$9 Pressing - Is it worth adding to your Submission ? 1 1

[Sid2024]

Is it worth the extra $9 dollars per magazine to add the pressing service ? Does this help and impact your overall grade a lot on the magazine ? Anyone have any feedback or experience if this is worth adding to a submission ?

[Randall Dowling]

There's only one person I would trust with that procedure and it ain't CGC.  Keep your $9 and your books will thank you. 

[Sid2024]

 oh man well that tells me everything i need to know. 

[Sid2024]

does anyone see a improvement in grades ?

[mephistopheles]

On 2/18/2024 at 10:00 PM, Sid2024 said:

does anyone see a improvement in grades ?

I had some stapled magazines I just recently pressed myself. I was surprised how well they turned out. The press seemed to work even better than it does on comics (the thinner paper composition must be more amenable). They were all rippled from moisture and dented before pressing. And pretty well flat after. I have not tried pressing glued spines though. Wish I had of taken before/after pics.

[Randall Dowling]

[batmiesta]

I have also pressed a few myself and the results are, pardon the Pun, impressive. It's well worth investing in a press yourself and watch a few YT videos on the subject before using it.

 

Edited February 21 by batmiesta

[batmiesta]

Here's a little example, a virtually flawless copy of Dracula lives #13, but it had a crease mark that I didn't see until I was sorting it out to go to CGC.

 

A quick steam and press and it was gone.

[mephistopheles]

On 2/29/2024 at 10:40 AM, batmiesta said:

Here's a little example, a virtually flawless copy of Dracula lives #13, but it had a crease mark that I didn't see until I was sorting it out to go to CGC.

 

A quick steam and press and it was gone.

That thinner paper really takes to a press. I didn't even use steam and got nice results.

 

[batmiesta]

On 2/18/2024 at 2:21 AM, Randall Dowling said:

There's only one person I would trust with that procedure and it ain't CGC.  Keep your $9 and your books will thank you. 

Thanks Douglas.  

Edited March 1 by batmiesta

[batmiesta]

Another example. 

 

 

[mintcomics1]

On 3/4/2024 at 9:17 AM, batmiesta said:

Another example. 

 

 

Love that Savage Sword 7 cover.

Let's see the grade when it comes back.

[batmiesta]

Will do.

[greggy]

On 3/4/2024 at 12:28 PM, batmiesta said:

Will do.

9.2

[batmiesta]

On 3/4/2024 at 9:33 PM, greggy said:

9.2

He's a lad is wore Greggy. 

Edited March 4 by batmiesta