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Hobby Hero
Добавлен 26 окт 2020
Hobby enthusiast covering all topics around comics, cleaning and pressing
CGC Trying to Beat the Competition or Be the Competition
Huge changes coming to CGC cards. Find out what they are and how they could shake up the graded card market.
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CGC Making Changes Again!
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I'm covering all the new changes to CGCs services and fees. Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3PuxMe7 ...
Unboxing Two Books From CGC for the PC
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Small return from CGC on some books that I worked on. Will I get the dreaded Purple Label?? Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC ...
CGC is Going Crazy with Purple
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Taking a look a CGCs recent adjustments to grading and determining restoration on cleaned comic books. Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn....
The Five Rarest Comics I Own!
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@sinfullygoodcomics8167 asked me to show off five of my favorite comics from my personal collection. Hopefully there are some in here you haven't seen before!
Comic Books I'm Buying in 2023
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These are the books I'm targeting for my PC in the new year!
Restoring Filthy Comic with Wet and Dry Cleaning
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Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3PuxMe7 Artist Eraser: amzn.to/3ndANTH Magic Eraser: amzn.to/3ORrHbG...
Huge Grail in this Comic Mystery Box
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Check out another awesome mystery box with a huge grand prize up for grabs!
Great Deals on Great Comic Grails
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Did a trade for a personal grail of mine and the box is in! What's in the box??
10 Comics You Could Buy Instead of Eminem Comic Variant
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Here are my top 10 comics I would buy before getting the Eminem Amazing Spider-Man Exclusive
Cleaning Wolverine's First Appearance in Comics!
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Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3PuxMe7 Artist Eraser: amzn.to/3ndANTH Magic Eraser: amzn.to/3ORrHbG...
All Reject CGC Unboxing!
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Unboxing an entire submission of rejects from CGC! Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3PuxMe7 Artist Er...
Stop Pressing Comics Like This!!!
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Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3PuxMe7 Artist Eraser: amzn.to/3ndANTH Magic Eraser: amzn.to/3ORrHbG...
Why you shouldn't use CCS pressing and why you should!
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Going over the pros and cons of using CGC's pressing service CCS Looking to start cleaning and pressing your own books? Here are two guides to help you get started! Comic Book CPR: amzn.to/3aydbqa Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening: amzn.to/3Po9T7H Links to the tools I use: 15x15 Press: amzn.to/3OwZ6aS Makeup Pads: amzn.to/3tWOASq Absorene Eraser: amzn.to/3HUTNjC Absorene Putty: amzn.to/3Pu...
My WORST CGC Unboxing Ever!
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So CGC finally got these books back to me and it was disappointing in almost every possible way
CGC Comic Unboxing with Surprising Results
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CGC Comic Unboxing with Surprising Results
Opening a Bry Box of Mystery with over $40k in Prizes!
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Opening a Bry Box of Mystery with over $40k in Prizes!
Comic Artist Steals Comic Store Owners Wife??
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Comic Artist Steals Comic Store Owners Wife??
Spider-Man Metal Box was Loaded! #shorts
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Spider-Man Metal Box was Loaded! #shorts
CBCS Admits to Losing HUNDREDS of Books
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CBCS Admits to Losing HUNDREDS of Books
Mystery Box has $700 book! ...in 2021
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Mystery Box has $700 book! ...in 2021
Black Flag Throws Gas on C2E2 Flames
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Black Flag Throws Gas on C2E2 Flames
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👍
Yes it does!
Staples pressed so that they are wayyy off
Sunken staples are the worst. Tricky fix too
Wow
Any chance tou recommend a service that does this?
I do it now for clients. Hobbyherocomics.com
Great, I also had a book come back as restored with color touching, is that something that can ever be removed to get back to a blue label?
@@johnacosta1856 usually, sometime can be very invasive tho
what exactly is that paper you are using? and how much heat and how long?
Varies quite a bit depending on the step in the process. I use different stocks of paper for different processes as well as times and temps
What kind of lights are those? 15:28
Link should be in the description for blue LED lights
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?
I don't think this book would be worth sending it because it still wouldn't grade high enough to be worth the grading fees. Also the Spider-Man 2099 on the wall was a 9.8 that I got from a mystery box.
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.
May be taking it a bit too literal. The pressure needed is literally just required to keep the page in place meaning that more pressure is not going to help and could potentially even damage the book.
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).
Well I would imagine they hope people resubmit to try to get them through; which they have.
You are absolutely correct! Great comparison with vintage cars!
Glad you think so!
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 RUclips 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!
Working on it and think my newer stuff is a bit better than what I started with.
What did it re-grade to? I’m new to the post
It kept the same grade but with CGC blue label which I don't think it would have gotten in it's original condition.
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.
Yeah, I can do older sports illustrateds as well. Can you shoot me some pics on one of my socials?
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!!!
I use a spray bottle and it's regular copy paper not archival paper
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?
I'm not sure but I would imagine it would work on any porous type paper. Probably nothing as glossy as a magazine.
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?
This one is a premixed one sold by Immaculate Comics called immacuclean.
Wow. Very noticeable improvements with these before and after. Well done!
Thanks!
Dry cleaning, pressing are restoration. Not sure why CGC has this arbitrary line.
