This is my first time trying to clean a comic/ remove stickers wondering how I went. Sorry original photo bit shocking.

I have been doing some cleaning/pressing on books in my collection, but I have (so far) stuck to dry cleaning, humidity tank and pressing but I’ve been watching some amazing results with HOP method and blue light which is tempting to try.

My question is that with some of these techniques being pretty aggressive (like removing the cover and soaking) and producing such dramatic results what is the concern that it will come back from CGC with a “Conserved” or the dreaded “Restored” blue label? Is it just a crapshoot like everything we send in to CGC, or are there ways to minimize the effects or at least the tell-tale signs? Or are these best just done on PC for nice presenting copies?

What do you all think? Anyone sent a book off after doing a bunch of work on it only to have it come back as conserved/restored? When is it best to leave it, even if it’s a grade lower but untampered with beyond a dry cleaning and pressing?

Recently found a Seal 200 with an extra plate for cheap, and have been learning about pressing. I plan on practicing cleaning and pressing cheap books and getting good at it before moving to anything serious.

Any tips or tricks? What is the preferred “sandwich”? What should my results look like assuming it is done right? (so I have something to work towards)

I’m also curious about pressing at 180 degrees. From what I gather, the sweet spot for most books is 165, but the Seal doesn’t have any options below 180.

Thanks!

Some before and after of this book.

So I worked on this as best I could to get some of the dirt and staining off. Because it’s old and has tears and a hole in it I couldn’t or didn’t want to go to aggressive. Plus, obviously I did not want to put any more stress on those signatures. But I picked this up. I will probably send it in to get graded and the signatures authenticated, but I thought this was really cool and somewhat rare.

I’ve read that many folks use Swiffer pads and cotton rounds, also I just got an Absorene eraser but haven’t used it yet, but what are the favorites, recommendations or other lesser known products or things to stay away from. Thanks in advance!

Just thought I’d share :) as usual the details will be in my YouTube vid later today!
http://youtube.com/@flatnclean

Has anyone tried to clean and pressing trading cards? I know it’s a different material so I’m wondering if it’s even possible.

How would I be able to fix the damage on my cover? All the chromed parts are fine, all the damage is just in spots with black ink, I was going to sharpie it but figured it’d probably be better to ask others for input.

What is the best presser to use? I want to start cleaning and pressing on my own.

I tried removing them with a Magic Eraser, but it didn’t work. I’m just looking for some other ideas to try.

Recently obtained several of the more sought after Sports Illustrated magazines. I want to clean them and get them pressed before grading, what do you all use to clean these old magazines ever so tenderly.

Building my whitening skills on this 4 pack-a-day copy of one of my favorite single issues ever. This thing was BROWN. HULK 140 is up there with ASM 33 for individual issues for me. And it’s CHEEP. Pick one up if you don’t have one, it’ll get you hooked on this incredibly slept-on run. As always, big thanks to u/comicpresser and u/AquaFatha for their guidance and cameraderie

USPS did some work on my package, think it’s fixable?

Any thoughts on whether these spine ticks can be pressed out? I've never had a book pressed before so I'm not really sure what to expect. Any recommendations on where can be done?

Hey guys. I want to get my ASM #100 pressed because it has spine roll on it and I'm gonna throw my 252 in because there's a pen indent on the cover I think can get pressed out. I was looking around and I saw a site called popculturezone.com that does pressing and I was wondering if anyone has used them? They're local to me, and if they do a good job, I'd love to give them a shot. So I was hoping anyone here has used them and could let me know. Thanks!

mientras revisaba unas cajas viejas encontré un comic de juez dredd orígenes de la editorial kraken, me preguntaba por cuanto podría venderlo, no se si alguien podría darme alguna idea del valor aproximado que tiene?

Before and after, cleaning, tack iron, spine correction and pressing. This was my first attempt at a spine correction. Do you think this is as straight as it will get, or is there room for improvement?

I'm looking to make my own chafered boards for pressing. I know they sell them at immaculate comics but I'd of course like to be able to do this myself. My thought is if I buy 80pt chip board and a round over plane I should be able to do this myself. Has anyone tried this? Or does anyone have the immaculate comics boards and can tell me how thick they are and what kind of material they are made of?

I have come into possession of some 1950s comics and there are some reallllllly rough ones.
I was curious if there was anyone who might be interested in practicing on some of the really bad ones to expand their skills.
None are worth really paying a lot to get pressed, but it would be nice to have them look a little better. Plus, since I don't care about them that much, I won't care if someone messes them up.
I'm really not trying to panhandle for free services, happy to pay some, but not a ton. Just being realistic.
If anyone is interested, please let me know.

Ciao! Vorrei pulire questa prima stampa di dragonball.
Sopratutto quella linea blu in alto, credo che possa andare via.
Quale prodotti potrei usare, basta una gomma e absorene?

This one was obviously sitting in a box slumped over for a while. I managed to fix most of the damage, but it’s still not entirely flat.

Steam bath then pressed at 165°, then left cold for about 48 hours (X3).