pressing

[Tony S]

I've had pretty much equal numbers go up, down and stay the same paper quality wise after pressing. The graders at CGC see it slightly different at different times. And I've never had real big changes. It's always a just a notch one direction or the other. Or it stays the same.

 

Don't know if it's common - but I have noticed old label and Modern label (which is old label for moderns) are more likely to improve paper quality wise when resubbed than the average

[HolidayHam]

sometimes i hear people talking about pressing a comic book .. what is that exactly and does it affect grade count as restoration and affect value of comic ?

it could increase the grade and it isn't restoration.

 

.... well, according to CGC at least. Then again, they do earn plenty of money from resubs so they're hardly impartial.

Impartiality aside, pressing is not restoration.

Can we at least call it fixification?

No, it's pressing.

 

If nobody sees the comic pressed does it make a sound?

It doesn't make a sound regardless. Well, sometimes there's a ca-ching when the handle is released for the first time.

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

 

[Green]

 

[VintageComics]

Here is a weird scenario that I have always wondered if it has ever happened.

 

Lets say a person sells his book and someone buys it and then presses it and it comes back a higher grade and then the buyer puts it up for sale and the original seller buys it back at a way higher price (higher price then him sending it to a presser and getting it slabbed) not knowing it was his original book just pressed.

 

Also add what if the original seller doesn't know about pressing and was selling the book to make some money to look and buy an upgrade.

 

Wonder if that has ever happened due to people trying to upgrade their books.

 

Wonder what their thoughts would be on the matter that just transpired when they find out about it.

 

True story:

 

A company needs a special resin for their project to work.

 

They order the resin from a 2nd company who is an international commodities dealer.

 

That 2nd company finds and orders the resin from a 3rd company who happens to be in the same building as the 1st company that initially needed the resin. They are only a few floors apart.

 

The 2nd company buys the resin from the 3rd company and have it shipped to their offices only to ship it off back to the 1st company who placed the initial order and charge them a tidy but fair profit for the resin.

 

Again, true story.

 

What, no comments on my cool story?

 

[oakman29]

Here is a weird scenario that I have always wondered if it has ever happened.

 

Lets say a person sells his book and someone buys it and then presses it and it comes back a higher grade and then the buyer puts it up for sale and the original seller buys it back at a way higher price (higher price then him sending it to a presser and getting it slabbed) not knowing it was his original book just pressed.

 

Also add what if the original seller doesn't know about pressing and was selling the book to make some money to look and buy an upgrade.

 

Wonder if that has ever happened due to people trying to upgrade their books.

 

Wonder what their thoughts would be on the matter that just transpired when they find out about it.

 

True story:

 

A company needs a special resin for their project to work.

 

They order the resin from a 2nd company who is an international commodities dealer.

 

That 2nd company finds and orders the resin from a 3rd company who happens to be in the same building as the 1st company that initially needed the resin. They are only a few floors apart.

 

The 2nd company buys the resin from the 3rd company and have it shipped to their offices only to ship it off back to the 1st company who placed the initial order and charge them a tidy but fair profit for the resin.

 

Again, true story.

 

What, no comments on my cool story?

 

Capitalism at it's finest.

[RockMyAmadeus]

 

 

[VintageComics]

Here is a weird scenario that I have always wondered if it has ever happened.

 

Lets say a person sells his book and someone buys it and then presses it and it comes back a higher grade and then the buyer puts it up for sale and the original seller buys it back at a way higher price (higher price then him sending it to a presser and getting it slabbed) not knowing it was his original book just pressed.

 

Also add what if the original seller doesn't know about pressing and was selling the book to make some money to look and buy an upgrade.

 

Wonder if that has ever happened due to people trying to upgrade their books.

 

Wonder what their thoughts would be on the matter that just transpired when they find out about it.

 

True story:

 

A company needs a special resin for their project to work.

 

They order the resin from a 2nd company who is an international commodities dealer.

 

That 2nd company finds and orders the resin from a 3rd company who happens to be in the same building as the 1st company that initially needed the resin. They are only a few floors apart.

 

The 2nd company buys the resin from the 3rd company and have it shipped to their offices only to ship it off back to the 1st company who placed the initial order and charge them a tidy but fair profit for the resin.

 

Again, true story.

