Here's the result of my PRESSING experiment

[Johnny G]

Great start to the morning!

 

Thanks for this.

 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Great start to the morning!

 

Thanks for this.

 

 

Glad I could help.

 

Just trying to educate others what an nonprofessional like me can do with some tools, very little knowledge, and some elbow grease. This sort of restoration is much more prevalent than you think.

 

Let this thread prove as a warning to any comic book buyer that the near mint book book they are holding once could have looked like this.

 

[seanfingh]

 

 

BUTM showing all his pressing tools reminded me of Marv going through his tools in "Sin City."

 

Razor wire, rubber tubing, Gladys . . . and my mitts.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

Package of books and cash sent

 

Forget the books, just send the cash.

[gorgoguy]

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!"

 

Same here, thanks for the laughs!

 

[Dad&Son-migration]

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.

 

glad I could be a source of inspiration!!! and I just want to say... your methods and thinking are miles ahead

[sterlingcomics]

nice! I needed that!

[BlowUpTheMoon]

nice! I needed that!

 

[esquirecomics]

That's an even better job than Mr. Nelson could do!

 

I'm telling!

[esquirecomics]

One of the better pressing threads I have seen in years!!

[BlowUpTheMoon]

One of the better pressing threads I have seen in years!!

 

I got mad skillz

[deathlok]

Let me first state that I am not a professional . After seeing all of the other pressing/restoration projects shown on this board, I thought I would try it myself. This was my first attempt and I think it turned out good. I absolutely made a noticeable improvement on the book.

 

In this post, I will show the before images, after images, and some of the tools I used. Because of trade secrets, I can not show how I used the tools. Also, I purposefully omitted some steps.

 

First off, here's the book -> a Micronauts - The New Voyage, Feb 1986.

 

 

..looks trimmed.

[thirdgreenham]

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

 

Un-fricken-believable!!!!

 

Take yourself out to dinner, mate, you're on fire!

[rodan57]

Little wonder that pressing when done right is virtually undetectable.

 

Dennis

[SolitaireOne]

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.

 

 

... not so much where it was, but more why it was, eh?

 

Outstandingly entertaining -- well done, B-Moon... well done!

[mica]

This and the MileHigh Chuck threads are the best things right now in Comics General.

[BlowUpTheMoon]

This and the MileHigh Chuck threads are the best things right now in Comics General.

 

I was going to do a new 'restoration/pressing' project, showcasing some of the tools I used but I think I have proved my point.

 

[Calamerica]