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The result is very much the same irrespective of which brand you use.

Read the instructions first and don't over spray. You only need a fine spray coating

Demitri wrote:Check your Private Messages, I sent you a note on this.

Hello! I am new in here.
Please also send me on how to make my own ID.
thanks a lot

NO.

I didn't send him instructions on how to build an ID, and no one else will, either.

can u send me also how to creat roughing liquid, many many thanks.......

You can get Testor's Dull Kote 1260 for less than half the price a magic shop will charge you for "roughing fluid".

For the extra money, the magic shop slaps a label, saying "roughing fluid", on a can of DullKote.

In short, it's the same thing.

Except the magic shop charges twice as much for it.

(BIG SURPRISE!)

You can't create the fluid, you have to buy it.

I have been sitting around with a can of roughing fluid for a couple of weeks which I bought to refurbish my ID.

Am I wasting my time? Am I going to be better buying a new deck?

Hmm, I've been told that roughing fluid is essentially suede shoe polish? If anyone can verify this for me I'd be grateful!

You can't create the fluid, you have to buy it

I beg to differ!

Disolve some sand into hot water - the water must be boiled to at least 125 degrees and then mix with glear glue to give you the perfect fluid to paint onto your playing cards.

Tenko wrote:You don't make roughing fluid, you spray it out of a can.

Letraset 103 mat spray.

Just something I discovered recently... Letraset 102 satin matte spray is also perfect for the job. I tried to remember Tenko's advice when at the shop and bought the 'wrong' stuff, which turned out to be brilliant. Less than £10 from the art shop for a large tin that I don't expect to ever exhaust.

I have a tin of roughing fluid that I bought frim Mike Danatas Magic Studio for £1.80. On Sunday I bit the bullet and roughed up my ID and it works like.....well...magic!

Apprently the big secret is to apply very light coats of spray and let each one dry thoroughly before adding another.

Mandrake wrote:Apprently the big secret is to apply very light coats of spray and let each one dry thoroughly before adding another.

In my case I was able to effectively 'pair' cards by roughing their fronts/backs using two light coats with five minutes or more delay between coats.
Another tip - even if they seem dry after 10 mins, leave separated overnight, or at least stack in a loose pile. If you compress them into a pack they may stick together a little too well.

Johnny Wizz wrote:I have a tin of roughing fluid that I bought frim Mike Danatas Magic Studio for £1.80. On Sunday I bit the bullet and roughed up my ID and it works like.....well...magic!

When did you buy it? I've just had a look on his website and it's selling for £8?

I will have to check my facts when I get home, I thought it was £1.80, perhaps I have that wrong. Anyway, it worked well. I did the spraying outside in the sun which dried the cards nicely