Screw Your Gasket

[brianp-beme]

Frank could market this encapsulation idea under the name "A Complete Gasket Case".

Brian the Marketing Guru

[irv]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Whereas screwdown lucite holders may compress cards too much and "squeeze" the corners or damage the surface and,

whereas SGC gaskets, despite being preferred by many collectors, are associated with slippage of thinner cards behind or in front of the gasket in the SGC holder and,

whereas I am not willing to risk a costlier card that I want to display using either of these techniques, I offer the following:

Attachment 331228

Attachment 331229

Save the gaskets when you crack SGC slabs.

Place an appropriate gasket in a screw down lucite holder.

Carefully insert the card without a penny sleeve.

Replace the top of the screw down and tighten the screws as much as you like.

The gasket cannot be compressed. If the card fills the gasket as this one does, it will not slip, move or be compressed.

Hope that some of you may find this useful.

Good job, Frank, and pretty ingenious.

The only thing different I'd do would be to add some better looking screws. Those standards look too blah for that cube/card. Some nice bronze colored ones that fit flush would look much nicer, imo.

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by irv

Good job, Frank, and pretty ingenious.

The only thing different I'd do would be to add some better looking screws. Those standards look too blah for that cube/card. Some nice bronze colored ones that fit flush would look much nicer, imo.

I am a firm believer in personal preference when choosing screws.

[irv]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

I am a firm believer in personal preference when choosing screws.