Restringing Magic: Last flip still doesn't lay down

[Bryan]

I restrung a Magic and doing a pure flip method, the last flip still doesn't lay down completely flat. Any advice on what to do? I want to get it to not be a +2 for the Twin Cities competition this Saturday.

Here's some pics of the Magic...it should intimidate the other competitors.

 

[d4m4s74]

personally I'd stretch the wires a bit (it looks like the "down" wire is a bit longer then the "up" wire)

but I don't compete with magic

 

[Bryan]

personally I'd stretch the wires a bit

I tried that before I converted it, by putting some gifts cards between the tiles, but wasn't sure how much I should stretch and by using what...

 

[DavidWoner]

I think Kegham said he used a heating pad/electric blanket to warm the strings before putting them on. Apparently it helped, I'll try to ask him again next time I talk to him.

 

[AvGalen]

I put plastic pieces in it that are about 4mm. If that stretches it to much you can always put it in the refridgerator for a day

 

[Bryan]

I put plastic pieces in it that are about 4mm. If that stretches it to much you can always put it in the refridgerator for a day

So you shove 4mm pieces inbetween all the tiles, or just one set, since it will take the slack from everything else?

 

[AvGalen]

I put plastic pieces in it that are about 4mm. If that stretches it to much you can always put it in the refridgerator for a day

So you shove 4mm pieces inbetween all the tiles, or just one set, since it will take the slack from everything else?

Depending on how tight the magic is.
If only 1 tile stays up I would only put something between those tiles
But I also have Cube4your master magics that are so horribly tight that I just put 12 pieces in (between all the tiles)
I would recommend putting in those pieces in the "not rectangular" solved state