Gabriel1lg

I have used the foam board in several ways. I placed a piece of foam board under my comic in the press to provide more stability/rigidity than the foam pad offers. Also, if a comic only needs a very light pressing, I have used two sheets of foam board to press/cool my comic over night after coming out of my heat press (with a small stack of books on top to provide light pressure) This way I don't tie up my heat press and can press another comic. Normally, I press the comic with heat for several minutes, then turn the heat off leaving the comic in the press to cool with pressure over night.

Hello, I'm new to this site. I have been collecting comics for about 35 years purely as a hobbyist (reading and enjoying the artwork) and just recently started to buy and sell for investment and to pay for my kids college funds. I have learned about comic book pressing though the many sites I have begun to visit. (I never knew this existed until about 2 years ago) I have begun trying to learn the pressing process solely for my personal collection. I have about 64 long boxes full of comics that will need some pressing here and there to achieve higher grades and maximize my selling profits. (of course the more valuable books I will send to professionals) I have an amateur pressing set-up; a t-shirt press, a humidity chamber, foam board, gum erasers, etc... and have been pleased with my results overall, but the thing I still cannot solve are spine ticks/spine creases. Can someone please give me some help in getting these out of my books? I have tried using a bone creasing tool to slightly rub the crease out after taking the book out of the humidity chamber and before pressing the book, but no luck. I have tried increasing the pressure, but do not want to press to much and have a "Too Flat Book" Please any assistance would be greatly appreciated.