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hey i jut got my book 'modern coin magic' and am learning classic palm, i have found my spot with both hands but the coin keeps slipping my hands are getting sweaty with the summer heat, anyone got any suggestions on how to stop this happening?? it would be real helpful.

basically coin work with sweaty hands is not something you want to be doing. So the answer is stop sweating.

If you can't stop sweating there is stuff you can get to put on your hands that will help, I'm sure someone will provide a link.

Using the right coins does also help, but I'm sure your already doing that.

If you're hands are dry, two basic options are 1)a towel 2)Talcum Powder.

Also try practising with larger coins such as 50p or £2 and then work your way down to 1p and 5p (i think that's just about possible).

When I say work your way down, this probably won't be a quick process because you have to condition the muscles in your hands to grip the coins so just remain patient and practise practise practise.

i use a 2p con and a 50p coin. i am getting the hang of the palm now but i have a black cicle drawn on each of my hand where the coin should be placed lol sounds daft huh.

Not at all but you don't want to become reliant on that black circle. Just use it as a guide and as it becomes second nature don't use the black circle anymore.

Also something I forgot to mention before in terms of sweaty palms and performing you may want to consider a lotion, like Toad suggests, you can get them from all over but the first place that comes to mind is www.cards4magic.co.uk .I'll post a specific link in a bit.

http://www.cards4magic.co.uk/acatalog/F ... owder.html

There you go. Lol.

i hope talken powder will work ok.....i have no money dam it lol. i am only using the black circle until i get my third and second finger used to putting the coin in the right place.

The classic coin palm is not the easiest sleight to master. Stick at it: it will come. At first your hand will look like a claw, and then with time it will become more natural. It's likely to take quite a bit of time to master, but as I said, stick at it.

i dont think mark wilson will mind if i give you this little tip...practise puting the coin into classic with the palm faceing down and keep your thumb and first finger pressed tougether to avoid kickout, the position will vary slightly from day to day so don't worry.

on a cheepskate note try roll on deoderant like mum it does the trick and makes your hands smell fresh too.