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@LUCIFER-wr8xj

3 жыл бұрын

That Came out absolutely bad ass wow very impressed so with that what would you charge to do that for people like me that don’t know anything about that thought I would ask and always loving your content !!!!

@jojoyojimbi

Жыл бұрын

what did it grade?

@MetalBum

Жыл бұрын

Careful cgc will give you purple label if you clean much

@dionramirez7008

10 ай бұрын

Thanks this helped me understand cleaning. Nice.

@christianweatherbroadcasting

8 ай бұрын

Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way. We deserve Hell because we've sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him. John 3:16 Romans 3:23❤❤

I have restored documents, movie posters, books, and comics for over 30 years and a product called Absorbene and Groom/Stick are probably to two safest dry cleaners you can use. Eraser pencils are very dangerous when it comes to rare comics and even good dry cleaning pads can be abrasive if you bare down to hard. Just look through a microscope and you will definitely see what I mean. I believe University Products carries both of those items I mentioned. Good luck

@fordhamdonnington2738

Жыл бұрын

Do you recommend the Lineco Art Gum Eraser? It's new on that universal site. Thanks

@chriscurtis1578

Жыл бұрын

@@fordhamdonnington2738 Prismacolor makes a kneaded rubber that works well if the mark is not to deep. The gum eraser is the same material that would be in a dry-cleaning pad. If you sprinkle some of the eraser particles from the pad on to the cover, you can use your finger and carefully rub it over the pencil mark, and it will not scratch the cover. Make sure your hands are very clean before attempting this haha..

@cuanbarlow2323

Жыл бұрын

I actually just ordered some of that absorbene from Amazon to clean some my comics.

@chriscurtis1578

Жыл бұрын

@@cuanbarlow2323 for certain issues it works really well. Anyone who is serious about restoration and conservation for their collection or others should have this product.

@MetalBum

Жыл бұрын

Careful cgc is giving out purple restored labels if you clean much. It happened to 3/5 of mine cleaned

A friendly suggestion with the pads…just swipe in a single direction away from center of the book. If you do the swirls…you run a risk of “catching” on the cover and creating a fold or bend in the cover.

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m always appreciative of any feedback or better tips

@richardwaddington2038

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree , always away to the cover edges, any backwards motion runs the risk of catching.

@christianweatherbroadcasting

8 ай бұрын

Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way. We deserve Hell because we've sinned. Lied, lusted stolen, etc. But God sent his son to die on the cross and rise out of the grave. We can receive forgiveness from Jesus. Repent and put your trust in him. John 3:16 Romans 3:23❤❤❤

This was a solid tutorial! Been collecting comics all of my life & have never seen this process performed before! Thank you for sharing in such an easy to follow & well presented way. Great job!!!

I try to be extremely careful with an eraser. It is effortless to erase any color that isn't white. I was experimenting this with a dollar bin comic book with a yellow background. That yellow came off very easily. Great video, AR! Very, very helpful.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

It really is. I tried stressing to go over the parts super lightly, but that will never click until someone erases color right off lol. That’s how I learned... thought it was light, but I didn’t understand how light it really had to be

Came out super clean! Definitely some grade bump efforts man! Great video!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Nick! I’m looking forward to submitting it

Thank you!!!! This gives me more confidence to press them myself.

Right on brotha!! Thanks for showing your technique on Silver Age comics!! Can’t wait to see the others! Keep up the awesome content!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

I’m finally getting ready to send the books in lol. Thank you bro!

This was put together very well. Super informative. Excellent work dude! The book looks great!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you will! I’m looking forward to adding it to my weekly routine

Thanks for the info. I have kicked around the idea of pressing a few of the books with minor creases/ticks so that I don't have to wait on the presser I use, who is severely backed up atm. Your video has given me confidence that I can probably pull it off, thanks for the tips!

@RobertWeir

5 ай бұрын

Wow this comment aged nicely !

@keithkovalic

5 ай бұрын

..... And one of my absolute favorite channels comments here!

This was an excellent tutorial! Look forward to cleaning my first books - $1 bin stuff to work out the process before hitting up the valuable stuff!!

