last post on this I promise...lol
Have done 9 decks now, with still a fair bit of paste left. One tube does go a long way.
I have done the decks in two ways:
Those untrimmed it is easy to hold them tight together as one bundle with the edges flush and flat. Hold the deck upright at 90 degrees on a flat surface so you have the oppostite flat surface upwards for working on. If you have a vice or similar to hold them tight in place, even better. Then use the sponge with SMALL amount of the paste spread evently and thinly. (is worth having a spare piece of card either end of the stack cut to exact size, so if there is any over rub the cards are still protected - only this cut to size card takes the excess on the faces if that makes sense). This method takes literally no more than 10 minutes including checking each card individually in case there was a little over rub. If there is, I used a finger nail to just scrape it off before the whole thing dried set.
For trimmed cards I found it better to do them one at a time, as previously described. I am an incredibly careful trimmer but there is no way the whole deck was going to be exactly lined. It takes a lot longer but you are quality controlling as you go.
Great fun. Have some left in the tube and was wondering how the Drogi would look with gold/gilt edges also
Drying time is quite quick - minutes. being a paste and not a liquid, there is no worry of the edges swelling if that makes sense.
Davina