you have seen small brown hard spots on comics before? i got a stack of them and i don't think they're foxing (thou i could be wrong). if it was just 1 or two i'd say it was a booger or something like that? you can take the hard spots off with your fingernail with a little difficulty but it leaves a foxing like stain underneath, I got a big stack of them in the dollar bin and these hard brown spots are all over the books mostly on the edges. i dont think they we're stored properly and i was kind've thinkin that it was from not being bagged and stored in an old carboard box in humidity or something? any idea?
Just bought a box of comics off a guy and a solid chunk of them were molded - which he'd neglected to mention, and I neglected to check for before paying cash and driving off 💀 these comics aren't worth paying for professional restoration - it'd be cheaper to find and buy them again - but man. Hoping I can save at least a couple by trying this
I’m looking to restore some old original arcade manuals with a similar method. Do most comic collectors have heat presses? Think if I go bother the guys at the local shop they’d have something like that? I don’t wanna buy one for just a couple manuals.
It is half art and half science , its risky if you don't know what you are doing, and its also labor intensive, so some LCS shops and some don't. I'd call some local places and ask, If you don't have any luck, you can send then to me and I can press them for you. Just a basic press with no steaming, cleaning or humidity chamber is $8 per 9" x 12" area of items. rick@immaculatecomics.com.
Rick, What method do you use to freeze the comic? Do you just stick it in the fridge freezer, do you enclose it in plastic, how long do you leave it in there? Thanks.
Hey Nelson, I actually heat seal it in a poly bag, but you can probably use a good ziplock bag. I heat it up in a press first to drive off moisture. then I put the whole thing into a sterility container and I put that in the freezer for a couple of days.
I came across your video when researching foxing on comic books. Really informative video - thanks for posting! In the video you mentioned spraying bleach to remove stains. I’m assuming you would dilute it first - what ratio would you follow?
Hi Jameel, I dont mean NaClO household bleach. I mean solid pool bleach. I have stopped giving specific formulation advice because it has been misused and some people get angry. Sorry!
Just came across your channel and it has been extremely interesting and helpful. Have a TMNT #4 with small orange splotches, rather than black. Not food food stains of any kind. Always thought it was some kind of fungus but the color is wrong based on your video here. And ideas?
@@ImmaculateComics That'd be great. Facebok DM work? Rarely use Twitter but have been looking at joining Instagram of late if one of those would be better.
Junior Moreno yeah I’d love to Junior.. I’m kinda running out of books to clean! Email me : rick@rickmorgan.net -- $8 modern - -- $10 Bronze --$12 silver per book plus shipping. I’ve cleaned and pressed thousands of books now and I’m getting pretty good but I can’t work miracles, just FYI.
Hi Rick. Excellent advice!! I have a signed Monet Lithograph. I'm currently out of work due to Covid-19 & can't take it for professional restoration. I am having the lithograph appraised tomorrow as I need to sell it. It appears to have some very pale sap green splatter on it. Is there any quick magic that can be worked? There was some pale green splatter on the inside of the framed glass that makes me think it's not mold; it wiped right off the glass. Any suggestions or something I can pick up & do myself? Do they sell that putty at Michael's? I'm in PA. Thank you so much!!!!!!!
Well I would start with water on a q-tip if I were you. there's no telling what it is but I suspect some sort of ink or paint. I have no idea if my immcuclean would help or not but it might. www.immaculatecomics.com
Let me know how it goes. If you don’t have much luck you can ship it to me I’ll try to clean it up for you for free. No charge since I know you are in a tight spot. Just pay fro shipping both ways. Maybe send me a photo?
@@ImmaculateComics That is very nice of you. I definitely appreciate your insight, & kindness!! It ended up coming out a lot lighter. Thank you so much!!
Hey Rick, I have a Daredevil #1, slabbed, but has some kind of blue ink transfer on the back cover, that I am assuming came from it sitting next to a dark cover for years prior to it being slabbed. Would love to send you a picture of it for your opinion as to whether or not a liquid/dry cleaning could improve it. If you could improve, would love to send it to you. Wayne
Hi Wayne, of course. email me pics from as close up as you can get to rick@immaculatecomics.com. Daredevil #1 is quite a great key. I love getting books out of slabs!
Thank you for this video! I just started pressing and cleaning my own books. Is there anyway you can look at my last video and tell me what I need to work on and if you have any tips and tricks to improve my comicbook cleaning game that would be amazing.
yes! first I will steam the book and then I put a sheet of microchamber interleaving paper between each page and then I heat press it for about 30 minutes and leave it overnight at ambient temperature. I sometimes have to to that 2-3 times, each times with fresh sheets of paper but it usually either solves the issue completely or mostly solves it. but it is a lot of work and it is expensive to do. I think it ended costing me around $45 in paper for the last book.
