I generally send out older cards that don't have all of the gloss. Some brands of newer cards aren't glossy either. You'll make out better sending those.

I have over 30,000 autographed cards and I use either baby powder or an eraser. I prefer an eraser. Baby powder tends to get into your sharpie with doing in-person and ruins the marker if you don't get all the powder off the card.

johnnylightning wrote:All you have to do is put a bit of water on a clean soft dish cloth and rub the card surface fairly hard but not too hard then dry it and it takes the wax coating off and sharpies work just fine.

hmm i have over 60,000 cards and none have wax on them

All you have to do is put a bit of water on a clean soft dish cloth and rub the card surface fairly hard but not too hard then dry it and it takes the wax coating off and sharpies work just fine.

rtbrucks wrote:Because sharpie like doesnt stay on!


Any Ideas?????


Thank you!

glossy cards you have to use baby powder on to make stick
and in my experiances is the most athleats use ballpoint pen

Here, I recently started with sending trading cards.
If your cards are glossy and sharpie doesn't stick..
Throw on some baby powder, rub it across the WHOLE card (front only) and sweep all the excess baby powder off.
The talcum causes the sharpie to hold longer. So no need to have any baby powder on it.

Hope this helps you.

I always buy a few packs of different cards and pull a nobody out and test the card with my sharpie to see which type of card can keep an auto. I had to learn the hard way a few years back ago, when I found John Elways home address on the net and sent out a card only to get it back with only half of the auto still on the card, wouldn't stick. Now I can't find out where I sent the first card so I can send another for another try with a better card.

GBiffle16racegrl wrote:careful using an eraser though alot of times this leaves a scuff mark on the card that won't go away & it turns out the card is garbage because of the big scuff on it. Styrofoam has also been suggested to me. I've tried it & it didn't work.

Really? Ive never had any trouble but thanks for the warning.

careful using an eraser though alot of times this leaves a scuff mark on the card that won't go away & it turns out the card is garbage because of the big scuff on it. Styrofoam has also been suggested to me. I've tried it & it didn't work.

Rub the cards with an eraser, it gets rid of the gloss and sharpies work perfectly.