Going off of an alarming post by @nysyr, we need to test whether the case is real and apparent that airtight safes/storage solutions warp cards at an accelerated rate. The volatility of our slabs are important to us, and I’m willing to take a few for the team to see if this is truly the case.
You can check Nysyr’s original post here.
So far, I’ve got the following parameters to test:
- Regular PSA Slab
- Raw, unsleeved card
- Single sleeved card
- Toploaded card
- Sleeved/toploaded card
- Sealed pack
It may be said that it’s obvious that moisture is what caused the warping to happen in the first place, but I want to test the extremities. I’m going to record average air humidity, temperature, and weather over each day.
I’ll be using a safe similar to the one Nysyr stored those cards that warped in. I may leave it outside just on my porch and bring it in during any sort of storm activity. I don’t want to open the safe unless I’m outside and the humidity is the same as when I first shut the safe.
If you guys have any suggestions for anything I could do otherwise, let me know. I want to see how quickly this could happen in high humidity environments. A lot of people seem to store their slabs in the open so it may not be an issue, but for smaller collectors a safe may be the best choice for storage.
RIP Yellow Cheeks Pikachu. Or not? We will see.