# PSA Grading: New Mylar / Sleeve Backing

**URL:** <https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386>\
**Category:** Grading\
**Created:** [July 18, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386 "2026-07-18T18:36:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sircharleszard](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/sircharleszard/32/27316_2.png) [@sircharleszard](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/sircharleszard)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386/1 "2026-07-18T18:36:26Z")

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I’m seeing more and more that PSA is putting a protective mylar film layer on the back of cards when they get slabbed. 🤷‍♂️ It makes the card backs look terrible, because it reflects light in a wonky way. It would make it impossible to get a clean scan of a card too. Hopefully they get rid of this quickly.

 ![image](https://efour.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/4X/9/d/c/9dc4401698bbc0bceb8485e0ce268d816ee2b7fe.jpeg)

[https://www.instagram.com/p/Da50wH9ANRi/](https://www.instagram.com/p/Da50wH9ANRi/)

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**Author:** ![wisewailmer](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/wisewailmer/32/179572_2.png) [@wisewailmer](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/wisewailmer)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386/2 "2026-07-18T18:51:14Z")

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Lol and we thought they’d make BGS more like them, not the other way around

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**Author:** ![cwebfan23](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/cwebfan23/32/154077_2.png) [@cwebfan23](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/cwebfan23)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386/3 "2026-07-18T18:54:51Z")

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> [@Wrong sized PSA slab?](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/wrong-sized-psa-slab/63256):
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> I received my grades from my recent sub but after looking at the pictures it appears to be in the wrong slab. It is slightly larger on the inside and appears to even have some sort of inner sleeve.

I think the generally consensus is that they ran out of their TCG slabs at certain facilities. All of my most recent submissions (including a few that have been completed within the last 3 weeks) are in normal TCG slabs.

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**Author:** ![sircharleszard](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/sircharleszard/32/27316_2.png) [@sircharleszard](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/sircharleszard)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386/4 "2026-07-18T20:02:38Z")

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Good! Very glad to hear this isn’t the new norm.

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**Author:** ![missingno](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/missingno/32/434_2.png) [@missingno](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/missingno)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386/5 "2026-07-18T20:37:32Z")

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I’m lowkey pissed off. I have a 50 card submission getting graded as we speak and I DO NOT want that ish in my slabs.

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**Author:** ![sircharleszard](https://efour.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/www.elitefourum.com/sircharleszard/32/27316_2.png) [@sircharleszard](https://www.elitefourum.com/u/sircharleszard)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/psa-grading-new-mylar-sleeve-backing/63386/6 "2026-07-18T20:45:53Z")

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Me either. 😅 Hopefully they’re not. The most recent comments on this [thread](https://www.elitefourum.com/t/wrong-sized-psa-slab/63256) look like PSA is fixing whatever the issue was.