Awesome video AR! Video was very informative! Comic looks great!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤘🏽

Love your room walls. Great design and lighting. Your space is so neat and you obviously have an eye for details. Important qualities. Thanks again New sub

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marc! I’m glad you got some tips from it 🤘🏽

Ive been sanding down the one edge of the card stock giving it an angle so it fits the spine better. Works great.

Yes!! 🙌🏽 thank you! Such a great great video!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

Thanks for the video! I bought a press similar and am about to press my first book. This helped a TON!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! Hope you get awesome use out it

Very informative video, thank you for sharing!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

I’m new to comic books and I have a growing obsession with the older comics...most definitely going to try your techniques! Very cool video and helpful!!!! You have a new subscriber! Lol

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you chip! Glad you found it helpful

Your doing fantastic stuff for the community AR great job!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

I’m trying Jacob! Thank you for supporting 🤘🏽

Fantastic showing. I learned a ton. Thanks for the great DIY content.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin! I’m glad you enjoyed it and got something from it 🤘🏽

Very informative...thanks for sharing!!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to making more 🤘🏽

Great video and thanks for sharing! This one caught my eye while browsing because ASM 66 is one of my favorite books in the spidey run

Lets go! Great work bro

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you homie 🤘🏽

This video is amazing I’ve been waiting for someone to put out a good video on this. Looking at presses on Amazon right now!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the support 🤘🏽

Thanks for this video! I was curious about this.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

No prob! I’m gonna do a modern one at some point, but I’m looking to add this into the weekly routine

Great video!!! I learned a lot on how to clean and press my comics. Look forward to more videos

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you got something from it! Tuesday will be my next one. I’m gonna be cracking that avengers 57 out of the case to try and bump it

Nice video…very Informative I look forward to starting my own restoration endeavor based on this I just subscribe because I also like your comic speculation videos 2021 was pretty spot on keep up the good work

I never new about the process of pressing a co.ic book with a machine like that , learn something new everyday , cool book looks amazing

awesome job! watched someone else do a pressing but they didn't include the middle sheets.. very smart! also I would like to add for those who need practice first maybe find a magazine and do some practice presses and even clean up .. just so the motions and technique become muscle memory.

Great video! First time I've seen anything this precise, like forensic science for comics! I'll be very interested to see how the grade improves.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

I’m no pro at grading, but I had it around a 5ish so I guess we’ll find out. Cbcs still has a halt on shipments because of the weather so I won’t be sending anything yet

@shanedakan3706

Жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics any update?

New subscriber! Thank you for this content!

Very nice tutorial. I've seen a bunch of them from various people. I wanted as much info as possible. As a Fanboy of the Marvel Silver age, I have started to dry clean some of my books as well. I find the Mr. Clean magic eraser quite useful primarily for the back cover. I get the edges first and use a comic backing board to hone in on the sides first while I rest my arm on the board so nothing moves around. Spine first, then top, bottom and side. I also just bought some Absorene and the Absorene sponge as a set so, I'll give that a try. I do need a nice eraser pen like you showed and I know at some point I will invest in a heat press. Thanks for your take on C&P's. Best to all and Make Mine Marvel.

Thanks for the links to everything you use - a couple of additions to my tool box.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

No prob NixKnacks! 🤘🏽

You made a great video on cleaning and pressing comics. Hope to see more like this video. Also like your comic book haul videos.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really need to get back into the haul videos. I stopped mainly because it felt like the hauls I was having weren’t all that great of books, but within the last couple months I’ve been getting some big keys I should have been showing

Really good vid , i have just bought a press so happy to watch others do it , hopefully i will do ok

Thanks for sharing!!!

Bro when you started cleaning that I tapped into some weird ASMR experience until you started speaking again what the fuck that was lovely. No other words.

@AR_Comics

Жыл бұрын

LOL got you buddy

Thanks. I just found a huge stack of comics that were in a garage for 30 years. I'm thinking to get a presser and see how they come out.

Amazing!

Very nice break down of the process. The book looks great from where it started.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin! I was really pumped with the results

@Krz2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics when I was watching I was like man that does look so much better with a little work on a clean and press. I want to do that with some my old books from when I was a youngsta

very informative! great technique!

