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• Why are marked cards using "shade" better than Standard professional marked cards (block-out & scroll work) ?

• Advantage of marking your own cards vs. buying pre-marked luminous or juiced cards

• Examples of  how the NU-CONcept "customization advantage" can make your cards as invisible as a stealth fighter

• What are luminous shade marked cards ?

• Features of NU-CONcept luminous marked card technology

• NU-CONcept luminous marked card daub / paste

• What are juice marked cards ?

• Luminous vs. juice vs. flash vs. tint work comparison

• Should you purchase luminous or JUICE shade solution?

• Luminous or juice for KEM Arrow Poker or Club back design

• View Bicycle Marked Cards as others see them

• View Cards through activated gimmick (Video clip available - WMV)

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Luminous & JUICE solutions for red KEM cards are available

Which KEM playing cards were tested?

KEM Club Design Use large "JUICE" or small "Tint Work" Marking Patterns. Since large JUICE marking patterns can be read from a greater distance, people tend to use "JUICE" markings whenever possible.
KEM Arrow Design Lends itself best for "Tint Work" marking patterns. This is  because the Arrow back design has larger white areas and large JUICE-style marks may be seen on the white areas of the card.

Note: Each deck was shuffled 500+ times to test permanence of markings

What is the difference between JUICE marking patterns and Tint Work marking patterns?

	Large JUICE marking patterns	Tint Work marking patterns
Distance visibility	Traditionally JUICE is used to make large marking patterns which may be seen near or far (2-8+ foot visibility) Specific marking patterns, locations and recommendations are discussed in the instructions	The JUICE solution may also be used to make "Tint Work" marking patterns. Traditionally, Tint Work involves the application of "SHADE" to areas of the card which have a good ratio of color and white design. Therefore, you use JUICE to "TINT" smaller areas of the card which allows visibility from 2-4 feet (across a table). Specific marking patterns, locations and recommendations are discussed in the instructions
Which solutions may be used?	Luminous (easy to read marks through filter gimmick) or JUICE (must train to read marks) Applying solutions is as easy as writing or drawing. One jar of solution will make 10 decks of KEM Club backed cards (Juice for blue backed cards is currently not available for KEM)	Luminous (easy to read marks through filter gimmick) or JUICE (must train to read marks) Applying solutions is as easy as writing or drawing. One jar of solution will make 25+ decks of Tint Work cards. Tint work style marking patterns may be used on KEM Arrow or Club back design cards (Juice for blue backed cards is currently not available for KEM)

Basically, the main difference between large JUICE and Tint Work marking patterns is how the solution is applied to the cards. The same solutions (Luminous or JUICE) may be applied using larger JUICE-style marking patterns or using smaller Tint Work-style marking patterns. Since KEM Arrow back cards have larger contiguous white areas, Tint Work is recommended so the SHADE cannot be seen on the white areas of Arrow back KEMs.

See "marked card examples" to gain more insight into large Juice, Tint work and Flash marking patterns.

So, should I purchase the Luminous or JUICE solution? In a nutshell, you must decide:

• How much effort you are willing to put into learning to read markings? ((Luminous shade is easy vs. JUICE/Tint Work takes practice to read, but all are easy to apply)

• Is wearing sunglasses reasonable? (they even wear sunglasses in the World Series of Poker) - Luminous requires your sunglasses and my supplied filter gimmick vs. JUICE/Tint Work which does not use and sunglasses or filter

• All solutions are very easy to apply

• Red or Blue backed playing cards? (Today, I have only tested with red backed KEM cards. Formulas for blue backed KEM cards are expected to be developed in the future.)

Why buy pre-marked "shaded" decks for $80-$120 per deck ?

When ordering please specify if you want Luminous Shade and/or JUICE solutions specifically formulated for KEM playing cards or for paper based United States Playing Card Company playing cards.

(Note: The KEM solutions will damage the finish of regular paper bases playing cards. Conversely, the solutions designed for paper playing cards will not adhere to KEM (100% Plastic) Playing cards. Therefore, each solution is chemically designed for it's respective stock for permanence and not to damage the finish of the cards.)

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