In A Flash refil?

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In A Flash refil?

Postby Mujician » Feb 10th, '15, 15:53



Hi,
I've practiced loads with my In A Flash, and some of the cards are starting to wear out - I wondered if there was anywhere I could get more from. Obviously I don't want to buy a whole new DVD set again. Perhaps someone knows a way to make them? I did try contacting Sankey Magic about this but I had no response. Main reason for me asking is I don't like Blue cards! I've developed a bit of a card obsession since getting into magic and my favourite single colour are the green ones!

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby deano0010 » Feb 10th, '15, 19:50

What do you mean by "wear out" I've used mine for over 6 months at over 50-60 gigs, and mine are not worn out??

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Jordan C » Feb 10th, '15, 22:07

You can possibly get card manufacturers to make the cards for you (copyrights permitting).
They do wear out Deano. Scorch marks etc, and after a while they'll get grubby down the sides

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Mujician » Feb 11th, '15, 11:05

Residue marks left by flash paper build up over time. Constant card handling leaves them dull, and less manoeuvrable. I just opened a fresh deck of cards and they glide like angels compared to the deck I've had open for a while. Thats what I mean by wear out.

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby deano0010 » Feb 12th, '15, 06:50

Scorch marks to me aren't a problem cos that's the idea of the effect, the regular cards though I just use an older deck to top them up so to speak, so the edges look the same.

Maybe a little grubier than a brand new deck but not a huge problem.

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby saavanstreet » Feb 13th, '15, 13:31

Hey Buddy,

Sadly Jay didn't respond to me either when I needed the cards so I had to purchase the whole DVD set again when I needed to Refill. If you want them made in a custom backed deck then try to trace one of the h**** from your original worn out cards onto your new ones and slowly cut it out using a b****. Mods if thats too much info please remove the post.

Quite ashame that customers who have purchased the original effect just get ignored when needing refills.

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Jordan C » Feb 13th, '15, 14:09

To make your own, buy a coin punch tool. The same tool used for mounting coins in cards for collectors

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Mujician » Oct 22nd, '16, 10:46

That sounds like just the thing Jordan - but when i google for it - all I get is stuff to punch holes into coins! Any idea on the actual name of the tool, or any links?

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Mandrake » Oct 22nd, '16, 12:13

Cards4magic do those punches and Hobbycraft stores sell them as well - Xcut Large Palm Punch Circle is at http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/xcut-large- ... 98356-1001 and they do a medium one as well. The stores have a range of these things in various shapes and sizes, including circles. I guess Amazon might do them, they seem to do everything! When I needed to punch a 1" hole in a card I took spare cards to the local Hobbycraft store and they let me try several punches. Takes quite a bit of effort to punch through a Bike card but you can also get adaptors which give extra leverage to help.

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Mujician » Oct 22nd, '16, 17:38

Many thanks Mandrake

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby isb » Oct 23rd, '16, 01:32

Prop dog sells a deck with 26 regular, 26 holey cards in it if you just need the cards.

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby Mujician » Oct 23rd, '16, 09:20

Thanks, will have a look, but the main reason for asking was that I don't like the regular red and blue decks. I love the arty ones and different colours. I've got a whole load of different decks that I'dlike to do 'In a flash' with.

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Re: In A Flash refil?

Postby isb » Oct 25th, '16, 13:48

You could contact Dave at Propdog and ask if he can make you up a different backed deck? He's got a workshop on site.

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