Here's the result of my PRESSING experiment

[Ogami]

[OrangeNemesis]

is it better to use a chevrolet?

 

Id like to get the same effect yours did but i drive a mazda.

[Sid]

use slicks..

[JoeRod]

The book would have been flatter and with NO creasing or spine ticks whatsoever if you used a 2000 pound hydrolic press

[Sid]

Too much heat on the bottom right corner.. it's lifted =\

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Actually, the toughest part was repairing the whole through the center. In this pic you can hardly notice it was there. if you look really, really, really closely you can see where the hole was.

 

[comicparadox]

Is that part of the famed "Firehawk" pedigree collection out of Akron, Ohio? The original owner, a minister who worked for the Securites and Exchange Commission drove the books from Boulder, Colorado in a Soapbox Derrby racer, and vulcanized the books to minimize degradation of the comics, as I recall.

[Aman619]

I started laughing as soon as I saw the tools pics!

 

brilliant! I was afraid it was yet another "hey look at my pressing thread!"

[Dad&Son-migration]

BlowuptheMoon should never have shown the hard helmet...now everyone knows...

[topofthetotem]

BlowuptheMoon should never have shown the hard helmet ...now everyone knows...

 

Hard Helmet? you mean hardhat right Paul?

[Dad&Son-migration]

BlowuptheMoon should never have shown the hard helmet ...now everyone knows...

 

Hard Helmet? you mean hardhat right Paul?

 

Damn Lawrence...don't give eveyone the real name...now everyone will go buy one...

[topofthetotem]

BlowuptheMoon should never have shown the hard helmet ...now everyone knows...

 

Hard Helmet? you mean hardhat right Paul?

 

Damn Lawrence...don't give eveyone the real name...now everyone will go buy one...

[mica]

Package of books and cash sent

[BlowUpTheMoon]

BlowuptheMoon should never have shown the hard helmet...now everyone knows...

 

Dad & Son, it was your thread that inspired me on this project. If you want to compare notes on how we accomplished what we did, PM me.

 

Also, I recommend you do not try this at home. And if you do attempt this sort of restoration/pressing, always disclose what work was done and by whom.

[THE_BEYONDER]

Those tear seals are virtually undetectable. You take commissions?

 

[MutantKeys]

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Those tear seals are virtually undetectable. You take commissions?

 

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That Spidey shouldn't be a problem. Here's what I was able to do with a Hulk #2

 

BEFORE

 

AFTER

[Zonker]

Package of books and cash sent

 

I will beat BlowUpTheMoon's pricing by 10%, AND thanks to my own proprietary process allow you to post-- with clear conscience-- the following graphic on your on-line auctions when you decide to flip the books:

 

Note: Currently this service is only offered on selected post-1985 issues. I'm hoping soon to be able to offer similar services for 1982-1985 books, at slightly higher rates of course. For some reason the process does not work for any books in this period done by John Byrne, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, or any price variants or retailer incentives. Or TMNT, pre-Unity Valiants, or ASM #300.

[OldGuy]

Note: Currently this service is only offered on selected post-1985 issues. I'm hoping soon to be able to offer similar services for 1982-1985 books, at slightly higher rates of course. For some reason the process does not work for any books in this period done by John Byrne, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, or any price variants or retailer incentives. Or TMNT, pre-Unity Valiants, or ASM #300.

 

Cool, you should be able to "service" my entire collection then.

[divad]

BlowuptheMoon should never have shown the hard helmet...now everyone knows...

 

Dad & Son, it was your thread that inspired me on this project. If you want to compare notes on how we accomplished what we did, PM me.

 

Also, I recommend you do not try this at home. And if you do attempt this sort of restoration/pressing, always disclose what work was done and by whom.

 

What a hoot!