What to do when your deck starts "clicking"

[xlacs]

What do you do when your deck bows a little and the deck starts to click? Does putting it in a card clip help?

[moonexe]

IF your deck bows too much for comfort, you can always spring/pressure fan in the opposing direction to try to correct it a little. What do you mean by "clicking" though?

[nimblewitted]

I've had this happen to numerous decks. Even springing them a lot in opposite directions sometimes isn't enough.

Putting it in a clip should help. Personally, I went to Lowes and bought two 4'x12'x0.5 pieces of steel (like $8 a piece) and just leave any deck that I used a lot pressed (without their boxes) between them (gravity is usually enough to do the trick) and the cards flatten out. It usually only takes my cards one night to stop the "clicking" but sometimes I'll add a little weight on the top of the pieces if I feel the deck is going to be tough to straighten.

[xlacs]

IF your deck bows too much for comfort, you can always spring/pressure fan in the opposing direction to try to correct it a little. What do you mean by "clicking" though?

Thanks for the advice, I mean that all the cards bow so the deck is concave so when you press down it makes a clicking noise.

[Evan]

Try a porper clip or deck press. I have porper clips and they sometimes fix the problem..... but other times, they don't.
I don't own a deck press but it seems like it would work better.

[Gunshy1]

alot of the time that clicking is just from sweat drying. for me when that happens "warming up" the deck im using helps alot.

[Kanped]

Just build a deck press, it's a fun little project.  Get 2 pieces of a hard material, a little bigger than your deck.  Drill through 4 corners at the same position on both pieces.  Put a bolt through each hole.  Affix a wing nut to each bolt.  Done.

[Don Boyer]

When using a deck press that isn't designed with a single screw in the center, be sure you tighten the bolts evenly throughout.  You want even pressure.


I love nimblewitted's idea - simple, no screws needed and costs less.  I'd refine it further by using slightly thinner metal for the bottom half of the "press" - it doesn't need to be as heavy, just strong enough to not get bent accidentally.