Great work! You have steady hands a lot of patience haha. Appreciate you sharing this.

@SlabKingCollectibles

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Hold down the plastic around the sticker while peeling it away. That will prevent it from also being stretched out. Or tape it off with some painters tape.

@SlabKingCollectibles

26 күн бұрын

@@PrankZabba it doesn't stretch it.. the lighter fluid makes it look like that.. I have a huge boxing tape removal video coming out this week on a 1st release batman vhs.. once the lighter fluid evaporates it shrinks back up.. you can also use lighter fluid if you have an uneven seal, you can use a napkin with a generous amount of lighter fluid in it to loosen the seal and even everything out

Great group of tapes. Good luck on the grading 🙂

@SlabKingCollectibles

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

What are you using to clean up the vhs and to take off the stickers?

@SlabKingCollectibles

5 ай бұрын

Zippo fluid

Nice video homestead! What do you use to prewipe the vhs first?

@SlabKingCollectibles

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, A small amount of zippo fluid on a tissue

How much does it cost to have a vhs tape graded ??

@SlabKingCollectibles

28 күн бұрын

@@thomasmarshall8969 $50 shipped is around the average I've seen for the standard service... walk-through services can cost upwards to $200 to $300

Zippo fluid as in for lighter fluid?

@SlabKingCollectibles

4 ай бұрын

Yes.. I've seen people use BBQ lighter fluid also but I've never tried it

@krisrothfuss2550

4 ай бұрын

@@SlabKingCollectibles ty I will use zippo for my sealed vhs 🤓👍

A little heat goes a long way with removing stickers

@SlabKingCollectibles

5 ай бұрын

When you heat a sticker on shrink wrap cellophane it shrinks and tears the seal before softening the glue on the sticker

@SlabKingCollectibles

5 ай бұрын

I would not recommend it

@enjoythesho1992

5 ай бұрын

@@SlabKingCollectibles I do it all the time never had a issue what I wouldn't recommend is using a razer blade !

@SlabKingCollectibles

5 ай бұрын

@@enjoythesho1992 I don't cut it with a blade, I lift the sticker lol

@enjoythesho1992

5 ай бұрын

@@SlabKingCollectibles yeah I watched the video lol 😆 my point was when using a razer blade you don't have much room for mistakes I would recommend a plastic blade if anything

Please instead of music , its more important to us that you say what you are doing ,what you use to clean them and talk us through it all !

@SlabKingCollectibles

Ай бұрын

Will do, thank you for the input

And how to you know if the tape is even good? Tape can get root too. Thats why this grading for Vhs, or Dvd will not work because it need to be play to see if the tape is working. Ppl will not buy this just for the cover of the film not working is just pointless.

@SlabKingCollectibles

2 ай бұрын

I grade and sell them .. they sell and there's plenty of profit to be made... what's pointless is regurgitating the same 2 talking point as the rest of the trolls.. no one is Slab collecting for the tape inside.. it's strictly for the release, title and artwork..

@Steger13

2 ай бұрын

@@SlabKingCollectibles so you mean you don't care if the tape is bad inside you don't care about the movie then. you care just about the picture and the seal? Its wierd. If i were to buy and spend thousands of $$ on an old vhs, I would want the movie to be in a great playing condition more then the cover picture to be great. That's why at some point ppl will realize that the tape is more important than just an unsealed vhs or dvd. People that collect Comics can see the page inside so movies should be the same.

@SlabKingCollectibles

2 ай бұрын

You can tell if a movie has been in a moist environment, so can the grading companies, they grade on surface area as well as the condition.. they also note if mildew is on the sleeve or seal.. so for a tape to be anywhere above a 7.0 or 7.5 it will not have those characteristics... just curious, you do know what a moist environment will do to paper products right?.. 😉 thanks for commenting even if you hate my collection

@Steger13

2 ай бұрын

@@SlabKingCollectibles I don't hate it at all 😅. just argument about tape can get mold and if you dont look you will never know. I bought a box set online when i got it it looked new. The box was in perfect condition, the sleeve perfect. Then I opened it to check the cassette and all the tape were molded all of them. So im sure if i got this box sealed it would be molded too but i would know about it. And it's what i mean they grade them but they have no clue how the tapes look like.