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Anybody suggest a decent glue?

Much love

Aza

Any will work. no need for anything fancy.

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I use pritt stick. Have you considered just buying a deck of them? It's not much more expensive and it's a LOT less hassle. I only make my own gaff cards if I need something particularly special.

-Stacy

Just didn't wanna botch up my cards, they're spare, but limited!!

All my bikes are back home so only have 4 packs here that travel with me in my bag lol

I might well do that Stace, probably is easier, and would suit my lazy ways!!

Much love

Aza

you can usually pick up a deck for about £5. Home made doubles will likely have that DIY look about them not to mention being twice as thick, that is of course unless you fancy soaking and peeling your cards but to be honest, I'm a tight guy with money and I's still rather spend £5 than do that.

hds02115 wrote:you can usually pick up a deck for about £5. Home made doubles will likely have that DIY look about them not to mention being twice as thick, that is of course unless you fancy soaking and peeling your cards but to be honest, I'm a tight guy with money and I's still rather spend £5 than do that.

They're only temporary for practice hds, but as for splitting them, can't be bothered with that lol

Much love

Aza

Well if it's just for practice, I'd still probably still just get some. They do come in handy sometimes and it will feel more natural than having two stuck. No doubt they will be a little stiffer. Still, depending on what you're practicing and if it's something you'll stick with or not you could probably make do. There's no point in ordering them, waiting for them to arrive and then the moments passed.

lol that's pretty much what happened, i was playing with a two card monte routine....

bit bored of it already!!

but, it's only as good as the performer, so maybe i'll persevere!

Much love

Aza

Just a thought. You say that you're fairly new to the magic scene and so I'm slightly worried you might be getting suffering from what people here call CUPS. I'll let them explain. I'm sure that if you're new to a lot of this stuff it all must appear exciting but if you really want to become a good magician, amateur or anything else, you should probably slow down a little. From your posts you appear to be dabbling in everything you can get your hands on, buying up lots of different gimmicks and tricks. For one thing, that must be costing you a fortune, but another thing is that you're going to soon find yourself with lots of things you can do just ok.

It would be much better for you if you focused on learning maybe three or four effects well, and I mean really well per month or something. Then instead of having hundreds of things you can only perform sub-par, you'll have four or five pieces you can really dazzle and amaze people with.

I'm sorry, It's been a long day and my brains been switched off for a while now but I hope the message gets across. I'm not having a dig, I'm just trying to point you in the right direction. You have the enthusiasm, I think you just lack focus at the moment. A jack of all trades is a master of none.

I agree with you wholeheartedly hds,

problem being, unless i dabble, how will i find my style that i enjoy most and that suits me?

I just like performing and to reference it to my other passion (guitar playing) doing a fancy guitar solo that contains all your best moves in one song is known as dumping your trick bag, which is basically where i am at with my magic currently, but like i say, unless i experiment, i won't know what i want to focus on.

But you're right i do lack focus and agree i shouldn't perform sub-par routines, but at the same time, the only way we learn is by performing to people and as long as i am happy that i perform without exposing the method this should be ok right?

like i say, i don't want to focus on something then find it doesn't suit my performance style when i eventually find it?

and i don't for one minute think you're having a dig

Much love

Aza

I honestly think that one of the best things that any new magician can do is get themselves a copy of Mark Wilson's Complete Course and work their way through it from cover to cover. It's well worth giving everything a go, there might well be an area of magic that doesn't appeal to you until you give it a try.

The book gives a great overview of all sorts of different areas and if, when working through the book you find an area that you do like you can always read more into it.