I is Sad: A sparky home grown insert story

[MotherGunner]

So some of you remember me asking for a couple of sleeves with holes in them?  Thanks to Bernie in providing me some I can now reflect and tell the story of what happened.

So I put together my System Card 2.0 case using Sparky's AWESOME inserts.  I used the white hucard tray with the notches and a holed sleeve for this.

It looked beautiful.

Then I put it away in my TG-16 Case (where I have my TG-16/Turbo Booster Plus).

Well a few days before asking for the sleeves, I went into the case to grab my system card because I wanted to manage my saves on my Duo-R.

Well, when I opened the case, the back of the front insert was grafted and I mean GRAFTED onto my hucard sleeve.  As if the paper MELTED onto the sleeve!  I tried to sort of pull apart and ended up tearing the front insert that Sparky made me and completely ruined the sleeve that I had!

I don't know how the f*ck that happened!!!...but I is Sad.   

[Necromancer]

Was the sleeve cleaned with some sort of solvent that hadn't dried yet?

[Arkhan]

Pictures!!!!

[MotherGunner]

Nope it was just a normal dry sleeve.  No pictures but just imagine super-gluing a sleeve to paper then trying to pull it apart like a grilled cheese sandwich or a naked girl in the morning!

[PunkicCyborg]

ive had the same thing happen to me wiith  a sparky sticker and a new credit card style sleeve and also with an original sleeve and a kinkos printed insert

[MotherGunner]

I am thinking it perhaps has something to do with the compound elements of the paper, ink, and sleeve reacting with each other.  I would be interested in hearing from Sparky to see if he's experience this before as well?

[csgx1]

Had a similar experience with one of Sparky's stickers and a generic plastic sleeve.  I had a stack of hucards on top of the sticker and some of the ink stuck to the sleeve, but not nearly as bad as what you have described.

[Bernie]

Luckily, I have never had that issue.  Sorry to hear about that MG.  Im sure Sparky will provide another tho. 

[MotherGunner]

Thanks Bernie, What I did differently this time is put in a regular TG clipped case to keep a future insert off the sleeve.  I wil order another set from Sparky later on.

[SignOfZeta]

I assume the inserts are made with either a dye sup or laser printer.

[soop]

At last, the mystery of the mysterious foam squares is solved!  I assume.

[Arkhan]

It's similar to C64s then.

Sometimes, the styrofoam that the f*ckers are stored in fuse themselves to the plasticky power cable and disk cables.


It's the sleeves and their jive ass rubber chemical bullshit.


I think heat is involved.

[MotherGunner]

I think heat is involved.

That was what I suspected as well except that I don't live in a very hot area and the stuff was stored at room temperature.  Also,  I kept it with a case that I have a custom rear insert for (that I made myself on photo style paper) and that thing is still going strong!

[ProfessorProfessorson]

If the side that stuck to the sleeve was covered in ink, then the ink probably had not cured right. If its made using a home printer, then that is probably why, as that kind of ink needs to sit out and cure, exposed to air for a good month sometimes. You can try getting a sponge brush and adding a coat of Future to the next one, and let it cure/dry in the open air for a few days before sticking it in the case.  Other then that all I can recommend is having it laminated, or makeshift doing so yourself with clear packing tape, applying it carefully and cutting it to fit.

[Sparky]

Wow I feel bad... Never had an issue with anything sticking and thanks for pming me.. No wait you did not..  

I have them printed professionally and have never had or heard a problem till now. I understand your concern but its paper and ink and I have had mine in cases for a year or so and no issues..I will send you new ones or anyone else that have had a problem.. Just wish you would have contacted me directly as I feel embarrassed as this is news to me.