Gloves?

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Maybe a stupid topic. I saw a thread on the reddit tcg collections page about what type of gloves people use to handle Ultra Rares. Does anyone actually use gloves?

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I use only the finest of cotton for my gloves when handling cards.

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I know some people that are extremely paranoid do, but I give my hands a good scrub and handle them lightly. Hasn’t failed me. I’ve handled cards like that for a long time, graded them, and received deserved 10’s. So I’m skeptical of the necessity, even if in theory it could make a miiiiiiinor difference

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I never wear gloves…but then, I rarely handle extremely valuable cards. I’d see some value in using them if you were opening up a box where every card is worth a lot graded. For example, 1ED Base set.

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Not even Becketts or PSA uses gloves and they’ve handled the most valuable cards in history.

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Only to make it feel like someone else is doing it… wait… what are we talking about?

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XD

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The only time I use gloves is when I’m too lazy to try and clean my fingerprints off of a card (I did this with the Illustrator for a bit and some of the reverse holo cards I’ve graded).

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I generally go by the rule of once it’s sleeved it stays sleeved so this isn’t much of an issue for me :blush:

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Iv never went out my way to clean my hand’s or wear gloves before handling any card because I extremely doubt my hand will cause any damage just by touching them.

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I tried with boxing gloves once but it ruined the card.

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I do use gloves when handling cards. Started using them for my Booster (Box) collection. Now I even use them to sleeve cards so no fingerprints are left on the sleeves.

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Really Alexander? Dang…I wanna buy cards from you;)

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Always learned to wear protection. :wink:

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I don’t like wearing protection.

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I only wear gloves when entering and leaving the scene of the crime… Definitely don’t leave the glve behind… I made that mistake just once

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This is the only way I have ever been able to get a PSA 10. Intimidation works every time

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Here is what I use for handling my cards.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_manipulator#/media/File:NTS_-_EMAD_Facility_009.jpg

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I think using gloves to handle cards is going overboard. I did it when I opened my first pack for the first time in over a decade, then watched the video and realized how ridiculous I looked + more importantly looked like I was actually bending the cards.

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haha…

I actually, used to work in a photo printing lab when I was out of school… we used to have cotton inspection gloves on hand, which is like what you see on CSI and NCIS, you know those white cotton gloves?

Well, I took a bunch home, and I used to use it for booster box openings as well, and for handling mailing openings, but it became too slippery with two gloves on, so I would walk around with 1 glove on, and 1 naked hand… as two gloves have trouble pulling cards out of toploaders, and separating / replacing old ultra pro sleeves.

So if you want to do it right, 1 glove, 1 naked hand is the way to go.

But… then I got lazy, and just use my bare hands now… been a few years since I used the gloves :S but do miss it as I haven’t done booster openings.

Oh, and the cotton on the glove can help remove mild dirt etc, very smoothly. So it becomes a good cleaning device as well.

+1 for gloves