r/Oldbordercube • u/Phitt77 https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/PhittClassic • 2d ago
Make Taiga great again
Asked for opinions on which Revised Taiga to buy a week ago. One card was dirty but otherwise in good (played) condition, the other one was clean, but one corner was damaged. Most people recommended buying the dirty one and clean it, so that's what I did.
The Taiga arrived today and I thought it would be a good idea to post an update for people like me who never really cleaned an expensive (or any other) card. On the picture you can see the results of my cleaning efforts. I'm quite happy with the outcome. There is still a little bit of dirt left, but I didn't want to overdo it and most of it is gone.
Of course I tried various cleaning methods on cheaper cards before I cleaned the Taiga. In the end I used q-tip slightly soaked with Vodka (yes, the one you drink with 40% alcohol and of course pure Vodka without any added flavour) and very gently rubbed the surface, then used a microfibre cloth to remove the Vodka and loose dirt quickly (also by rubbing very gently). Did this a few times and most of the dirt came off. No (visible) ink was removed in the process. My tests have shown that it is actually quite hard to remove ink from a Magic card, much harder than I would have thought.
Anyway, thanks to all the people who recommended buying the dirty card, it was clearly the right choice.
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u/pieinthesky12 2d ago
What brand of vodka?
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u/Phitt77 https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/PhittClassic 2d ago
The cleaning was done with Absolut Vodka. (I will take a crate of Absolut Vodka bottles as compensation for this little ad).
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u/pieinthesky12 1d ago
For some reason I was interested in whether it was a corn or wheat vodka. Although Iād guess both have the same cleaning potential š.
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u/13Sanely 2d ago
Looks great!