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Originally Posted by jrs
This site has blog posts on things like comic pedigrees, production defects and other subjects of interest:

http://www.comicpressing.com/blog.php

Worth a read IMO, so wanted to share.

Originally Posted by jrs
This site has blog posts on things like comic pedigrees, production defects and other subjects of interest:

http://www.comicpressing.com/blog.php

Worth a read IMO, so wanted to share.

Originally Posted by DarthLego
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Originally Posted by DocBrown
Pressing takes experience. While there is undoubtedly things that can be taught, it's really something you must do to become good at.

I said all of that when I said the word Padawan.

Originally Posted by RyanHicks
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Originally Posted by DocBrown
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Originally Posted by DarthLego
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Originally Posted by DocBrown
Pressing takes experience. While there is undoubtedly things that can be taught, it's really something you must do to become good at.

I said all of that when I said the word Padawan.

That's nice, I suppose.

Still, spending $1500 for a day of learning is a waste. What a person needs to do if they want to learn how to press is to buy the equipment, and press a few thousand books, from all eras and types.

That's how you learn.

While I don't disagree and i wouldn't personally spend $1500 for something like this, for a beginner who is really interested in pressing and does not have any idea on what equipment to even buy, i can see the value in this. Most (if not all) pressers don't really give any information away so research on how to become a good presser can be kind of difficult for a newbie. And to a lot of youngins these days, $1500 isn't necessarily a lot of money. I have seen high schoolers driving BMW's and high end Audi's. Plus, as a beginner, it can be kind of scary pressing a silver age or golden age book for the first time if you have no idea what you are doing; and getting a lot of cheap practice material from those eras that aren't beat up beyond pressing needs, isn't necessarily easy.

Originally Posted by shrewbeer
I'd pay a few grand to work with Steve or Joe for a week, and wouldnt think twice about it. That actually sounds like a nice florida vacation to me . A dry press is only abt 1% of a good recipe and the good ones keep it very well guarded.

Originally Posted by shrewbeer
I've had too many books pressed by "the guy at LCS who has a press". Mediocre=damage. They look squished, airless, razor sharp spines, ran over by a mack truck; and alltogether the recipe produces a crepe'.

And then there's the very small handful of guys out there that dont count much on their press to "press" a book. I've learned that the word "press" in "Comic pressing" is very deceiving.

Yes anyone can squash a book. Very select few can "press" a book without squashing it!

Originally Posted by shrewbeer

ps @DocBrown if you missed it from a while back, gotta be careful; sharing experiences/recipes is forbidden here due to so many people sending in damaged books believing they could just squish it.