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Do any of you guys press moderns?

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CBT

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I have destroyed fifty nine books this week....

:0

 

It'll be a while before I'd have the balls to touch anyone's property.

 

 

The LCS in my city wrecks 4 times that every week when they put out their stock :sumo:

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ok, this one took "balls"

I couldn't resist. I'm getting more confident.

 

I'm pressing:

 

Liberator Earth Crisis autographed incentive variant. ( looks to be autographed in sharpie, I have NO idea what ink will do )

 

It is a 32 page comic with a Soapy coated cover stock , gross interior paper.

 

The mission: remove the grabber mark & suction production mark. I will NEVER sell the book with these marks on the cover for the $50+ I need to get, so what the heck.

 

I do the reverse crayon trick on both marks.

 

 

I'm wiping down the press & using new materials to avoid "getting pebbling, and pock marks." ( This time for reals )

 

#1-The foam/rubber base of my power heat press.

 

#2-Cardboard insert from a single Diamond box topped w comic art paper

 

#3- silicone release paper

 

#4-back comic cover.

 

#5-between the front cover and the first page art board placed carefully to spine, trimmed to extend a quarter inch on three sides.

 

#6-interior staple page support, a newsprint Comic Shop News placed in the spine of the book. ( To help prevent the book being squashed knife thin, and help to leave the spine well rounded. )

 

#7-between the back cover and the last page art board placed carefully to spine, trimmed to extend a quarter inch on three sides.

 

#8-silicone release paper

 

#9-front comic cover

 

 

Close and feel the pressure. ( I'm building up a tactile sense with practice )

 

 

165 degrees for 180 seconds

Cover up. spine to back of press

 

Cool down in press to room temperature. ( 45 minutes in press, inspected photo, then in board & bag )

 

 

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results: again Sa weet!.

 

Book is really nice.

autograph unchanged.

Both marks gone.

Very salable book now

 

( I'm going to have to submit some of these books to confirm I'm not missing something. They look too good to be true.)

 

 

 

record data & try another...

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I have destroyed fifty nine books this week....

:0

 

It'll be a while before I'd have the balls to touch anyone's property.

 

 

The LCS in my city wrecks 4 times that every week when they put out their stock :sumo:

 

 

lol

It happens a lot here too.

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where can I buy silicon release paper? Anyone! Bueller Bueller!

 

 

ebay.

 

of course, dope!!! Thanks Larry.

 

 

Larry, thanks for the tip, send me your address and I"ll send you a gift.

 

 

 

 

 

:jokealert:

 

 

but seriously, thanks for the tip .

 

I'm sending out "Thank You packages"

For new information & problem solving tips in this thread.

 

 

 

 

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Every comic shop should have a press and offer to press for free any book you buy from them. Maybe put a dollar limit on the book to keep people from wasting your time pressing $.50 books.

 

I have destroyed fifty nine books this week....

:0

 

It'll be a while before I'd have the balls to touch anyone's property.

 

 

lol I remember buying bundled lots of 90's comic books on Ebay when I was experimenting with pressing. Ruin heaps of them but I had some great results too.

 

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ok.

For my one week anniversary:

 

 

I'm pressing:

 

My shops variant to Game of Thrones #1. (I call it the ice blue winter is coming variant :) It's one of my favorites. I have a case or so in "ratty" condition.

Let's see if I can clean up a dozen or so.

 

It is a 32 page comic with a Soapy coated cover stock , nice interior paper.

 

The mission: Clean the spine of numerous tics, folds & production marks.

 

 

I'm wiping down the press & using new materials to avoid "getting pebbling, and pock marks." ( This time for reals )

 

#1-The foam/rubber base of my power heat press.

 

#2-Cardboard insert from a single Diamond box topped w comic art paper

( I'm replacing Monday w a .25invh thick coated board )

 

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#3- silicone release paper

 

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#4-back comic cover.

 

#5-between the front cover and the first page art board placed carefully to spine, trimmed to extend a quarter inch on three sides.

 

#6-interior staple page support, a newsprint Comic Shop News placed in the spine of the book. ( To help prevent the book being squashed knife thin, and help to leave the spine well rounded. )

 

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#7-between the back cover and the last page art board placed carefully to spine, trimmed to extend a quarter inch on three sides.

 

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( I staggered these for the photo, place tight to spine )

 

#8-silicone release paper

 

#9-front comic cover

 

 

Close and feel the pressure. ( I'm building up a tactile sense with practice )

 

 

165 degrees for 180 seconds

Cover up. spine to back of press

 

Cool down in press to room temperature. moving to cold press right away.

 

gZQ7oVQ.jpg

 

results: Rock solid.

 

I've done about eight of these today.

tweaking the temp & time slightly...

After the hot press, I'm stacking vertically between granite tiles w weight on top.

I have enough tiles to do 10 books.

 

record data & try another...

 

I'm going to have to submit some of these books to confirm I'm not missing something. Some look too good to be true. I have a batch going to ECCC for onsite grading. That will be the "tell" if I'm doing this correctly.

 

Who cares about smarmy commentary if I'm producing 9.8's?

Right?

 

There's more than one way to make a delicious sausage.

 

 

Pressings a hassle..

As everyone knows...

When you want to press a book...

Call the Pro's.

 

( I'm not the Pro's)

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Thanks for the additional photos of the in-between steps!

I'm still a little unclear about "step #6-interior staple page support, a newsprint Comic Shop News placed in the spine of the book. ( To help prevent the book being squashed knife thin, and help to leave the spine well rounded. )"

Are you slipping the newsprint directly in between the cover and rest of the interior pages, -right up the to staple? If so, what about the gap in between the top and bottom staples?

 

Oh, and have you experienced the 'mirror' effect? There's probably some sort of exact science to all the following factors: press temperature, vs cover stock, age of book, etc.

So this can be avoided:

http://www.cgccomics.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?NewsletterNewsArticleID=2547

 

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