I got the borderless version of the US Games Pamela Centennial.  I don't know why they did the backs with white borders. Wish they just would have been borderless. 

 

I like to "age" the sides with Antique Linen which makes the backs just so not match.  Now, I thought of inking the backs, but of course the sides are papery and the backs have more of a finish, so that doesn't work.

 

ANYONE aging the backs of their decks and how do you do it?  I could use a marker, but I don't want to yellow or brown, that would look gross, just like aged.  

 

Thoughts? 

 

I am excited to get reall's Vintage Pamela because the backs LOOK aged and I'll just ink the sides.    

I have aged decks before by dunking them in tea, or using rubbing alcohol and ink to stain them brown.

 

Dunking decks in tea will really harm them, so be warned! I did it with a heavily laminated yellow box RWS, so it ended up being a great experiment.

 

The staining takes a lot of effort to look decent but it can work 🙂 

you're so right about knowing the type of cardstock, vulprix.  USG's borderless version of the centennial I don't think would fare well with rubbing alcohol or tea and I DID get the edges JUST how I wanted them.  I Antique Linen them, let them dry for days or weeks, and hit them with another coat.  Just got the deck a couple weeks ago and the edges look decades old.  Now if I could just get the backs right....  

I'm somewhat of a make-up artist. Look at alcohol-activated makeup palettes. They aren't cheap, but aren't cost prohibitive and would last you the rest of your life if you were just using them to age cards. They only work with 99% alcohol, so there is no damage to the card itself as the alcohol dries almost instantly. In fact, that's the learning curve - getting the right consistency and getting it on the card or the skin or silicone in time. 

1 hour ago, thepaintedslag said:

would last you the rest of your life if you were just using them to age cards.

But I wouldn't. If it works, on the face it goes. 😁

Well, it's very harsh as it requires you to use 99% alcohol to activate it. Nothing else works. So imagine that alcohol on your tender eyelids! This makeup is used for special effects on skin but even more so on silicone prosthetics/special effects. I use it to paint on tattoos that last a few days because I can make it look real. You could certainly wear it on your eyelids maybe once a week, but more than that your poor eyelids would be eaten alive. It also is only removed once dry with 99% alcohol or even more rough chemicals. 

What about using alcohol inks like the Adirondack ones? 
Looking at blank decks someone commented that they used 600 grit sandpaper on them very lightly to remove the glossy coating to enable markers and such to stick permanently. You might try that.  

13 hours ago, thepaintedslag said:

Well, it's very harsh as it requires you to use 99% alcohol to activate it. Nothing else works. So imagine that alcohol on your tender eyelids! This makeup is used for special effects on skin but even more so on silicone prosthetics/special effects. I use it to paint on tattoos that last a few days because I can make it look real. You could certainly wear it on your eyelids maybe once a week, but more than that your poor eyelids would be eaten alive. It also is only removed once dry with 99% alcohol or even more rough chemicals. 

 

Yikes, that sounds like a lot of unnecessary pain and aging.
Giving it a hard pass - unless I decide on a fake tattoo at some point. 😁
 

But it would work perfectly for aging the cards. 

 

Better to speed up the aging of the cards than our eyes, lol.