nice work the book looks fantastic

Love you're videos! They are a big help as I'm getting into the pressing. One question. Will a grading company like cgc consider this restoration or conservation when you use a light box?

Why did you stop making vids bro?

If you send in a high dollar issue and they slap a PLOD on it, I assume they charge you accordingly for what that purple label means for resell?

I purchased a copy like 40 years ago NM for like $150. it still looks fresh and clean as when i purchased it and have changed bag and boards a few times to keep it that way.That has always been a big key comic for years.

Do you use the hydrogen peroxide straight on comic book or do you dilute the peroxide

You can do HOP back to back? Any period of time to wait between HOPs? Anything in terms of cover shrinkage? Thanks for the informative video!

Is that Elijah Wood in the back cover Lego advertisement photo? Was he even born by then?

Very nice work...

Nice job on the book. Just a technical point, but this was classic tanning around the edges, not a dust shadow. A dust shadow is when dust is inpregnated into the paper. Those will dry clean off. Dust shadows also don't appear on the inner pages at the same time as the outer pages. The brown stuff you're pulling up is just tanning migrating into the paper. On older books, you'll sometimes see a strip of tanning along an edge of the book. Those are sometimes called sun shadows. The CGC Guide calls them "light shadows."😊

AMAZING!!!

How long do you press the peroxide treatment for and what temperature?

That banned art Gengar is actually the most insane card Ive ever seen. That's like my grail now tbh

nice job takes alot of work to bring it back to the way it should look👍

Staples pressed so that they are wayyy off

Wow

Any chance tou recommend a service that does this?

what exactly is that paper you are using? and how much heat and how long?

What kind of lights are those? 15:28

You don't think it would be worth sending that book off but you have a 9.6 Spider-Man 2099 #1 on your wall?

Of course you need pressure to flatten a wrinkled comic! Try putting the same heat and humidity on a book WITHOUT a press. It will not get flat, in fact it will deform more. As a scientist, your generalizations make me cringe.

Gets me that CGC can find no specific evidence of cleaning but because they “feel” it looks too good, that it must be “restored.” What utter BS. Wonder what specific financial angle is driving them to do this (because at the end of the day, it’s ALWAYS about the money).

You are absolutely correct! Great comparison with vintage cars!

Charles, I love your videos, but you've really got to sort out your tech, my man. There's something really messed with your camera (a decade-old webcam?) as well as audio. A little bit of searching on KZbin and you can get some great gear for fairly cheap that will really level up your presentation. (Edit tips: whatever edit software you're using should have a simple noise removal filter - put it on at 10% and it will make a huge difference for the white noise. Also please export your audio as stereo, equal channels, and not mono only using one channel [i.e. left] which is pretty obnoxious, etc.) That aside, keep up the great work!

What did it re-grade to? I’m new to the post

Gold label is Pedigree, YELLOW label is Sig series.

I collect Sports Illustrateds. I have a '56 Mickey Mantle which is the holy grail SI and it has a lot of foxing. Do you do SIs and what would you have charged for exactly what you did to this X Men? Thanks.

You keep showing is an archive paper doused in peroxide to clean your books! HOW are you doing it and why are you not telling us how? SHOW US!!!

Hydrogen peroxide soaked paper, does this work on glossy and none glossy old print manuals like user manuals on for sewing machines user manuals that have brown foxing, or would this attack the drawings and writing?

what surfactant are you using? Could you use the typical dilluted calcium hydroxide with a makeup pad to lift dirt and oily fingerprint stains off the white area?

Wow. Very noticeable improvements with these before and after. Well done!

Dry cleaning, pressing are restoration. Not sure why CGC has this arbitrary line.

Stop letting CGC decide what is restoration... stop sending them your books.

I miss your video boss. Where did you go?

Hello Mr. Hero, what do you mist your comics with when they are on the Blue Led? What is the chemical make up. Thank you for all your help.

What did it grade?

What's the % of the perox solution? Thanx

Makes sense to me! Great video.

I was very surprised when I saw some U Tubers use magic eraser on comics. I think a lot of these purples are from this. This should be considered chemical cleaning

What is the peroxide solution , the reg one you buy in pharmacy, or is it a ratio mixture?

I definitely have to agree with you! Thanks for the video. My thoughts on this is that they are looking at the bigger books, and slapping purple labels because they’re not stupid… they know we clean comic books duh!!! And how often does a hulk 181 pass through like at the Comics store.

I'm late to the party here as you posted this a year ago, but I found this video to be quite instructional as I'm just starting my C&P journey. I've got my cotton rounds and absorene sponge and putty. Next up I've asked Santa Wife for a 15 X 15 heat press and my in-laws for the Immaculate comics metal plates. Hydrogen peroxide is easily gotten as are backing boards, 65lb paper, white eraser and magazine sized backing boards. I've got plenty of comics to experiment on before getting to my better books so, I'm looking forward to the new year and working on some books. I thank Hobby Hero and the other posters of C&P techniques for their videos and instructions. Best to all and happy holidays.

that's amazing

What temperature and how long was the book pressed for each time?

Are you mixing the peroxide with water or just straight peroxide?

I think I have the same mister - having trouble with droplets being too big - pooling on cover. Have you tried just using steamer instead to avoid droplets?

Excuse me sir. What happens if you don't use the UV light and just wipe the pages with peroxide? Will it damage the paper or fade the ink? If so, what if I dilute the peroxide even more? Thanks!

So how do you feel about this? I had a cgc 9.0 asm 129 blue label. Cracked and had cleaned and press. Nothing drastic. Resubmitted and came back a 9.0 purple label for APPARENT top edge trimmed. But it’s not. Never was. So what do I do next. Crack and resubmit to cgc again. Wait a few months and resubmit. Or go elsewhere.

How long do you keep it in the press ??????

“Gold label”? I kept thinking what is that? Ok ok, “yellow label”