I've used peroxide many times, but it can, and often will, remove gloss. Have to be judicious with it. My question is can you solve the riddle of the sphinx and remove ink from a comic cover. For example, someone writing their name on a book with a Bic. :) Thanks!
Wise words on the gloss. Peroxide is something I reserve for extreme cases on books that are otherwise lower grade. Often I try to freeze then heat press then use a pH neutral surfactant. I’ve had mixed luck with removing ink and writing from covers. When I’m successful it’s a game of inches, not miles. That said, if has had some successes that surprised me quite a bit. First try freezing the book then using a putty eraser to remove the ink while it’s cold. Some older inks can be removed this way and you can lift portions of it right out !
Rick Doing a great job thus far. And I’ve been pressing and cleaning for over 4 years. I watched your spine roll video. And yup, I do it that way as well. I also do it another way, depending on the severity of the roll. You can just overlap the covers and bend to your will. 😀
sheesh I really dont know about that. I use one by "fancier studio". I would recommend you get one which presses straight flat down instead of a clamshell design
I will show you how to spell if you keep watching. Read the description notes for specific information. This particular book I didn't spray as it turned out it was not necessary as the mold was already dead. But it looks like you think it would. a spray bottle with a solution inside. just do spray the book directly. spray move it and let the particles fall onto the book from the air. It works better if you warm the book first in a press or the over slightly.
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you have seen small brown hard spots on comics before? i got a stack of them and i don't think they're foxing (thou i could be wrong). if it was just 1 or two i'd say it was a booger or something like that? you can take the hard spots off with your fingernail with a little difficulty but it leaves a foxing like stain underneath, I got a big stack of them in the dollar bin and these hard brown spots are all over the books mostly on the edges. i dont think they we're stored properly and i was kind've thinkin that it was from not being bagged and stored in an old carboard box in humidity or something? any idea?
Just bought a box of comics off a guy and a solid chunk of them were molded - which he'd neglected to mention, and I neglected to check for before paying cash and driving off 💀 these comics aren't worth paying for professional restoration - it'd be cheaper to find and buy them again - but man. Hoping I can save at least a couple by trying this
actually if you can put them in an ozone chamber and kill the mold that way it may really help. I know I have a few videos on that too! good luck!
I’m looking to restore some old original arcade manuals with a similar method. Do most comic collectors have heat presses? Think if I go bother the guys at the local shop they’d have something like that? I don’t wanna buy one for just a couple manuals.
It is half art and half science , its risky if you don't know what you are doing, and its also labor intensive, so some LCS shops and some don't. I'd call some local places and ask, If you don't have any luck, you can send then to me and I can press them for you. Just a basic press with no steaming, cleaning or humidity chamber is $8 per 9" x 12" area of items. rick@immaculatecomics.com.
Rick, What method do you use to freeze the comic? Do you just stick it in the fridge freezer, do you enclose it in plastic, how long do you leave it in there? Thanks.
Hey Nelson, I actually heat seal it in a poly bag, but you can probably use a good ziplock bag. I heat it up in a press first to drive off moisture. then I put the whole thing into a sterility container and I put that in the freezer for a couple of days.
I came across your video when researching foxing on comic books. Really informative video - thanks for posting!
In the video you mentioned spraying bleach to remove stains. I’m assuming you would dilute it first - what ratio would you follow?
Hi Jameel, I dont mean NaClO household bleach. I mean solid pool bleach. I have stopped giving specific formulation advice because it has been misused and some people get angry. Sorry!
Just came across your channel and it has been extremely interesting and helpful. Have a TMNT #4 with small orange splotches, rather than black. Not food food stains of any kind. Always thought it was some kind of fungus but the color is wrong based on your video here. And ideas?
Hmm I am not sure about that one Eric. Maybe you can send me a photo?
@@ImmaculateComics That'd be great. Facebok DM work? Rarely use Twitter but have been looking at joining Instagram of late if one of those would be better.
Very nice, any comics that you've personally sent to cgc and met your grading expectations before sending it?
actually I am usually pretty close to grading vs CGC most of the time. I am often off by +/- .5 points and sometimes 1.0 on a bad day.
Hey Rick. Do you do Clean and Press services? I would be interested.
Junior Moreno yeah I’d love to Junior.. I’m kinda running out of books to clean! Email me : rick@rickmorgan.net -- $8 modern - -- $10 Bronze --$12 silver per book plus shipping. I’ve cleaned and pressed thousands of books now and I’m getting pretty good but I can’t work miracles, just FYI.
@@ImmaculateComics Hi, Rick. I would love to talk with you more about this if you do not mind. I sent you a message via email. Thanks!
@@ImmaculateComics Hi, Rick. I would love to talk with you more about this if you do not mind. I sent you a message via email. Thanks!
