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Do you guys normally use fanning powder? How about if you're not really doing them fancy flourishes? Do you find that it makes your pushover DL harder or easier?

I guess I'm asking if I need to powder my cards when I open a new deck.
Am I going to notice any difference if I did?

Fanning powder is only of use if you're doing lots of - fanning.

It's not needed for flourishes and it's not required on new decks which tend to fan really easily out of the box. It's only of assistance when your cards are becomming worn and you want to expand their life whilst you continue to fan.

That's what I thought, just wanted to make sure. Thanks.

dat8962 wrote:It's not needed for flourishes and it's not required on new decks which tend to fan really easily out of the box. It's only of assistance when your cards are becomming worn and you want to expand their life whilst you continue to fan.

I disagree.
a) Fanning powder doesn't really extend the life of your cards. When the cards are worn, fanning powder won't really help much.
b) New decks of cards are usually too slippery to fan. Usually a little bit of 'breaking in' of the deck is needed (springs and LePaul spreads are good for this).

I actually decided not to use fanning powder anymore. Plus I use Alladins now which don't have an air cushion finish so I can't powder it .

Steve

I concur; fanning powder renders a deck almost unusable for anything else than flourishes and fans. It has a similar ageing technique as playing with a deck for 10 hours not stop and eating prawn crackers simultaneously, without washing your hands.

For sleights such as glides, deals, or even the humble Erdnase colour change, fanning powder will make your life a whole lot more difficult.

The powder is designed to make the cards less slippy, and slightly adhesive.

I've actually found what I wrote to be the case. I do find new decks easier to fan and less easy when they start to pick up grime. I've found fanning power helps to ease this and allows the deck to fan evenly.

I did say expand the life for fanning and not extend the life of the cards..... which I've also found is true. I agree that powder is of no use for sleights and did say that it's not needed for.

As for my opening statement -

it's only of use if youre doing lots of fanning

Always nice to have different views

That's why I was agreeing with you. It's a misconception that fanning powder is an all-round good thing to do, but for the VERY short time I sold fanning powder, I had complaints such as "It's ruined my Ghost deck—I can't use it any more, is there a guarantee with this stuff?" etc.

As you say, it's nice to hear opinons

Tell me one thing though Seige,

playing with a deck for 10 hours not stop and eating prawn crackers simultaneously

How many prawn crackers did you eat in the 10 hours of simultaneous playing I was wondering if it's in the Guinness book of world records

We make our own from big bags of unfried ones from Wing Yip, so pretty much an endless supply was available!

The record is held by two people:
A. Chunkyhips and Fatima Belly, who apparently eat quite a lot.