How easy you made it look with the staples and I know from experience it’s often a struggle. I still insert my wraps one or two at a time for the most part. Impeccable work on a gorgeous book, Dr Paul. Can’t wait to see it back from CGC.
another great job , Dr. Phil ! you're preserving that book for probably another 200 years ! i just bought 2 Adventure Comics , numbers 54 and 75 , both books still have wonderful page quality to them . as i've said before , DC really did use excellent paper for their printing of their books !
@@DrPaulKosnik I need to hit the gym ASAP, I barely found your channel and gave u a zub 💪 I'ma do comic content again soon, hope you check it out if you have the chance 🙏
Hey Paul how's it going I can't wait to see some of this work come back from cgc amazing job I'm back in the US the immaculate comic staple tool has slots in it for straightener Staples out by the way😅 love it keep up good 👍 work Jesus name
James, welcome back! Thank you for the kind words. I know about the feature of the Capable Staple Tool. I specifically don’t use it because I like the arms of the staple to keep a natural bend and when I’ve used it in the past I tended to end up with the arms being straightened out and looking unnatural. 👍🏽
Have you ever had a non brittle cover fall apart in a wet bath? A few pieces (corner pieces) separated from the book, good thing I am trying a practice book
Dr. Paul I might have asked this in the past. Can you recommend a comic book cleaner who wet cleans books using your methods? Thanks for your instructive channel. Your conservative techniques really appeals to me.
Hi Michael thank you for the kind words and vote of confidence. Not many cleaners and pressers do this sort of work professionally, because it's so time-consuming it is very difficult to charge a reasonable fee and make a reasonable living. For most comic books the economics don't work. It takes a special comic book to justify the expense. Try posting on our FaceBook Comic Book Conservation Group some pics of your project and ask there if anyone is interested in taking it on. You could also check out Kenny Sanderson on Instagram or my co-host for the Comic Book Conservation live show Phill over at Phantom Restoration. They both do amazing work.
What video has direction on how to mix your hydroxide solution. I see plenty where you add that solution to water and triton for wash, but I can't find guidance on how to prepare the 25% hydroxide concentrate
Sorry MT i've covered it lots in the past but you are correct, not recently. It's very simple, and the reason we use the super-saturated solution is that it's difficult to get incorrect and you don't need any special equipment to make it. It's technically 1.6 grams/liter, but as long as you add the calcium hydroxide powder to the water, shake, let settle, and still have the white precipitate at the bottom, you have enough. Better to use too much than not enough, so i tell folks to use 2 grams per liter, which is about 1 cc if you have metric measuring spoons or 1/4 teaspoon if you have imperial measuring spoons. I explain it here: ruclips.net/video/IXPg4Kpr9xE/видео.html
By any chance do you offer these services to fans? I just picked up a copy of Flash 139 (a book I’ve hunted for along time) for an insane price. The book has some damage and I do not trust myself to try and restore it 😂😂😂
Congratulations on the pickup! Sorry Mason I do not generally have time to work on other folk’s books as much as I wish I did. I suggest you find the Comic Book Conservation Community on Facebook. You should be able to find help there!
MT, i always use the least invasive method that i expect will yield the desired results. So i very rarely use hydrogen peroxide on comic books. I only use it on severely stained books and then only at 0.5%.
@@MT-ub8qg I tend to use 25% saturated Ca(OH) for essentially any deacidification bath. This video has my step-by-step preparation guide: Revealed: Advanced Comic Book Cleaning, Deacidification, and Resizing Methods ruclips.net/video/_hpXewc8_tY/видео.html
@@DrPaulKosnik you tend to favor that process for golden age books. Seems to be you have conflicting statements avout its use on silver age books. Was looking for a more current opinion about its use on silver age
Travis, I tend not to use it if I’m using humidity. I’ve found for healthy books high humidity allows a nice press with less reversion, but if you use SRP with high humidity you can get cockling. So I don’t use SRP anymore if I humidity books prior to a press.
Thanks for the reply Dr. Paul. I'm always open to trying different approaches. I will give it a shot srp free on my next batch of books. I know I said it in the live chat but wowzers did that flash book come out so very beautiful
All American, DC had a higher grade of paper then MJL..War time paper had different grade of paper.Near the end of the War some of the companies went to one staple.
How easy you made it look with the staples and I know from experience it’s often a struggle. I still insert my wraps one or two at a time for the most part. Impeccable work on a gorgeous book, Dr Paul. Can’t wait to see it back from CGC.
Thank you Peter for the kind words. Happy with the results in this one, looking forward to getting it slabbed. 👍🏽
another great job , Dr. Phil ! you're preserving that book for probably another 200 years ! i just bought 2 Adventure Comics , numbers 54 and 75 , both books still have wonderful page quality to them . as i've said before , DC really did use excellent paper for their printing of their books !
Thanks Rick! Congratulations on the pickups, those are some sweet books. I’m partial to the run, especially the issues featuring members of the JSA.
This conservation turned out beautifully, Dr. Paul. I can't wait to see the grade this book gets from CGC. Very nice work!
Thanks Paul!