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great stuff bro lots of patients in doing what you do thanks for showing us hope your getting your comics soon ha ha take care big bro...👍🏼

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

I got last weeks lol... this weeks didn’t come in. I think the shop said they’re gonna get 2 weeks together

@troyalbert8024

3 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics o boy that sucks i feel you with the covid here we had our share of prob lems to but latley getting better bro got 2 miles voices legacy amazing viariants there not cheap 4.99 10 for 2 but worth it i must hang it up love it so much hope you got it later big bro 👍🏼

Dope work my guy!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wes! 🤘🏽

Very helpful and cool process to see start from finish

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro 🤘🏽

Thats super helpful! Thank you!!!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you MSP! I appreciate it 🤘🏽 glad you enjoyed it

Great video man and great tips

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🤘🏽

Awesome job, thanks for the tutorial

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve!

Awesome vid, love doing this myself as well!!!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth learning for any comic fan

The front looked great, but the back was pretty amazing. The more white space the more impressive the “after” pressing looks.

@AR_Comics

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason!

Very helpful bro thank you!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Of course! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

Great video I learnt heaps 👍

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Howard! Glad you enjoyed it/learned something from it

looks great.

Keep em coming AR. Going to start cleaning my own soon, gonna get my Nova #1 ready for primetime$$$!

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! I need a nova in my collection still. I have the sam Alexander nova, but not the Richard Rider

@MOGO8907

3 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics seen a 9.8 on eBay for 1200 should be ending soon.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Damn! Seems like a fair price tho. Probably not too many 9.8s floating around

As you stated many have different ways to clean and press books. I suggest reading Comic Book CPR and Comic Book Stain Removal and Whitening from Michael Frederik Sorensen. I put my books in a humidor for 3 before pressing with heat at 135 for 15 min and keeping the book in the press for 24 hours. Food for thought. Good Video

Instead of the swisspers, I would highly (no pun intended) recommend using a high pile microfiber tower; edgeless is a lux item, but no need, just remove the tag for all towels. I find it softer and grabs more dirt without risking scratching the comic. Magic erasers work great on white areas!

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommendation! I’m always looking for better tips. I did start to use the magic eraser more too

Cool video getting ready to send in my first submission

Yeah this is an awesome vid thx 💪🏼

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

Well done! Looks great! Kinda want to try myself lol

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

It’s absolutely worth it to learn yourself! Save yourself the money. Make sure you start with crap books tho

@owen5164

3 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics got an ASM 301 for $25 that is super brown but is in NM condition besides that, might be a good book to mess with given I don’t have a press

Wow awesome looks great

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very interesting

NIce!! I'm just learning the Press game and with the older books I've been sticking them in the humidity chamber to soften them up.. The new books I've been 5 mins @ 150 degrees and 4 hrs in the cold press..

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

I might have to check out that routine the 5@150! I haven’t dove into the humidity chamber or anything. The room I’m in is pretty small lol

@NicksKixComics

3 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics The one I use is a small tote a little bigger than a pair of high top sneaker box.. just make sure it's a air tight close lid..

Wow AR thanks really for a informative video

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

For some embedded dirt try using a artists stadtler putty eraser, works a treat

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Oooo I should definitely invest in those! Thank you!

Killer bro. Thanks

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

🤘🏽

Came out quite nice.

Great video.

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you hornhead! My next clean/press one will be Tuesday

You have some serious skill cleaning books. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I have a lot of older books and sending them to a cbcs or cgc for this gets very expensive prior to grading. One question, before pressing do you ever use a humidifier for older books?

Thank you for this

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed it 🤘🏽

Thanks for showing us the process and what tools were used 🔥 what mat do you use to clean your books on? Thanks!

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

It was actually a black cardboard type (maybe poster board?) from hobby lobby

Would’ve been really cool to see before and after pics side by side. But great video. Thanks for sharing.

Great information ☺️

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it 🤘🏽

@goodguy9997

3 жыл бұрын

I'm actually getting a press in a couple days and been doing tons of research,,,, I'll try your way with a couple tricks of my own until I feel comfortable the way I can do it,,,,, PS,,,, love the show and the content keep up the good work

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Remember to start with a crappy book lol.

nice job what a difference👍

Comics4cheap is a savage lol love that dude

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

He’s a GREAT dude

I like the techniques used to clean and press your ASM66. You know what would be cool for content purposes, having the book graded as is for the before, then ripping it open and going through the cleaning/pressing, then doing another grading for the after. I'd love to see what kind of difference it will make for the grading.

