Hero Restoration

+1 and seeing "very light" and they are strick right now in high grade.

Also best to visuslly confirm the crease really doesn't break color if in an inked area, notes don't always include "color break" in noted defect. 😉

You can use another back cover from just about any Marvel from the same month. Romance is about the only except. Make sure the coupon code matches, and you have a match.

Surprisingly, you can accomplish a lot of DYI projects from YouTube videos, but comic book pressing is not one of those. Anyone willing to share their process is either not doing it right, or not sharing all the information needed to do it correctly. Part time effort won't cut it in many cases, you need to be in it as a career if you seriously want to pursue pressing, and that pie is continually shrinking, so good luck if you decide to do so. As others have mentioned, doing it for fun would be okay, except these books end up in the market at some point. Not to mention you won't have many comic friends if they know you are ruining good books, by pressing or any other action.

Others may suggest more stringent criteria, but my opinion is anything over 2.0 in grade, and under $1500 in value will not make a good restoration candidate. Also, not every candidate that fits my minimum requirement is still a good candidate, every book is different. Exceptions could be tape removal, or conservation.

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Maybe this is true now, but this has not been my experience in the past.

What changed? You use to say foil covers couldn't be pressed?

Usually ink bleed through is along the spine where the paper is weakest. If none exists along the spine, then in the middle of the cover color touch bleed through as unlikely.

Reglossing can simply mean that the natural gloss has been restored to the cover using the original glossing material, gelatin or methylcellulose, both are used for sealing in color touch, and replacing what is lost during the wash process.

This, get it up to 6.0-8.0, and see a much better return. Hero Restoration specializes on AF 15ns.

Did I fall asleep at the wheel, I don't see signatures at the bottom of people's post anymore. Is there some special setting that I'm missing, or did that feature get eliminated?

I think pressing would benefit this book, non-color break creases and finger bends can be pressed out by a professional Presser.

I have CIS, and I find they are great for a dealer policy. However recently I found a better deal for personal collections. These guys are backed by a big Fortune 500 company, but much less rate. http://www.herorestoration.net/insurance/

We can remove writing indentations, but only trial would reveal if the lead would come off completely. I seem to remember some sever lead imprints leaving a trace. There are impression removal examples on our site.

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I wish I could say I remember those days, but I never participated in that. What I can say is that now I'm dry cleaning most of those prices off the back covers. LOL

This is a topic about the good old days, what topics do you remember in the good old days worth heated discussions about, that now gets a thread easily locked for? I remember the days when you can talk about your dissatisfaction, whether it was with cgc, someone else or some other presser. you could talk about restoration or pressing or grading, without being censored. What do you miss? Times have changed, I get it, just reminiscing. It's Friday night! Remember those days!

It's unlikely that any professional presser would reject your books, or charge extra for a specific pressing defect.

Please just send to us for pressing manipulation.

better than no sequel at all, right?

Green label books do nothing but enlist confusion, best to go for blue or purple.

Send to a professional!

Shame on you! Tape erodes paper!