How can pressing remove dirt?

[eddly]

I was looking at the Classics Incorporated website where they provide pressing services among other things.

 

Here is the link to info about their pressing service.

 

http://classicsincorporated.com/services_pressing.htm

 

They list off some good and bad defects. The good defects are ones they can apparently correct.

 

Good defects (do not break color)

Dents

Bends

Folds

Light creases

Minor spine stresses

Impacted corners or edges

Slight warping

Ripples

Slight spine rolls

Waviness

Light cover impressions

Light pencil marks

Dirt

Bad defects

Creases that break color

Missing chips or pieces

Tears

Stains

Detached staples or staple tears

Spine stresses that break color

Fading

Fingerprints

Dust shadows or Sun shadows

Rusted staples or rust stains

Rounded or blunted corners

Pen markings

Cover veins

 

[Mac Man]

I think that is something they remove with a cleaning and not a pressing. That was the impression I got when viewing their site.

[Ze-man]

Regarding dirt and light pencil , I imagine it has to do with pressing out light indentations ,or impressions both of these might leave behind.

 

Not soiling per say, but actual debris or hard crusties that might leave indents, or light gouge flaws while being stored in stacks while the dirt was trapped.

 

And pencil marks that are deep enough to leave light indentations, but not deep enough to really gouge the paper. The pencil mark itself will obviously still remain unless asked to remove it outside of pressing.. That is of course if it is on a white area.

 

It might be worth asking Matt to clarify this on his site to avoid confusion.

 

Ze-

[PovertyRow]

I would assume that some kind of cleaning would preface the pressing. Otherwise some types of "dirt" could actually be set by the heat from the press.

 

[silverweb]

So how much does pressing cost? Has anyone here done it through Matt?

 

I have a glossy JIM 116 that has waviness. Would be a VF otherwise.

 

 

[BrianR]

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