Just discovered your channel. Combing through your videos for help with rusted staples. May learn some new skills along the way. Cheers!
Welcome! I have several videos on staples, and a few options for rusty ones, including derusting and making replacement staples from scratch. 👍🏽
Look at those guns gawd dayum
My motto is ABF-Always Be Flexing! Life’s too short to walk around limp. 🤣
@@DrPaulKosnik I need to hit the gym ASAP, I barely found your channel and gave u a zub 💪 I'ma do comic content again soon, hope you check it out if you have the chance 🙏
Hey Paul how's it going I can't wait to see some of this work come back from cgc amazing job I'm back in the US the immaculate comic staple tool has slots in it for straightener Staples out by the way😅 love it keep up good 👍 work Jesus name
James, welcome back! Thank you for the kind words. I know about the feature of the Capable Staple Tool. I specifically don’t use it because I like the arms of the staple to keep a natural bend and when I’ve used it in the past I tended to end up with the arms being straightened out and looking unnatural. 👍🏽
Have you ever had a non brittle cover fall apart in a wet bath? A few pieces (corner pieces) separated from the book, good thing I am trying a practice book
Not really. I’ve had a few spine splits early on in practice but not corners falling off. How long are you in the water bath?
About 15 .minutes no chemical, and it was during a gentile agitation, should I have just moisten before going for full wetting?
Dr. Paul I might have asked this in the past. Can you recommend a comic book cleaner who wet cleans books using your methods? Thanks for your instructive channel. Your conservative techniques really appeals to me.
Hi Michael thank you for the kind words and vote of confidence. Not many cleaners and pressers do this sort of work professionally, because it's so time-consuming it is very difficult to charge a reasonable fee and make a reasonable living. For most comic books the economics don't work. It takes a special comic book to justify the expense. Try posting on our FaceBook Comic Book Conservation Group some pics of your project and ask there if anyone is interested in taking it on. You could also check out Kenny Sanderson on Instagram or my co-host for the Comic Book Conservation live show Phill over at Phantom Restoration. They both do amazing work.
What video has direction on how to mix your hydroxide solution. I see plenty where you add that solution to water and triton for wash, but I can't find guidance on how to prepare the 25% hydroxide concentrate
Sorry MT i've covered it lots in the past but you are correct, not recently. It's very simple, and the reason we use the super-saturated solution is that it's difficult to get incorrect and you don't need any special equipment to make it. It's technically 1.6 grams/liter, but as long as you add the calcium hydroxide powder to the water, shake, let settle, and still have the white precipitate at the bottom, you have enough. Better to use too much than not enough, so i tell folks to use 2 grams per liter, which is about 1 cc if you have metric measuring spoons or 1/4 teaspoon if you have imperial measuring spoons. I explain it here: ruclips.net/video/IXPg4Kpr9xE/видео.html
@@DrPaulKosnik great thank you
By any chance do you offer these services to fans? I just picked up a copy of Flash 139 (a book I’ve hunted for along time) for an insane price. The book has some damage and I do not trust myself to try and restore it 😂😂😂
Congratulations on the pickup! Sorry Mason I do not generally have time to work on other folk’s books as much as I wish I did. I suggest you find the Comic Book Conservation Community on Facebook. You should be able to find help there!
@@DrPaulKosnik I’ll check it out thank you!
I’m at Staunton
So hydroxide or no hydroxide surfactant for silver age cleaning. Lower level in dilution?
MT, i always use the least invasive method that i expect will yield the desired results. So i very rarely use hydrogen peroxide on comic books. I only use it on severely stained books and then only at 0.5%.
@@DrPaulKosnik i was referring to the calcium hydroxide chemocal I see in your other videos
@@MT-ub8qg I tend to use 25% saturated Ca(OH) for essentially any deacidification bath. This video has my step-by-step preparation guide: Revealed: Advanced Comic Book Cleaning, Deacidification, and Resizing Methods
ruclips.net/video/_hpXewc8_tY/видео.html
@@DrPaulKosnik you tend to favor that process for golden age books. Seems to be you have conflicting statements avout its use on silver age books. Was looking for a more current opinion about its use on silver age
25% as in a 1/4 tad in 400ml?
Dr Paul. I notice you didnt use srp during your final pressing. Do you use it sometimes. Or not really.
Travis, I tend not to use it if I’m using humidity. I’ve found for healthy books high humidity allows a nice press with less reversion, but if you use SRP with high humidity you can get cockling. So I don’t use SRP anymore if I humidity books prior to a press.
Thanks for the reply Dr. Paul. I'm always open to trying different approaches. I will give it a shot srp free on my next batch of books. I know I said it in the live chat but wowzers did that flash book come out so very beautiful
@@travismoriarty669 thank you and I think you’ll like the versatility of pressing with card stock buffer rather than SRP.
Have any of the other comics of the Flash are printed crooked, or do you have the only one.??
Miscut pages and misaligned art are pretty common in golden age comic books. They were considered disposable entertainment.
All American, DC had a higher grade of paper then MJL..War time paper had different grade of paper.Near the end of the War some of the companies went to one staple.
All true!