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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: Siegismyname on November 01, 2011, 11:40:28 AM
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Just a question about the uv500 decks. If uv500 is a stock, what makes the cards glow under backlight? The ink?
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I think so.
But I dont think all UV500 glow under the black light.
Also, I have some interesting link about how many UV500 decks are left.
http://arethereanyuv500decksleft.com/
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Just a question about the uv500 decks. If uv500 is a stock, what makes the cards glow under backlight? The ink?
I guess it is the paper used.. because u can try shining Uv light on normal paper and it would glow too...
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Marcus or Jake would be able to answer this better but i think it was the "air flow" finish that made them glow.
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Im pretty sure it was the UV500 stock that made them glow under UV lights
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Im pretty sure it was the UV500 stock that made them glow under UV lights
Are you trying to be sarcastic or serious.
Also UV refers to the coating on anything, their for it was the coating used on top of the stock that made them glow over black-light.
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Are you trying to be sarcastic or serious.
Also UV refers to the coating on anything, their for it was the coating used on top of the stock that made them glow over black-light.
I was being serious....
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I was being serious....
Oh alright, i am a very sarcastic person which is why i was asking, and i would have said something along the lines you did after reading this, just in a sarcastic manner.
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Oh. He gotta wait for Marcus or jake. But of it were the ink don't u tink the vortex would look awesome with some of those instead of metallic? (that is if the ink is still available)
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Oh. He gotta wait for Marcus or jake. But of it were the ink don't u tink the vortex would look awesome with some of those instead of metallic? (that is if the ink is still available)
Was that English, i can't read it.
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Was that English, i can't read it.
yeap def English. Try changing 'he' from the second sentence to 'we' and 'but of' of the third sentence to 'but if'. Sry bout that. Replying via phone is always giving me probs. Haahahah.
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Oh. He gotta wait for Marcus or jake. But of it were the ink don't u tink the vortex would look awesome with some of those instead of metallic? (that is if the ink is still available)
Its not the ink. And its not like it glows all the time... it only glows when under a blacklight (or whatever type of light it is).
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vortex deck would look great under a black light. :)
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vortex deck would look great under a black light. :)
Why? It doesn't have UV500
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im saying if it did, that the way the design is it would work great, also all the white decks i have used glow under black light. I used standards, and few random ones i have around so i dont understand why only certain one ( Uv500) would
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To chime in - the UV500 was the stock we used, but it's long gone since USPCC discontinued it.
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To chime in - the UV500 was the stock we used, but it's long gone since USPCC discontinued it.
:'( I miss UV500 :'(
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To chime in - the UV500 was the stock we used, but it's long gone since USPCC discontinued it.
Hey marcus. So what makes it fluorescent under black light? Any idea?
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It's all on the Ellusionist website, if you look hard enough.
"Air Flow Finish" was the upgraded version of Air Cushion they were using on their cards. USPC Legal recently decreed that any Bicycle deck that mentions a finish now must say "Air Cushion" regardless of the finish being used. This came out around the same time they announced that any deck using the Bicycle Rider Back design has to use it in an unaltered fashion, other than color changes - no more gaff cards with altered backs, no more design variations. It's the reason the Bicycle Brimstone deck came out with a nice but not as interesting back - the original design was Rider Back with demons replacing the cherubs. It's also the reason any new "Twilight Angels" gaff cards are being released on Mandolin Backs, not Riders.
"UV500" was the card stock the cards were printed on. The reason it fluoresces has to do with what wavelengths of light the card surface will reflect - apparently ordinary cards aren't the right shade of white to glow under a UV lamp. The reason Ellusionist stopped using it was that the manufacturer of the stock (the folks USPC were buying it from) jacked the price up by 800%. Odds are you won't be seeing that stock again on any playing cards any time soon unless it gets sold with a dramatic price cut. The only other cards I've seen using this stock were the Bicycle Tragic Royalty decks - which is kind of ironic, since the cards are printed with a grey full-bleed background. Only the white portions of the face cards actually glowed.