Historical Information
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 2:56 pm
Alexis:
I keep loosing this kind of valuable historical information. Is there a "historical" section on the board? I remember posts like this from the past that I can not remember who wrote and can't find with search. They often happen in the middle of a thread, like this one, then fade away with the thread later.
Not even sure how one would go about indexing them but I hate to see stuff fade away into the archives.
Gary
I keep loosing this kind of valuable historical information. Is there a "historical" section on the board? I remember posts like this from the past that I can not remember who wrote and can't find with search. They often happen in the middle of a thread, like this one, then fade away with the thread later.
Not even sure how one would go about indexing them but I hate to see stuff fade away into the archives.
Gary
hammr7 wrote:Color variations were all over the place in Ice Age. In addition, a common problem with any large print shop like Carta Mundi is that they can sometimes bring the wrong "wear coat" formulation to the printing press.
Almost all finish coats in the 80's and 90's were solvent-based (or VOC) solutions containing mixtures of acrylic and urethane resins. They could also contain components to control luster, plus stabilizers and sometimes traces of anti-bacterial or anti-fungal agents.
In the 90's Carta Mundi had a number of different wear coat formulations for their different products. On at least a few occasions they applied the wrong coating to Magic Cards. You could tell when the wear coat was off a bit by the mottled look on the back of an un-played card. I also saw this on some Fallen Empire and Homelands cards, but rarely on anything produced after those sets.
Your Ice Age cards, unlike the Alt-4th cards, will probably glow under UV light. This is because U. S. Playing card Company added a UV stabilizer, which Carta Mundi never did. (This is one reason why Cart Mundi's early cards were so easy to make fade in strong sunlight).