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LoL! Okay, so now it's so bad you can link your self, and no one the make the observation? It is a different time indeed!

Uh, WTF? Two different accounts, but not shill? Man, I guess I haven't been on the boards enough. LoL

I find what you are saying fascinating, but......Someone with this knowledge is not a new arrival to the boards, so...........You should send me a PM.

I think they could tell a bad press job from the beginning. They use to call it restoration, remember? Then they realized they could only detect bad pressing, and abandoned the notion it was restoration in 2004, to avoid "missed pressing". Nowadays, I don't think it's the same. Yes, I am sure they hammer bad pressing, but I also think todays graders are numb to the wonders pressing has done for books technical grade. For example, a wrinkled book could jump 5 grades within months of grading back in the day, now nearly no bump at all? Really? Loose, yes, tight, yes. This is the tightest ever by the most ever, and I agree it will dilute all grades from 2006-2020. If I was buying, I would say forget any older labels. Buy fresh, that is where the new value will be. Members can see when a book was graded, and that will be factored in buying price more than ever. You could say it's unprecedented, (yes, I know that is so 2020 late) LoL Remember the saying, buy the book, not the grade? Now it's buy the newest graded, or lose money. And while it doesn't bother me a bit, it is the end of the "sure thing bump"................

I think they could tell a bad press job from the beginning. They use to call it restoration, remember? Then they realized they could only detect bad pressing, and abandoned the notion it was restoration in 2004, to avoid "missed pressing". Nowadays, I don't think it's the same. Yes, I am sure they hammer bad pressing, but I also think todays graders are numb to the wonders pressing has done for books technical grade. For example, a wrinkled book could jump 5 grades back in the day, now nearly no bump at all? Really? Loose, yes, tight, yes. This is the tightest ever by the most ever, and I agree it will dilute all grades from 2006-2020. If I was buying, I would say forget any older labels. Buy fresh, that is where the new value will be. Members can see when a book was graded, and that will be factored in buying price more than ever. You could say it's unprecedented, (yes, I know that is so 2020 late) LoL Remember the saying, buy the book, not the grade? Now it's buy the newest graded, or lose money. And while it doesn't bother me a bit, it is the end of the "sure thing bump"................

Been very suspicious of too tight of grading the last 18 months or so. This book was an experiment to see how grading has changed. I didn't expect a big bump, the book has some issues, but I thought it should have went up, not stay the same. You be the judge, maybe the improvements were moot, either way, no more cracking for me. Grade Date 03/21/2019 Grader Notes light creasing to cover light spine stress lines to cover moderate bends to cover moderate foxing to cover Grade Date 06/17/2022 Grader Notes foxing interior foxing to cover light creasing to cover medium crease left bottom of front cover breaks color spine stress lines to cover

My main problem is I can't see them online once the are there longer than 8 months. It's disorienting, and zapping our customer service team's time. Calling would be to massive for us, it would be almost every day. Hoping programmers will soon extend how long submissions stay in dealer database, since there's no hope for TaT's anytime soon..

PhantomRestoration on Instagram creates clear overlay of stats, looks nice, but doesn't alter original art.

If I do the math, that's an average of 1500 books a month plus cons. I know how many people and presses that would take and..............

Results at the expense of the paper isn't right. If your pressing at excess of 200, you are not cracking the combination code, your breaking into the safe with brut force. No book needs that temperature to get results, unless you don't know what you are doing. Nuff said

I agree. If someone wants to press, then there isn't just one answer to how, and how much of this or that. Also, todays expectations isn't making the book better, it's perfect results or bust. You don't get to perfect until you have put in the time. It is not as easy as it seems, I have trained several people to work for HRC, and not all make the cut. Give them too much data and they get overwhelmed. As far as getting some shoving around, that's part of the initiation. These days the boards are very tame, back in 09 I took a genuine beating on all fronts, most collectors poo poo on pressing and restoration. If you have the passion, endure it, if you don't, then maybe it's not going to be your thing. I am not much for sharing how too, but I will try to provide the "DO NOTS" for the sake of the books. Do not press with a press that can't go down as low as 130, and never, never, never press a book at 200. While 165 might be almost the mean over many presses, it doesn't imply your going to get the desired reaction using that temp on every book. One more do not and then I have to get back to pressing. It's tempting to press key book while your learning, DO NOT! Some mistakes cannot be undone, most paper doesn't like it when you use an excessive amount of any of the factors involved in pressing. Less is more..... Oh, and my 2 cents is to have an experienced presser press your books, your not saving money if the results aren't as thorough as a pro presses.

This book could qualify for conservation, but CGC's Discretions makes it's outcome open for interpretation..

We're on time!

So I forgot to write on box WK & Ex x2 and it’s been 30+ days with no update. Very unfair to pay over $150 a book for 6 week turnaround, receiving is a joke there! Must be nice to have pallets of orders to put on ignore. 😭

Late to the party, so who sees this I don't know. LoL You are correct Tony, but to be more precise, it almost always indicates inorganic solvents (water, peroxide, hypochlorite). Organic solvents won't get a purple/conserved label unless done wrong. My hypothesis is that is because while organic solvents can make a cover brighter, it doesn't seem to help the grade any. I mainly know this from tape removal (And a few solo solvent cleans on both sides of isle), as it requires organic cleaning follow up, or it's messy. Tape removal isn't considered restoration, and follow up it the right way to perform the removal.

I would suggest that if you do, don't staple the cover, its a 1.0 anyways, and then you get other notations, like staples added, or 2 sets of staple holes. Unlikely the staple holes will align, I think your more likely to be struck by lightning. Hehe

Posting a scan would be helpful. With Silver Age books, staple alignment was a big issue, so if you have a tanned cover, and the staples are on the front of the cover, instead on the side of the spine, then you risk detachment just from the restoration check alone. I have seen books get re-subbed without any work and get damage because it is the nature of comics, and handling for encapsulation is unavoidable. The more it is handled, the more defects the book gets.

Indeed, when it comes to brittle paper, washing helps, and, if the cover is getting restored, washing is a must. I went a step further in my fold test with pages, it included water, but then another test with an oxidizer, and observed a substantial improvement. Pre-wash fold test was one fold. After water it was six. Then after bleaching the paper it reached over 20 folds. Now, I haven't had an opportunity to apply the scientific method, but all the pages that get this treatment seam to be less brittle afterword's. Not like new again, but pieces are not falling off anymore. LoL

Looks like gloss loss and Kaolin Clay loss, revealing the the unbleached inner core. It is easy for this to happen on silver age type paper, the binders used in combination with very thin layer of clay. Also, the problem is more prevalent in relation to condition, the lower the grade, the more likely there will be unwanted loss. I would be very interested in the before and after of the outside.

I see what happens to poorly context Topics! (-: So yes, I am referring to receiving for submissions at Hero Restoration, I have seen it all just about, but the media mail thing is just a PITA for us, and usually means the client is cheap, oh boy. hehe

Please and Thank you, receiving end has to pay.

Phew, Gosh, 2020 was crazy! I am so glad that's over. LoL Some changes to Hero Restoration in 2021 is a new 2nd location on East Coast! We have added more experienced skilled staff. We have a solid hand on Tat's, Some fast, some slow, all are currently on time except for the few holiday stragglers. Hehe

I noticed this too. Right now super bummed, I got 6 books in walkthrough, going on 3 days now. FMV isn't cheap, the "no guaranties" shouldn't apply to their most premium tier.

I have a slam dunk sitting right in front of me but...... Why settle for a 2 grade bump on a SS #4 7.5, when you know it should be more, seems like a waste of sub fees, unless you need to sell ASAP.

Pictures would be great!