 

What, no comments on my cool story?

 

Capitalism at it's finest.

 

 

Or maybe, just maybe, there's nothing wrong with someone being intrepid and innovative and doing something that fills a niche that already exists.

 

Or, we could still be wishing the Commodore Vic 20 would come along to replace our abacus.

 

 

[oakman29]

Here is a weird scenario that I have always wondered if it has ever happened.

 

Lets say a person sells his book and someone buys it and then presses it and it comes back a higher grade and then the buyer puts it up for sale and the original seller buys it back at a way higher price (higher price then him sending it to a presser and getting it slabbed) not knowing it was his original book just pressed.

 

Also add what if the original seller doesn't know about pressing and was selling the book to make some money to look and buy an upgrade.

 

Wonder if that has ever happened due to people trying to upgrade their books.

 

Wonder what their thoughts would be on the matter that just transpired when they find out about it.

 

True story:

 

A company needs a special resin for their project to work.

 

They order the resin from a 2nd company who is an international commodities dealer.

 

That 2nd company finds and orders the resin from a 3rd company who happens to be in the same building as the 1st company that initially needed the resin. They are only a few floors apart.

 

The 2nd company buys the resin from the 3rd company and have it shipped to their offices only to ship it off back to the 1st company who placed the initial order and charge them a tidy but fair profit for the resin.

 

Again, true story.

 

What, no comments on my cool story?

 

Capitalism at it's finest.

 

 

Or maybe, just maybe, there's nothing wrong with someone being intrepid and innovative and doing something that fills a niche that already exists.

 

Or, we could still be wishing the Commodore Vic 20 would come along to replace our abacus.

 

Well played sir.

[Keysnruns]

This may have been answered before, but how is water integrated with pressing? Does the book get "wet" or is it bathed in steam, or what? If using steam, is it created by the heat of the press?

 

Insights welcome.

[Green]

This may have been answered before, but how is water integrated with pressing? Does the book get "wet" or is it bathed in steam, or what? If using steam, is it created by the heat of the press?

 

Insights welcome.

Steam is the right idea, but a bit extreme. Its exposed to humidity (not created by the press) that is similar to a muggy day.

[Keysnruns]

Not sure I understand. From a store-bought humidifier? How do you make a comic humid?

[Spiderphill]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

[joeypost]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

 

Or, you could leave it out in the rain.

[sterlingcomics]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

 

Or, you could leave it out in the rain.

 

I prefer the back seat car window during a bright summer day, myself.

[Ze-man]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

 

Or, you could leave it out in the rain.

 

Or in your Garage, I heard it makes a really good humidification chamber.

 

[joeypost]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

 

Or, you could leave it out in the rain.

 

Or in your Garage.

 

Nothing beats a good Florida thunderstorm. I wait for the wind to whip up, carry all the books out to the driveway and let just the right amount of rain hit them. I have to be careful of the lightning. CGC deducts heavily for lightning strikes. Too much charring from what they tell me.

[Ze-man]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

 

Or, you could leave it out in the rain.

 

Or in your Garage.

 

Nothing beats a good Florida thunderstorm. I wait for the wind to whip up, carry all the books out to the driveway and let just the right amount of rain hit them. I have to be careful of the lightning. CGC deducts heavily for lightning strikes. Too much charring from what they tell me.

 

 

Lemme know if this is giving too much away, but here is a shot of Matt's humidification process.

 

Which is state o the art btw.

 

The stacks are crisp, the rows impeccable..

 

 

[Spiderphill]

leave a comic on a cold tile floor during a hot summer day or a humidity chamber. either one works.

 

Or, you could leave it out in the rain.

 

Or in your Garage.

 

Nothing beats a good Florida thunderstorm. I wait for the wind to whip up, carry all the books out to the driveway and let just the right amount of rain hit them. I have to be careful of the lightning. CGC deducts heavily for lightning strikes. Too much charring from what they tell me.

 

 

Lemme know if this is giving too much away, but here is a shot of Matt's humidification process.

 

Which is state o the art btw.

 

The stacks are crisp, the rows impeccable..

 

turn the shower on hot as possible, leave the comic on the toilet bowl. Boom, damp and humid.

[Spiderphill]

Forgot to add. Close the bathroom door.