I would agree that they have made it way more difficult than it needs to be. In my opinion it should be all or nothing. I don't personally care if something is removed from the book that wasn't there originally (bends, dirt, etc) but if sometimes its restoration to remove it then it should be all times.
Stop letting CGC decide what is restoration... stop sending them your books.
I've honestly stopped sending anything other than moderns for the time being. Just too much risk sending in older books in right now.
I miss your video boss. Where did you go?
That is a very long answer. I'm not gone though just on hiatus for a bit.
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.
3% H2O2
What did it grade?
It came back 6.0. The reveal is in a different video. I still think it should have been 7.5 but a friend wanted a copy so was glad he got a great looking 6.0
What's the % of the perox solution? Thanx
It's 3% but some people dilute to 1.5%
Makes sense to me! Great video.
Thanks, just another in a long list of growing concerns with CGC
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
Magic eraser is pretty abrasive and will remove gloss on the books very quickly. Not a recommended tool but still don't think I'd put it in the restoration category
What is the peroxide solution , the reg one you buy in pharmacy, or is it a ratio mixture?
Regular you buy over the counter. Some people dilute it to 1.5%
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.
Just feels like another way to get people to resubmit. I’ve seen several PLODs go back through and come back universal
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.
Thanks and happy holidays to you and yours!
that's amazing
Thanks
What temperature and how long was the book pressed for each time?
It varies greatly depending on which step and what process I'm using
Are you mixing the peroxide with water or just straight peroxide?
Its a 3% over the counter H2O2 solution
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?
I do use a steamer but not with H2O2 solution just to humidify spots of the book
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!
I doubt much would happen at all. May clean some surface dirt off and possibly take some old ink off with it.
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.
Think I've seen your posts going around. It is honestly getting to be a real nuisance. Its getting to the point were I feel like the fact that they have no accountability to prove anything is problematic. They charge fees based on perceived market value yet they can just halve a books value because they feel something is wrong.
@@hobbyhero6973 I’m sure you have 😂. I just don’t understand. If it’s trimmed then it’s trimmed. But it was just graded during Covid times at a much higher value as well. I’m going to go over it again. But I just felt like I’ve been seeing more purple labels come out recently
How long do you keep it in the press ??????
That varies greatly depending on the step.
“Gold label”? I kept thinking what is that? Ok ok, “yellow label”
Did I really call it a Gold Label? lol
My first time seeing this post. Love the approach and techniques shown here. The post cleaned book looks fantastic. I'd like to have the link to the post CGC grading for this book.
Thanks! The results video is ruclips.net/video/p2JFy-NhkkU/видео.htmlsi=3LRNQkbYGy4HUtay
If what people want is a comic book to display well, why does the color of the label matter? It only matters to sellers who want to get more money with it. I personally don't want to pay for a comic book that has been cleaned the same that one who is looking great without going to any processes. I also do restoration and ALL wet cleaning takes some of the colour away not just the foxing. So, it should be noted that the comic was retouched and CGC does this with a purple label. If someone only cares about the book looking good, they will still buy it.
The color of the label matters because the market says it does. As for paying less for a comic that has been wet cleaned do you also expect to pay less for a comic that has been dry cleaned and pressed? My guess is you would not. Dry cleaning can remove color and gloss as well and heat pressing can pop staples and fuse pages but again CGC does not consider that restoration. It's just not consistent and the fact that their definition is not consistent or well defined is a pretty big issue.
Am i restoring my body when i shower?
Lol, I don't know I've had some pretty restorative soaks.
Where do you get those wet hydrogen pads from though?
What wet hydrogen pads? The pages?
@hobbyhero6973 correct, or you literally just soak a piece in hydrogen peroxide?... you got me motivated and I'm just trying to be great like you 😁
@@naclteeballz8569 yeah it’s regular copy paper sprayed with Hydrogen Peroxide
@hobbyhero6973 thank you sir. I watched a lot of your videos and I have to say I admire your work. I wish I could pick your brain for like a hour on tricks and tips. One last question, when you need to lighten pages, do you just spray them with a bottle and then it's the blue light treatment, just turn page by page until you've finished the book? I just bought a few new bronze age and am going to start my journey of restoration on my collection after finding your channel. I think I can get them looking well enough to send in for cgc grading. Thank you in advance also, I appreciate you actually responding.
What's the difference between peroxide with the blue light and peroxide with a press?
Blue Light is lightening stains where the overlay is actually bonding with the stain to pull it out of the fibers
Ok, one more question: The recipe for the peroxide you are using is with same amount of water; Or 1/4 peroxide and 3/4 water?
@@JoeyRam. just the 3% over the counter Hydrogen Peroxide
Hi. Great content. I am curious how well the peroxide wet stacks work on golden, early silver age books with the matte type paper? Community, feel free to chime in. Thanks!!
Thanks! The overlay works fine but the older the book the more risk you run as the covers tend to be more brittle so adding moisture and heat can cause breaks
@@hobbyhero6973 Roger that! Thanks for the reply. Cheers!
i have switched to deionized water, don’t know if it’s going to make a difference but i figure why not go one step further and remove all minerals cause you never know how they might react with other chemicals over time. Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks and appreciate the tip. I've seen a few people make the switch not seen much evidence one way or the other but it certainly doesn't hurt