@LivingSuccess

7 ай бұрын

I agree. The way to make these cleaning videos that much better, would be to add doing a before and after grading.

Nice

I’m digging the eraser pencil with the brush.

great vid.

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you hector!

This is restoration.

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not, I’ve done this for all my books and never had an issue. CGC/CBCS also offer this as a service

I'm new to this would love to get into this type of hobby I do collect newer comics but would like to get into some of the older ones.

Oddly satisfying 👌

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks homie 🤘🏽

Hey so did you do any heat irons or moisture tubs first? A lot of guys are doing this it’s confusing. I ordered a press and will have it in a few days. Just want to get started correctly. Silver age books will be what I’m pressing. Great video!

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never used anything like that. I’ve seen people use it, but I’ve found success with my way. I’m sure it helps for the really messed up books tho

Great video and thank you for the links! That “Alvin” bag is something I’m looking forward to trying!

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

For sure a must! Gets the final pieces of dirt off and really buffs the covers

@benparkercomics

2 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics getting ready to try it out for the first time! Thanks again man!

I was a bit confused by the two types of staples. Digging in and flat. You notified us of the two boards in the circumstance of the offset dug in staples but I may have missed the flat type technique. Can you clarify? Thanks. Great video

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

If the staples were flat and not digging into book you just have to use one magazine board instead of the 2 on both sides of the staple!

Which heat transfer paper do u use

First off, wanna say hope all is well through this winter snow storm. But out of curiosity, hoping that next week you have no delays and all comics are delivered, will we get like a top 30list? 😂😂 or a very strict top 10 from three weeks of comics?

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Oooooo man.. that’d make for a hell of a video lol. This is assuming diamond even ships nexts weeks books on time. My shop thinks they’ll be getting 2 weeks together

What would you suggest for a good affordable clamshell heatpress?

Great video man where is that bean bags from?

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I got it from hobby lobby

Good

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you shom 🤘🏽

So much work just to please the CCG gods.

Any tips for a uncoated comic like a Frew Phantom 900 series?. Given they are uncoated attract alot of dirt and before bagging would like to do a clean. Thanks. New Sub

not sure if I missed it in the video, but how much would you say the grade improved?

Did you get this book graded? Does CGC pick up on any eraser marks? Thanks.

Might be something I'd be willing to try. I see the press on Amazon for 109.95 right now

When you say magazine board is this the same boards you store comics with in the sleeves or are they different?

Enjoyed the video. Question . If the comic has major creasing do you press first? Seems like the creases and folds would make it hard to clean.

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, always clean it first!! That much heat and pressure could damage the book to the point where you might not be able to get the dirt/grime off

@jerrysmith9555

2 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics thanks buddy.

That's funny I'm doing the same thing today cleaning and pressing

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah! I was working on a Star Wars Phantom menace issue 3. I HATE those glossy kind of card stock feeling covers

Expensive Paper!

@AR_Comics

2 жыл бұрын

Very expensive paper lol

Do you clean books for others also? I have a Marvel Value Stamp book that I would like to get some TLC for before I put in the 100 stamps I have collected. The previous owner cut (poorly) and entered a few stamps - I am hoping they can be removed? And colored in the front cover a little? If the whole book could be cleaned and pressed I think it would be nicer when I enter all the "new" stamps.

Nice video. Did you every consider using moisture before pressing?

@AR_Comics

3 жыл бұрын

So honestly, when I made this video I was very comfortable with pressing/cleaning books, but I know my techniques weren’t all the best. Some things should have been done better. I’ve never dabbled with the moisture yet, but it’s something I’ve been looking into more as of late

@danfoley2442

3 жыл бұрын

@@AR_Comics I strongly advise against using a humidity chamber unless the book has major deformities, such as it's severely rumpled, or literally folded, or has a major spine roll. Introducing moisture throughout the book by using a humidity chamber, as opposed to just applying a little moisture to the cover with a clothes steamer, will very likely result in the book being mildly wavy, even after a careful heatpress and a very long cooldown/coldpress. Even multiple pressing cycles thereafter, a humidified book can spontaneously revert to being wavy again weeks later. Not fun.

I got this issue at comic con this year