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Hypothetical question regarding PSA slab melting....

Let's say a PSA slab was under serious heat and melted...for instance inside a home fire.
Whether directly or indirectly exposed the card does not catch fire, would the aftermath be that the card is ruined by the melted plastic casing?
Would be curious to your thoughts on this subject.
Whether directly or indirectly exposed the card does not catch fire, would the aftermath be that the card is ruined by the melted plastic casing?
Would be curious to your thoughts on this subject.
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Walking towards Fireplace with Topps Tiffany MINT 9's in hand........................Or just about any 80's Baseball !!!!!!!!!
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Neil
<< <i>Evening,
Walking towards Fireplace with Topps Tiffany MINT 9's in hand........................Or just about any 80's Baseball !!!!!!!!!
YeeHah
Neil
That is NOT going to smell too good Neil!
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
IMO they will still melt inside a fireproof safe.
<< <i>IMO, I believe so. If you have any extremely valuable cards that you keep at home then I would suggest putting them in a fireproof safe which might spare them. >>
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What will be the after affects on the card itself....someones gotta try a test run with photos...
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<< <i>Serious question guys, will the slab melt over the card and seperate after cooling?
What will be the after affects on the card itself....someones gotta try a test run with photos... >>
Serious question, will you really be worried about your PSA slabs if your house catches fire. Serious question.
If you drive off a cliff into the ocean, and you have PSA slabs in the trunk of your car, will they be safe? Serious question
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<< <i>Serious question guys, will the slab melt over the card and seperate after cooling?
What will be the after affects on the card itself....someones gotta try a test run with photos... >>
Serious question, will you really be worried about your PSA slabs if your house catches fire. Serious question.
If you drive off a cliff into the ocean, and you have PSA slabs in the trunk of your car, will they be safe? Serious question >>
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<< <i>Evening,
Walking towards Fireplace with Topps Tiffany MINT 9's in hand........................Or just about any 80's Baseball !!!!!!!!!
YeeHah
Neil
Now why you picking on Topps TIFFANY cards?? Those are the only cards from the late 80s worth hanging onto.
cardboard will start to burn around 250 F, amd I'm betting it shows heat damage (singed) even lower.
plastic will melt somewhere between 300 and 450 depending on the type.
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<< <i>Evening,
Walking towards Fireplace with Topps Tiffany MINT 9's in hand........................Or just about any 80's Baseball !!!!!!!!!
YeeHah
Neil
Now why you picking on Topps TIFFANY cards?? Those are the only cards from the late 80s worth hanging onto. >>
Baseball, Smaseball, you say tomatoe I say Tomato....Its all 80's Baseball crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YeeHah
Neil
I'll have to take a junk slab camping with me this summer and test out the results in a campfire.
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I feel like I was being punked.
Since plastics will mold and form to it's surroundings under melting temperatures theoretically it could seperate from the cardboard once cooled under it's new molded formation.
I'm an analyst by trade and love to know the details.
Glad some of you think it's comical.
Typo correction.
<< <i>akuracy, in rock, scissors, paper do you get confused with what beats what? >>
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1) I suspect that the inks would also discolor at a lower temp than where plastic melts.
2) Paper, being porous, would likely be so tightly bound to the melted plastic that separating them would be darned hard to do.
In short, my belief is that by the time the plastic melts the card would be damaged.
In case anyone is curious, I suspect this also applies to any attempt to use heat to 'crack' a slab for nefarious purposes.
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