Hi Rick. Excellent advice!! I have a signed Monet Lithograph. I'm currently out of work due to Covid-19 & can't take it for professional restoration. I am having the lithograph appraised tomorrow as I need to sell it. It appears to have some very pale sap green splatter on it. Is there any quick magic that can be worked? There was some pale green splatter on the inside of the framed glass that makes me think it's not mold; it wiped right off the glass. Any suggestions or something I can pick up & do myself? Do they sell that putty at Michael's? I'm in PA. Thank you so much!!!!!!!
Well I would start with water on a q-tip if I were you. there's no telling what it is but I suspect some sort of ink or paint. I have no idea if my immcuclean would help or not but it might. www.immaculatecomics.com
@@ImmaculateComics Awesome!! Thanks for the advice. I will give it a go👍
Let me know how it goes. If you don’t have much luck you can ship it to me I’ll try to clean it up for you for free. No charge since I know you are in a tight spot. Just pay fro shipping both ways. Maybe send me a photo?
@@ImmaculateComics That is very nice of you. I definitely appreciate your insight, & kindness!! It ended up coming out a lot lighter. Thank you so much!!
@@TheSleuthFairy That makes me very happy. If you have any before and after photos please share them at rick@immaculatecomics.com
Hey Rick, I have a Daredevil #1, slabbed, but has some kind of blue ink transfer on the back cover, that I am assuming came from it sitting next to a dark cover for years prior to it being slabbed. Would love to send you a picture of it for your opinion as to whether or not a liquid/dry cleaning could improve it. If you could improve, would love to send it to you.
Wayne
Hi Wayne, of course. email me pics from as close up as you can get to rick@immaculatecomics.com. Daredevil #1 is quite a great key. I love getting books out of slabs!
Thank you for this video! I just started pressing and cleaning my own books. Is there anyway you can look at my last video and tell me what I need to work on and if you have any tips and tricks to improve my comicbook cleaning game that would be amazing.
Will do! somehow this comment just now manifested on my page!
Do you have a scientific method for removing; cigarette, cigar, pipe smell from comics? Thanks for sharing your discoveries.
yes! first I will steam the book and then I put a sheet of microchamber interleaving paper between each page and then I heat press it for about 30 minutes and leave it overnight at ambient temperature. I sometimes have to to that 2-3 times, each times with fresh sheets of paper but it usually either solves the issue completely or mostly solves it. but it is a lot of work and it is expensive to do. I think it ended costing me around $45 in paper for the last book.
@@ImmaculateComics You the man.
I've used peroxide many times, but it can, and often will, remove gloss. Have to be judicious with it. My question is can you solve the riddle of the sphinx and remove ink from a comic cover. For example, someone writing their name on a book with a Bic. :) Thanks!
Wise words on the gloss. Peroxide is something I reserve for extreme cases on books that are otherwise lower grade. Often I try to freeze then heat press then use a pH neutral surfactant. I’ve had mixed luck with removing ink and writing from covers. When I’m successful it’s a game of inches, not miles. That said, if has had some successes that surprised me quite a bit. First try freezing the book then using a putty eraser to remove the ink while it’s cold. Some older inks can be removed this way and you can lift portions of it right out !
Rick Morgan Hmmm. Interesting! I like that you experiment. 😀
DeAngelo Dee thanks my friend, I’m trying to keep this hobby fun and interesting for many people !
Rick Doing a great job thus far. And I’ve been pressing and cleaning for over 4 years. I watched your spine roll video. And yup, I do it that way as well. I also do it another way, depending on the severity of the roll. You can just overlap the covers and bend to your will. 😀
I’m shopping for a heat press how do I go about choosing the right one?
sheesh I really dont know about that. I use one by "fancier studio". I would recommend you get one which presses straight flat down instead of a clamshell design
volume/ audio boost.... just sayin'
thanks for the tip!
" Dammit Colin Robinson vat do you spray to keel da mold?? You didn't show mee ahnytheeeng!"
I will show you how to spell if you keep watching. Read the description notes for specific information. This particular book I didn't spray as it turned out it was not necessary as the mold was already dead. But it looks like you think it would. a spray bottle with a solution inside. just do spray the book directly. spray move it and let the particles fall onto the book from the air. It works better if you warm the book first in a press or the over slightly.
@@ImmaculateComics thanks Rick!! It was great!
Hey Rick help me I want some tips from you about take care about comics
sure, I'd be glad to help. Theres a massive amount of info on the subject here on youtube. If you can't find what you need, just ask me!
Or I can just send the book too you.... Your language and knowledge is proof.....do you have a comic cleaning operation ...business....?
Hi Jay. I do indeed...and I am hiring helpers. You can schedule restoration at www.immaculatecomics.com !
So funny my name's rich and my son's name is Nolan too
Seriously!? That’s interesting!
You need to speak up you not loud enough
thanks for the feedback!