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Tips on choosing candidates for Pressing?2907

Collector 00slim private msg quote post Address this user
So, what are the suggested guidelines for the best candidates for pressing?

I'd imagine I should skip any books with any slight rips.

Any tips would be appreciated.
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
Basically anything that breaks colour is a no go for me. Writing in pen is bad but pencil or grease pencil can be cleaned away. Certainly rips also - unless a special circumstance ( I have a Weird Science #7 signed by Feldstein that I am considering getting pressed and cleaned and VSP'd that has a rip)
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You think I'm joking, I'm not. earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user
It depends in what the potential value is. I am currently pressing some golden age that have few minor chip and edge tears. Normally I only send in high grade GA (8.5 & up), buy these are all golden age #1's that are 5.5 up to 8.0 but they still are semi valuable even in those grades. Like I am expecting a 6.0 to 7.0 on a Ghost Comics #1, in that range its a 400.00 to 500.00 book. So I base the pressing an grading candidates based on their potential value.
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COLLECTOR DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user
Any flaw that doesn't damage ink should get fixed by pressing, so even if a few flaws break color you can still benefit if it also has a lot of non breaking flaws.
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Collector BrianGreensnips private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by KatKomics
Basically anything that breaks colour is a no go for me. Writing in pen is bad but pencil or grease pencil can be cleaned away. Certainly rips also - unless a special circumstance ( I have a Weird Science #7 signed by Feldstein that I am considering getting pressed and cleaned and VSP'd that has a rip)
I love how you Canucks spell Colour. Just teasing. Your advice is solid.
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Suck it up, buttercup!! KatKomics private msg quote post Address this user
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Basically anything that breaks colour is a no go for me. Writing in pen is bad but pencil or grease pencil can be cleaned away. Certainly rips also - unless a special circumstance ( I have a Weird Science #7 signed by Feldstein that I am considering getting pressed and cleaned and VSP'd that has a rip)
I love how you Canucks spell Colour. Just teasing. Your advice is solid.


Ha!! I did that on purpose! wait till I talk about waiting in line-up or "queue" or about sending in a cheque to pay for something.
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Collector 00slim private msg quote post Address this user
So, if there are breaks in color, would the pressing process make them worse?
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You think I'm joking, I'm not. earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user
@00slim no it won't make them worse
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CBCS broke up with me over Facebook. CFP_Comics private msg quote post Address this user
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@00slim no it won't make them worse


But it could make them more pronounced.
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Collector Thanatos private msg quote post Address this user
So we decided that a press/clean will remove writing in pencil on the cover? Auction ends in an hour on a silver age key with writing on the cover
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COLLECTOR DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user
@Thanatos indentation of writing (like the homework was on top of the comic) will press out. Actual writing with ink or graphite, not so much.
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Collector 00slim private msg quote post Address this user
So, does pressing assume cleaning as well, or is that separate?
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Collector Thanatos private msg quote post Address this user
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@Thanatos indentation of writing (like the homework was on top of the comic) will press out. Actual writing with ink or graphite, not so much.


Glad I didn't bid on it then, someone wrote a big ol' 3 through the title in pencil.
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COLLECTOR DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user
Pressing includes dry cleaning.
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COLLECTOR DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user
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@Thanatos indentation of writing (like the homework was on top of the comic) will press out. Actual writing with ink or graphite, not so much.


Glad I didn't bid on it then, someone wrote a big ol' 3 through the title in pencil.

That sucks.
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You think I'm joking, I'm not. earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user
@Thanatos it can be removed if you know what you are doing. The Manuel Pacifico I spent only about 30 minutes on so far. I cleaned it and pressed it.
Not sure I will do much more to it. The paper quality of that giveaway is terribly cheap and thin,
Unlike the magazine which has much better paper to work with.



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Collector Logan510 private msg quote post Address this user
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Pressing includes dry cleaning.


Where? I know of at least one presser who charges extra for this service.
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Collector Mef private msg quote post Address this user
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Pressing includes dry cleaning.


Where? I know of at least one presser who charges extra for this service.


@CFP_Comics includes a dry clean with press.
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You think I'm joking, I'm not. earthshaker01 private msg quote post Address this user
@Logan510 lol of you lived by me I would do it for free for ya.
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COLLECTOR shrewbeer private msg quote post Address this user
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Pressing includes dry cleaning.


Where? I know of at least one presser who charges extra for this service.


everywhere. If it doesnt, they are the exception not the common
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Collector Thanatos private msg quote post Address this user
@earthshaker01 wow that's impressive. Now I regret not bidding! Dangit haha here is a picture since the auction is over (no bids) and it hasn't been relisted, maybe I'll send him a message and see if I can get it cheaper. Low grade Hawkman #4 w/ UK Pence stamp


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I bought a meat grinder on amazon for $60 and it's changed my life. kaptainmyke private msg quote post Address this user
I've thought about getting a t-shirt heat press...
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Collector Logan510 private msg quote post Address this user
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Pressing includes dry cleaning.


Where? I know of at least one presser who charges extra for this service.


everywhere. If it doesnt, they are the exception not the common


It was kind of a rhetorical question. I know most include it, but I don't think it's wise to give out information as if it's fact, when it isn't.
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COLLECTOR DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user
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Pressing includes dry cleaning.


Where? I know of at least one presser who charges extra for this service.


everywhere. If it doesnt, they are the exception not the common


It was kind of a rhetorical question. I know most include it, but I don't think it's wise to give out information as if it's fact, when it isn't.

I was referring specifically to CBCS pressing, since this is the CBCS forum after all. Sorry I was not specific enough to earn the Flipper Seal of Approval.
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Collector Logan510 private msg quote post Address this user
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Pressing includes dry cleaning.


Where? I know of at least one presser who charges extra for this service.


everywhere. If it doesnt, they are the exception not the common


It was kind of a rhetorical question. I know most include it, but I don't think it's wise to give out information as if it's fact, when it isn't.

I was referring specifically to CBCS pressing, since this is the CBCS forum after all. Sorry I was not specific enough to earn the Flipper Seal of Approval.


Why are you always so snarky?

If you had been specific I never would've commented.
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COLLECTOR DarthLego private msg quote post Address this user
@Logan510 because your comment was unnecessary, and subversively snarky. You knew to begin with what I was referring to, but chose to make your snarky comment anyway. And this has been a pattern with your posts in the past. So don't be snarky in the first place if you don't want snarky back.
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Collector Logan510 private msg quote post Address this user
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@Logan510 because your comment was unnecessary, and subversively snarky. You knew to begin with what I was referring to, but chose to make your snarky comment anyway. And this has been a pattern with your posts in the past. So don't be snarky in the first place if you don't want snarky back.


I can't read minds, but apparently you can.

That's awesome.

Don't present your opinion as fact and maybe people won't feel the need to correct you when you're wrong.
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Collector Drogio private msg quote post Address this user
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@Logan510 because your comment was unnecessary, and subversively snarky. You knew to begin with what I was referring to, but chose to make your snarky comment anyway. And this has been a pattern with your posts in the past. So don't be snarky in the first place if you don't want snarky back.


Honestly, I as thinking the same thing...I know pressers that charge extra...I didn't think flippers comment was sharky...er...snarky.

You guys are both being snarky now. Get out of the sandbox, both of you! Now!

Sorry...been yelling at both my kids most of the day. 😜
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