. the pressure on paper is different to a surgeon putting pressure on a body, youre not gonna accidentally rip open an organ because there was too much friction
Cotton gloves are fine. I wear one cotton glove on my spare hand and none on the hand that only touches the sides of the cards. This comes from a short background in restoration of painting and gloves from Med school and labs as a habit. Besides washing hands I wipe my handling hand with baby wipes and that is enough to remove oils etc. People wear gloves on streams NOT because of not wanting to damage the cards but more as a business precaution so that the buyers can not complain about any potential damage later...like a guarantee cards have not been touched. If I m paying for packs I certainly want the person to wear gloves.
What about microfiber gloves though? Yea you would never use nitrate gloves with cards to begin with. They are too thick and I imagine over time it will leave the glove's material on the card.
Very interesting video, but I have a different take on this. When the cards are produced, the people that inspect the print & embossing-quality almost always wear gloves. This is the reason Trading cards never come out of the booster with fingerprints. However, these are special inspection gloves, not latex or whool. I have no idea which material they are made out of though.
I have a video of the card sheets being handled in the factory and no one is wearing gloves. Also, when they inspect a sheet do you think it goes back into the production line after?
@@sleevenocardbehind I think that depends (whether they go back after the inspection). There are Cardgames like Yugioh, where the cards have different "layers" of processing. A printsheet containing rares for example, will first be printed, then all the cards receive a silver stamped name, as well as the obligatory "Eye of Wdjat". And after all the finishes have been applied, the sheet needs to be cut of cause. This can be very complicated for different types of cards. "Rhystic Studies" made an interesting video where he gave an in-depth look into the production of holographic magic-cards.
Even tho I dont buy expensive hards I absolutely hate finger prints on anything, i got so pisssed of watching someone smartphone or tablet full of that crap 😂
I have medium-long nails that I trim and shape. Everytime there's a new set coming out, as long as they're not painted, I make sure to cut my nails shorter than usual first rather than wear cloves and lose that tactile feel on my fingertips. I've damaged cards before from my nails, accidentally indenting or scratching them, so I learned my lesson!
Thanks for answering! That’s very interesting.
For me, personally, my hands are never clean, no matter how much i wash them. Motor oil and grease does NOT come off lol. I do wear gloves, but they are form fitting. I used to not wear gloves but then i damaged a valuable Vaporeon card. From that doy forward i started wearing gloves and havent damaged a card since. I think the trick is to use, as you said, tight soft gloves. The other thing im mindful of is how much pressure i apply. Since the gloves are latex, they have a natural friction coefficient so, it really takes no pressure to hold cards, so i use little to no pressure against the cards
Sorry for the long comment, just thought I would share my experience with gloves vs no gloves
I wear gloves while watching your videos
my hands sweat like crazy so id rather wear gloves
Super interesting and insightful 😊
the idea of wearing gloves for a card game is so ridiculous to me, ive seen kids on the playground pull these packs open right after picking their noses. sure they arent opening them to sell and will probably have the cards tied with an elastic band in their bag which would also make some collectors cry. but at the end of the day they arent THAT valuable that finger oils will damage them. ancient artifacts require gloves (or used to) because our hands will actively damage these things that are for the most part one of a kind and not replicatable.
if youre gonna sell the card by all means take precautions when opening them and sleeve the cards and protect them. but you really dont need gloves, no one will even really notice.
also i think the pressure thing doesnt apply to surgeons because they are using tools and no part of their hand is touching the thing theyre operationg on anyway. the pressure on paper is different to a surgeon putting pressure on a body, youre not gonna accidentally rip open an organ because there was too much friction
Cotton gloves are fine. I wear one cotton glove on my spare hand and none on the hand that only touches the sides of the cards. This comes from a short background in restoration of painting and gloves from Med school and labs as a habit. Besides washing hands I wipe my handling hand with baby wipes and that is enough to remove oils etc. People wear gloves on streams NOT because of not wanting to damage the cards but more as a business precaution so that the buyers can not complain about any potential damage later...like a guarantee cards have not been touched. If I m paying for packs I certainly want the person to wear gloves.
What about microfiber gloves though? Yea you would never use nitrate gloves with cards to begin with. They are too thick and I imagine over time it will leave the glove's material on the card.
I tried some microfibre gloves and I found it very difficult to handle the cards, but that’s just me
@@sleevenocardbehind ahh I see
Very interesting video, but I have a different take on this.
When the cards are produced, the people that inspect the print & embossing-quality almost always wear gloves. This is the reason Trading cards never come out of the booster with fingerprints. However, these are special inspection gloves, not latex or whool. I have no idea which material they are made out of though.
(At least I hope that the cards don't come out of the booster with fingerprints)
I have a video of the card sheets being handled in the factory and no one is wearing gloves. Also, when they inspect a sheet do you think it goes back into the production line after?
@@sleevenocardbehind I think that depends (whether they go back after the inspection). There are Cardgames like Yugioh, where the cards have different "layers" of processing. A printsheet containing rares for example, will first be printed, then all the cards receive a silver stamped name, as well as the obligatory "Eye of Wdjat". And after all the finishes have been applied, the sheet needs to be cut of cause.
This can be very complicated for different types of cards. "Rhystic Studies" made an interesting video where he gave an in-depth look into the production of holographic magic-cards.
Even tho I dont buy expensive hards I absolutely hate finger prints on anything, i got so pisssed of watching someone smartphone or tablet full of that crap 😂
Yea fingerprints is my biggest concern. I’ve seen some people get cards back from PSA with a fingerprint on it. I would be furious
great video