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[makeminemarvel]

Found a local guy on Facebook advertising cleaning and pressing for 15 bucks. Went over to his house and checked out his work. He has a ASM run from 40 to 400. Beautiful books. I had recently purchased a low-grade ASM 59 with water damage and said what the heck. Here are some before and after pics.  Don’t know why they show upside down. 

[Lightning55]

It looks better, but no change in grade or value, mostly due to the water damage.  I think it would have been better to put the $15 toward a nicer copy.

CGC might delete your post since it is about a competitor's pressing, which is a service they provide through CCS.  But maybe not, I'm pretty sure a Facebook presser is not a serious threat. 

In any event, I'm in before the lock.

[joeypost]

I’m assuming the bottom pictures are the after photos?

[Patriot6]

Might be an optical illusion, but it doesn't look to sit very flat or be all that flat. Kind of looks like it ended up with a hitch in its get up. Maybe a little too aggressive?  

[makeminemarvel]

Yes the bottom pics are after.  Not great pics but it is actually a little flatter.  Just some serious water damage.  Took a flyer and results were a little better than before. 

[Paul Kosnik]

On 2/18/2024 at 4:30 PM, makeminemarvel said:

Yes the bottom pics are after.  Not great pics but it is actually a little flatter.  Just some serious water damage.  Took a flyer and results were a little better than before. 

Objectively it's better, yes, but this presser left a lot on the table.  The spine roll should be fixed, and the creasing can be improved further.

That said, i would not do all of the work this book needs for $15.  It takes a lot of time, care, and experience to do this properly, so i think you got what you paid for.

[Mr. Zipper]

On 4/11/2024 at 8:10 AM, Paul Kosnik said:

Objectively it's better, yes, but this presser left a lot on the table.  The spine roll should be fixed, and the creasing can be improved further.

That said, i would not do all of the work this book needs for $15.  It takes a lot of time, care, and experience to do this properly, so i think you got what you paid for.

Right. For $15 you'll get a one and done and out of the press as soon as it cools. Probably no dry cleaning or spot ironing.

[joeypost]

On 4/11/2024 at 12:27 PM, Mr. Zipper said:

Right. For $15 you'll get a one and done and out of the press as soon as it cools. Probably no dry cleaning or spot ironing.

Not true in all cases.